By Julio Ribeiro Mumbai: As a product of Jesuit education, I have a soft corner for Jesuit priests. The arrest of Father Stan Swami, a Jesuit born in Tamil Nadu, who opted to live and serve in the Jamshedpur province, tending to the needs of the Adivasis of the area,Continue Reading
By Dr George Jacob Kochi: The world and the country have staggered on since a ‘cluster of cases of pneumonia’ was reported in Wuhan of China’s Hubei province in late December of 2019. The infection which resembled MERS and SARS, but deadlier was declared a pandemic on March 11 thisContinue Reading
By Martin Valiyaparambil Rewa: Every religion has its own customs, traditions, signs, symbols, and worships. Profane to any of these by word or deed is the desecration of God. It mutilates the faith of the people and a dishonor to their leaders concerned. Recently, a group of ‘freakens’ has defiledContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar Mumbai: Questions swirled October 22 about the origins of Pope Francis’ comments endorsing same-sex civil unions, with all evidence suggesting he made them in a 2019 interview that was never broadcast in its entirety. The Vatican refused to comment on whether it cut the remarks from itsContinue Reading
Konchowki: Norwegian Nobel Committee’s decision to give the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to the World Food Programme (WFP) raises the important issue of world hunger and scarcity of food at this juncture of pandemic. The award was announced a week before of the World Food Day that falls onContinue Reading
Indore: Civil society members, intellectuals, social activists of all walks of life, journalists and authors have reacted strongly against the arrest and imprisonment of 83 year old Jesuit Father Stanislaus Lourduswamy who has been working for the rights of the Adivasis for about five decades in Jharkhand. In letter andContinue Reading
Kolkata: We are distressed and troubled at the violation of human rights in the arrest of 83-year-old Father Stan Lourdu Swamy. He was arrested October 8 in Ranchi, taken to Mumbai the next day, and then sent to judicial custody at Taloja central jail in the city until October 23.Continue Reading
Indore: A large number of people in the country experience frustration, hopelessness and despair as they witness brutality of police, insensitivity of the politicians who run the government, judges acquitting criminals despite presenting enough evidence and silence of religious leaders when women and minor girls are gangraped and killed. InContinue Reading
Mumbai: Rape has been used the world over as an instrument of oppression. It is an exercise and demonstration of power that the rich and powerful have over the weak and poor, of the upper castes over the lower castes; of the entitled royalty over their subjects. A peculiar aspectContinue Reading
Mumbai: Every morning in front of the public housing apartment blocks on the outskirts of the city of Mumbai, a swarm of children pours into the street. They are not going to school. Instead of backpacks or books, each child carries a filthy plastic sack. These children, between 6 andContinue Reading