By M K George Rome: It is going to be a week since India celebrated its 75th Independence Day. There were the usual festivities, with Covid restrictions certainly, and speeches/ articles galore. Perusing them, I see two clearly contrasting narratives — A highly positive and promising, given by the rulingContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore: The story of Emperor Nero playing violin while Rome was burning revealed his total lack of sensitivity and concern for his people. Insensitive and Irresponsible kings in the past, and leaders of modern times often behave like emperor Nero. They are ignorant about the sociopolitical realitiesContinue Reading
By M K George Rome: In Kerala, the state I grew up in, famously called ‘God’s own country,’ there used to be some regularities. Invariably on June 1, the day schools opened for a new academic year, it rained. As schoolchildren, we were delighted to get our new dress drenched.Continue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad: The institutional murder of 84-year-old Jesuit Father Stan Swamy while still in judicial custody has shaken the very foundations of democracy in India. The importance and the urgency to defend democracy and all that is precious in the Constitution of India against repressive and anti-people laws,Continue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore: This is in reference to the article by A Pushparajan on August 5 and reactions from many others. Matters India had published my reflections a few years ago with 28 criteria for selecting bishops. These criteria are equally good for the reflection and prayer for bishopsContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar Mumbai: Have you noticed that a bronze medalist is generally happier than a silver medalist at the end of the game? It’s not incidental finding but proven fact in many research studies after studying reactions of silver medalists vs. bronze medalists! Ideally, a silver medalist should beContinue Reading
By A Pushparajan Bengaluru: Nowadays we come across protests being staged against the appointments of bishops. Leaflets are afloat with an appeal to the Pope to “stop caste discrimination in the Catholic Church.” A simple glance at these leaflets enkindles certain reflections in a fair-minded faithful like me who hasContinue Reading
By M K George Rome: The villain is supposedly Coronavirus, Covid-19, officially called SARS-CoV-2. The Delta variant has everyone on their toes. But, is the virus the real culprit or are deeper factors involved in the present crisis the world finds itself in? Look at the range of issues boggingContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur: The magician was dressed in .flowing robes. He had his back to the audience. He claimed to be an alchemist that could change lead into gold – transubstantiation. In between his secret mumbo-jumbo he would suddenly turn around to face his audience, raise his arms, with hisContinue Reading
By Olav Albuquerque Mumbai: The 48th Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on July 15 veered around to the view that the offence of sedition should be scrapped from the statute books when he asked the federal government where was the need to retain this colonial law. “This archaicContinue Reading