By Fr Cedric Prakash SJ Ahmedabad, June 22, 2020: On June 20, the United Nations observed yet another ‘World Refugee Day.’ In a statement for the day the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said, “We are marking this year’s World Refugee Day against a backdrop of a dramaticContinue Reading

By Dr. George Jacob Kochi, June 21, 2020: India and her entertainment industry Bollywood were left shell-shocked on the afternoon of June 14. Upcoming and promising actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead in his Bandra residence. I will dwell no more on the tragedy as initial investigations point toContinue Reading

By Varghese Alengaden Indore, June 20, 2020: Although I have friends from Bahai religion I was ignorant that it was a religion without priests. For the first time, I attended a Bahai funeral when one of my friends passed away. With many friends and relatives, I also went to aContinue Reading

By M L Satyan Bengaluru, June 19, 2020: Of late we have been frequently hearing about sex scandals involving priests and nuns/lay women, misappropriation of church funds/properties, misuse of authority and murders in the Catholic church. Some recent cases are Kadapa bishop who resigned, former bishop of Jalandhar, bishop ofContinue Reading

By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, June 17, 2020: The unprecedented spread of coronavirus in India should have increased sensitivity and concern for each other. But the opposite is happening such as objecting the burial of dead bodies of Covid-19 victims, leaving dead bodies unattended by family members, and ostracizing persons inContinue Reading

By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Ahmedabad, June 15, 2020: In 1972, David Campton, a prolific British dramatist, wrote an apparently innocuous, straight- forward and simple one-act play entitled ‘Us and Them.’ The play begins innocently enough with two groups of wanderers looking for an ‘ideal’ place to settle. They doContinue Reading

By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, June 7, 2020: It is nothing but outrageous that the tragic death of a pregnant elephant in Kerala is being used to spread the communal virus by the vicious minds. There is no doubt that the persons responsible for the death of the animal should beContinue Reading

By Suresh Mathew New Delhi, June 5, 2020: The Constitution of the United States of America starts with the words “We the people.” But George Floyd’s feeble voice “Please, please… I can’t breathe” as he was being crushed under the knees of Derek Chauvin, a fatty white police officer, changedContinue Reading