By Fr Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad: Another year has just begun: with a fervent prayer in the hearts and on the lips of millions across the globe- a prayer for the healing, a prayer for peace! The world has never witnessed a ‘brokenness’, as it is witnessing today. Covid-19 has wreakedContinue Reading
India is a nation of second largest population in the world. China is the first largest populated nation with a land size bigger than India. India’s population according to 2011 census was 1210.2 million and China’s population was 1347.3 million. India’s land size is 3.287 million KMs, whereas China’s landContinue Reading
By Lavina D’Souza Mumbai: It’s been several months since I began interacting with transgender people. In the past, I had heard various myths about them, which made me afraid of them, so I avoided them whenever I saw them on street corners or in public places. Through my ministry ofContinue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai: Pragya Singh Thakur is no ordinary member of BJP, the ruling dispensation in the country. She is an MP from Bhopal and was also made the member of defense committee before she was removed from that committee for her statement hailing Nathuram Godse. She first cameContinue Reading
Prakash Louis New Delhi: “Bar Council of Delhi asks Prime Minister Narendra Modi to withdraw Farmers Acts.” This was a headline on December 2 in Bar and Bench – a publication of the lawyers. The news item cautioned: “BCD (Bar Council of Delhi) has stated that the surreptitious insertion ofContinue Reading
India was categorised as a “Tier 2 country” in last year’s listing. But the State Department notification, now issued, does not name it among countries of particular concern. Last year, the US religious commission noted that religious freedom conditions in India experienced a drastic turn downward, with religious minorities underContinue Reading
By M K George Rome: Recently, a friend of mine, a pious Catholic-turned-Hindutvavadi, sent me an article titled ‘233 reasons why you should join BJP.’ I did not read it, just because my mind could not absorb that amount of fake news. Then came the news — 500 Christian candidatesContinue Reading
By Aakar Patel New Delhi: India’s economy contracted for another three months we were told last week. Meaning that as a nation we produced less in goods and services than we did in the same period last year. It also means that millions of Indian families now stare at poverty.Continue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai: In the process of formation of the nation one of the major pillars is the concept of Fraternity. The words — Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity — are flagship of French revolution that overturned the feudal system, the kingdom and heralded the coming in of Modern NationContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur: When I wrote the previous article on the need or role of bishops I expected howls of protest. Surprisingly, I received mostly positive feedback, including from several priests whom I have never met. So obviously I had my finger on the pulse of the community, or hadContinue Reading