By M L Satyan Bengaluru, April 10, 2020: For a vast majority of the common people in India the words ‘social distancing’ are alien and it is not in their ethos. For ages, people have learned to live together as groups/communities. Due to coivd-19 pandemic situation the ‘forced’ social distancingContinue Reading
By James Kottoor Kochi, April 8, 2020: Today the whole world is in a life and death battle against an unknown common enemy we have chosen to call COVID 19 or coronavirus. So far, we know practically nothing about Coronavirus. To defeat an enemy one should know its strengths andContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, April 8, 2020: As the secretary of the Legion of Mary in my parish 51 years ago it was my lot to give a commentary on the Holy Week liturgy. That got me thinking on what was so unique about Jesus’ rather “limited” suffering on the cross.Continue Reading
By M K George, SJ Jamshedpur, April 7, 2020: It may be too early to speak of post-pandemic times. No one really knows when and where the pandemic will end. But, hoping against hope and looking at some of the stabilizing or downward trends and the social responses to theContinue Reading
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi, April 6, 2020: The first case of Covid-19 was reported in a 55-year old in China’s Hubei province on November 17, 2019. Since then, the virus, SARS-CoV-2, belonging to the Coronavirus family, causing the dreaded disease has held the world hostage. The virus, which hasContinue Reading
By Arshad Alam New Delhi, April 5, 2020: They came with a promise of cleansing the system; a system that according to them was beset with nepotism and corruption. With the might of right-wing media and some influential think tanks doing their bidding, they were foisted on national imagination. ToastedContinue Reading
By Paul Parackal Rome, April 3, 2020: Our science and technology have reached greater heights. We have space stations and satellites in the space which can map the whole earth. A whole world of information and knowledge is on our palm with the arrival of smartphones. A tiny microscopic COVID-19Continue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, April 3, 2020: A recent news about six people dying of Covid-19 infection has sent an alarm across India. There were among thousands who had attended a meeting of the Islamic preachers’ organization known as Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi in March. Amid the 21-day nationwideContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, March 31, 2020: This is a sequel to the article “Is Religion Dead?” published earlier. This query may sound sacrilegious to the pious, religious Christian. It maybe a valid question for those who claim that Jesus did not found any religion. In the wake of the Covid-19Continue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, March 30, 2020: The earth is a tiny dot in a vast, cosmic arena. The human history has seen many wars and crusades for capturing land, wealth and properties. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that inContinue Reading