By Yogendra Yadav New Delhi, Aug 11, 2023: Democratic Backsliding in the World’s Largest Democracy, a yet unpublished paper by Sabyasachi Das, an economist who teaches at Ashoka University, has drawn attention, as it should. My first reaction was pure envy: I wish I could do this kind of dataContinue Reading

By Isaac Gomes Kolkata, August 10, 2023: India’s opposition alliance INDIA and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) party are now busy debating a No Confidence Motion against the federal government. The main reason for the debate for the ongoing violence in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. The BJPContinue Reading

By Sunny Jacob Dublin, August 2, 2023: Historically, the words religious and spiritual have been used synonymously to describe all the various aspects of the concept of religion, but in contemporary usage spirituality has often become associated with the interior life of the individual, placing an emphasis upon the well-beingContinue Reading

By Tejaswi Ravinder Battala Hyderabad, July 18, 2023: About five years after the nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court declared the Right to Privacy as a fundamental right in KS Puttuswamy v. Union of India, the Union Cabinet has formally approved the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill. Speaking unequivocally ofContinue Reading

By M L Satyan Bengaluru, July 14, 2023: A family known to me fought a property-related case for almost 15 years. The family consisted of aged parents and three sons. The sons were married and well-settled. Yet, they had an eye on the family property of 20 acres of land.Continue Reading

By M L Satyan Bengaluru, July 11, 2023: A few days ago, one of my friends shared with me a sad news. His college-going daughter was found with severe depression for almost one week. During the counselling she revealed that she was being blackmailed by her classmate. She had postedContinue Reading

By M L Satyan Bengaluru, July 2, 2023: I had an opportunity to conduct training for teachers in three Catholic schools under the diocese of Daltonganj in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand June 12-21 — Peter’s English Medium School, Barikhajuri (Garhwa district), St. Claret School, Barwadih (Latehar district) andContinue Reading

By chhotebhai Kanpur, July 1, 2023: I have received several anxious queries about the attack on a church in Kanpur. A video of the same is going viral. In view of the above I am constrained to place whatever information I have before you. Location: This incident took place onContinue Reading