By chhotebhai Kanpur: This title could be shocking. Is it some kind of Agatha Christie “who dunnit”? But such an event did take place about 1,000 years ago when St. Thomas Becket was murdered at the altar of Canterbury Cathedral, of which he was the archbishop, on December 29, 1170.Continue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru: Today the nation is witnessing terrible tragedies in the backdrop of Covid-19. Millions of people have been affected and we see continuous deaths occurring in every nook and corner of the country. Neither the federal government nor the state government has come forward to ownContinue Reading
By Leela Ramdeen I received a lovely note from my friend whose husband died recently and with whom I have been praying, virtually. In her note she included a quotation from Albert Schweitzer: “At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. EachContinue Reading
By Lissy Kurian Panaji: On Easter Monday when a young woman with her mother came to our house asking for me, I was perplexed. How did she get my name and find our house, I wondered? But I kept my queries to myself recognizing an emergency. Hardly had she takenContinue Reading
By George Cheriyan Bengaluru: Earth Day, celebrated every year on April 22, will see this year again more than 1 billion people participating in various activities around the world to draw attention to the urgency of environmental degradation and the need for immediate action highlights environmental issues including loss ofContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash We come to you today dear heavenly and loving Father as your children, as one family: with deep faith and a total surrender to your will We come to you today at a time when our world is gripped with the pandemic COVID-19 It is more thanContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji: Micky and Goretti Martins with their team of “Amazing Grace mission group” now try to be the mouthpieces of Jesus the risen Lord. For Goretti, sharing the good news was her passion. She in fact had entered a religious congregation. But ill-health forced her to beContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru: Coronavirus has become the ‘talk of the world’ since December 2019. This deadly virus, also known as “Covid-19,” originated from the city of Wuhan in China and has now reached every part of the world. The first wave was felt strongly all over the world,Continue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad: Come April 14, and the nation will gratefully remember Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar who was born on this day in 1891, one hundred and thirty years ago. He was a polymath and civil rights activist who contributed immensely to the nation: among others, as the Father ofContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur: Most of us are creatures of habit, and therefore highly predictable. As we grow older we tend to dig in even more, and resist change of any kind. However, security guards or forces, cannot afford to be predictable, because then their opponents will know just how andContinue Reading