By M K George Rome, July 22, 2023: Death is a great revealer. The quote from Shakespeare, ‘the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones,’ is not always true. On the contrary, death and accompanying ceremonies can be great eye-openers and inspirationalContinue 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
By Yogendra Yadav New Delhi, June 22, 2023: The Bharatiya Janata Party government’s predictable move to reignite the controversy over the Uniform Civil Code has invited predictable responses. Opposition leaders have flayed this move. Questioning the need for the Law Commission to take this up again, several opposition leaders haveContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, May 26, 2023: In May this year, the Jesuits had their Procurators’ Congregation in Loyola, Spain – a meeting of 88 representatives from all the provinces and regions. In the meeting they deliberated and discerned on the status of the Society of Jesus, the waysContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, May 15, 2023: The Assembly elections in Karnataka and the municipal ones in Uttar Pradesh are done and dusted. I had written about their significance in my earlier piece, “Andh Bhakts Abound.” My observations seem to have been on target, especially in my home state of U.P.Continue Reading
By M K George Rome, May 1, 2023: Four months ago, a fellow Jesuit introduced me to ChatGPT. I was amazed. Immediately, I used it to get an outline for a lecture I had to give soon after. Quick, to the point and absolutely logical and convincing, I felt ChatGPTContinue Reading