By Midhun J Francis Rome, Nov 28, 2023: In a digital age where the first message on our mobile devices often carries weighty information, the morning communication from Jesuit Father Stan Alla of Delhi’s Vidyajyoti College of Theology about a courageous girl named Sirisha in Telangana caught my attention. HerContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Nov 17, 2023: Recently I watched a YouTube video on how the healthcare system in India is corporatized. It was based on a Zee News report. It contains data on “unwanted surgeries” – 55 percent heart surgeries; 48 percent uterus surgeries; 47 percent cancer surgeries;Continue Reading
By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai, Oct 20, 2023: The Synod on Synodality, taking place in Rome through October has captured the attention of reform groups from all over the world. The 3-year process that began in October 2021 will conclude in 2024. Sadly, in Asia only a sprinkling of groups speakContinue Reading
By Jessy Kurian New Delhi, Oct 17, 2023: The ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’ is the first Bill, introduced in the new Parliament building. It was introduced in the Lok Sabha by Union Minister of Law and Justice Arun Ram Meghwal on September 18 and was passed two days later withContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Oct 14, 2023: In India it is common to see street dogs chasing two-wheelers. When someone or something is persistently chased by another the phenomenon is called “being dogged by something.” With the latest flare up between Israel and the Hamas, following closely on the heels ofContinue Reading
By Isaac Gomes Kolkata, Oct 12, 2023: The Enforcement Directorate, better-known as ED, could arrest any citizen even without possessing any evidence of the alleged financial scam. It seemed to have the absolute right of arrest. However, in a landmark judgment on October 3, the Supreme Court criticized the EDContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Oct 6, 2023: The arrest of News Click founder and editor Prabir Purkayastha, the human resources chief Amit Chakravarty and a few other journalists associated with News Click on October 4, has sent a shock wave throughout the country. Amid growing restrictions on media freedom,Continue Reading
By Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, Oct 1, 2023: By getting Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam (Women’s Reservation Bill, 2023) passed in both houses of parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is losing no opportunity to take credit for this. He even called himself “the chosen one for empowering and strengthening women” duringContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Sept 12, 2023: After the Pope, the person who holds (used to hold, at least) enormous power in the corridors of the Vatican is the head or the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith. Arguably, one can say that the portfolio ofContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Sept 11, 2023: Some of the heart-rending scenes that I watched in the YouTube/social media were the eviction of the slum dwellers in certain parts of the national capital. Delhi has been witnessing a series of demolition drives of working-class neighbourhoods. These demolitions were carriedContinue Reading