By chhotebhai Kanpur, March 11, 2020: There are certain flowers and shrubs that immediately clam up when touched, which is why they are called “Touch Me Nots.” It is a natural self-defence mechanism that is also seen in tortoises. They withdraw into their shells. Post the Corona Virus (CV) pandemicContinue Reading
By Archbishop Anil Couto New Delhi, March 2, 2020: It was Thomas Jefferson who said that if he were to choose between a government without the Press and Press without government, he would choose the latter. The topic of the day “Journalism today: Pragmatism triumphs over principles?” gains more relevanceContinue Reading
By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai, Feb 26, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias’ interview with the National Catholic Reporter (NCR) at the Vatican makes interesting reading. The cardinal acknowledges a bias among the members of the Catholic Church’s all-male hierarchy against giving women more leadership rolesHe also admits that he and his peersContinue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai, Feb 21, 2020: This January, it is thirty years since the Kashmiri Pundits’ exodus from the Kashmir valley took place. They had suffered grave injustices, violence and humiliation prior to the migration away from the place of their social and cultural roots in Kashmir Valley. TheContinue Reading
By Nazish Hussain Ranchi, Feb 20, 2020: “What has gone so bad that you are you taking to streets,” Tara Bua asks her employer Shagufta Yasmeen in Hindi. Tara, a middle-aged housemaid at Shafugta’s home in Ranchi is oblivious about the ongoing protests across India against the Citizenship Amendment ActContinue Reading
By Sujata Anandan New Delhi, Feb 16, 2020: Every bit of news, every single day in these times brings home to me how badly India is regressing into the dark ages. The latest in this series is the report of girls at a college hostel in Bhuj in Gujarat whoContinue Reading
By Manish Kumar Arrah, Feb 14, 2020: For the eighth time in two weeks, Kanhaiya Kumar’s convoy was targeted on February 14 as he drove through central Bihar’s Buxar, part of his journey across Bihar to galvanize support against the controversial new citizenship law. The 33-year-old leftist youth leader wasContinue Reading
By F. M. Britto Parsahi, Jan 5, 2020: Most passengers in the train are busy browsing through their android mobiles. I appear to be the only outdated person reading a magazine. My conscience is troubled: Am I allowed to read? These days, people are more occupied with internet than readingContinue Reading
By P. A. Chacko Sahibganj, Feb 1, 2020: Capuchin Father Joseph Puthenpurackal has been on a speed delivery of speeches, counselling talks, church sermons, retreat preachings, and TV channel appearances. He has the gift of the gab, they say. And, he thrives on it, it appears. The Kottayam-based priest canContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar Mumbai, Jan 30, 2020: Every Republic Day I switch on the TV, grab my breakfast and watch the parade on Doordarshan. I have been following this routine for the past many years. But this year, it was different. This year, Republic Day was not just about watchingContinue Reading