By ML Satyan Bengaluru, July 29, 2023: Ecological imbalance; environmental degradation; global warming; and climate change are the most widely spoken topics these days at various levels – national and global. I regularly watch news, debates and some tele-serials in Sun TV and other Tamil channels. Of late I haveContinue Reading

Bishop Prince Antony Adilabad, July 21, 2023: Today India’s soul is deeply wounded! Shameful and shocking videos of barbaric acts carried out against two women on May 4 have now surfaced from Manipur, which has been burning for more than two months. Two helpless women were paraded naked surrounded byContinue Reading

By Astrid Lobo Gajiwala Mumbai, July 21, 2023: Like most of us I belong to WhatsApp groups that reflect my affections and affiliations. Of late, in groups that were started mainly to share lively banter and news of loved ones, I am faced with a vexing question: Should we talkContinue Reading

By M K George Rome, July 20, 2023: The call ‘Mere ghar aake toh dekho (Visit My Home, Be My Guest)’ captures one’s imagination by its sheer simplicity. As per the brochure in circulation ‘it is a simple campaign to change the preconceived notions and opinions about people of anotherContinue Reading

By Sandra Elizabeth Joseph New Delhi, July 18, 2023: The debate around the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has once again come to the fore, with minority religious organizations, political parties, and women’s rights groups having expressed their opposition towards the proposed introduction of the code. It is being reported thatContinue Reading

By M L Satyan Bengaluru, July 17, 2023: During the last week certain YouTube video footages have touched my heart and stirred many thoughts and questions in my mind. The video footages from Himachal Pradesh, a popular tourist destination, showed flash floods, collapsing houses, breaking bridges, vanishing roads, landslides, floodContinue Reading

By chhotebhai Kanpur, July 17, 2023: Though a creature of the day, I am not particularly enthused by various “Days” like Father’s, Mother’s, Doctor’s, Constipation. I suspect that in the era of greeting cards (now extinct) they were invented by manufacturers like Archies, to promote their wares. However, I gotContinue Reading

By Ancie Wilfred Nagpur, July 13, 2023: Our family had just shifted to this locality in Bengaluru. During our first week here, I went to the nearest church and took membership. It is called the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church. The next Sunday we attended ourContinue Reading

By P A Chacko Sahibganj, July 8, 2023: The central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, under Chief Minister Shivraj Chauhan of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has been gaining notoriety for increasing crimes and atrocities committed on the Adivasis. Blood-curdling cruelties by lynching mobs and BJP’s foot soldiers have beenContinue Reading