By Varghese Alengaden Indore, May 19, 2020: Covid 19 pandemic has forced an unprecedented worldwide lockdown. The most shocking was the closing of churches, temples, mosques and other worship places. However, the priestly class kept busy by broadcasting their sermons, rituals and sacraments online. They instructed the laity to participateContinue Reading
By Justice Markandey Katju New Delhi, May 19, 2020: I read the article ‘Why the Modi government gets away with lies, and how the opposition could change that’ by columnist Shivam Vij in The Print. With due respect to Shivam Vij, the article is superficial, and only reveals the fatuityContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, May 17, 2020: After reading many of my provoking articles, a close friend of mine wrote to me: “Could I make an observation? All your articles speak of the failures of Church people, especially in this Coronavirus time. A question that came to my mind wasContinue Reading
By Caesar D’Mello Melbourne, May 15, 2020: One of the most devastating pandemics in human history is affecting almost every country on earth, including India, at varying stages of its development and varying levels of success in controlling it. We are incessantly updated on cases and deaths, curves and vaccines,Continue Reading
David Hollenbach, S.J May 14, 2020: The Covid-19 crisis reveals the full force of unjust structures that place refugees and very poor people at great risk. It also shows the dangers of political discourse that emphasizes national interests to the exclusion of the world’s most vulnerable people. International responses toContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, May 14, 2020: I received many personal emails responding to my reflection on migrant workers which was published in Matters India under the title, “Workers Deserve Justice not Charity.” Bernard Colombe from Lyon, a city in France, sent me a reflection related to the plight ofContinue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Ahmedabad, May 13, 2020: The Higher Committee of Human Fraternity (HCHF) has called on religious leaders and faithful, from every faith from around the world to observe May 14 as a day of prayer, fasting and charitable works the good of all humanity and forContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, May 12, 2020: Newspapers, TV and social media are full of stories of the plight of migrant workers stranded in various parts of India. Deaths of workers on the highways and railway tracks because of accidents and hunger have become daily news. Media also carry storiesContinue Reading
By John Dayal New Delhi, May 12, 2020: Of course there were nurses by any other name in Islamic countries, and in India before St Thomas. Midwives, Dhais and others brought our grandparents into the world. But caste and patriarchy prevented women in modern India taking up nursing as aContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, May 8, 2020: The tragic death of 16 migrant workers on the railway tracks in Aurangabad city is the result of the callous and insensitive approach of the federal and state governments towards the burning issue of migrant workers. In fact, it is murder due toContinue Reading