Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi is a biographical account of how Rani Laxmibai waged a war against the East India Company. It chronicles her journey from the place where she grew up, Bithoor to becoming the Rani of Jhansi, and eventually turning into a warrior Queen. The movie starts withContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Kolkata, Jan. 14, 2019: Marking 20th year of the gruesome murder of an Australian missionary and his two young sons in Odisha’s sleepy outback wilderness of Manoharpur in Keonjhar district, Skypass Entertainment will release its first film on February 1 in the US. The 112-minute film will beContinue Reading
Shady Lewis Botros says his recently published novel — “Ways of the Lord” — can be broadly viewed as an attempt to answer one question: What it’s like to be a Christian in Egypt? The answer, given in stories narrated by the book’s chief character, is complex and often disheartening.Continue Reading
A collection of letters between M.K. Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore and British missionary Charles Freer Andrews
C.M. Paul Darjeeling — “Human trafficking is one of the biggest criminal enterprises in the world along with drugs and arms trade,” says a scholar from Darjeeling. The International Labour Organization’s recent report identifies three kinds of human trafficking, including forced labour, forced sexual exploitation, and state imposed forced labour.Continue Reading
C.M. Paul Guwahati — A lone voice that has undertaken several peace initiatives over several decades in the conflict ridden northeast India has come out with a new book chronicling and reflecting on the saga of violence perpetrated down the ages. “The book is precisely about the “Collective Anger” thatContinue Reading
By Isaac Harold Gomes Joseph Mani, the author of this book, is a BSc; MSc in Physics and MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. He has also done his studies in Philosophy, Religion, Literature and Linguistics. With such a varied all-round academic background, it is no wonder Mr Mani has written suchContinue Reading
This is not your typical hard rock band, not thematically or visually. If this says anything, they’ve been nicknamed the “priest rockers.” La Voz del Desierto, or “The Voice in the Desert,” is a Spanish Christian group that is more than content with being unconventional. In a modern world fullContinue Reading
CAST: Rajinikanth,Nana Patekar,Samuthirakani,Easwari Rao,Huma Qureshi,Anjali Patil DIRECTION: Pa Ranjith GENRE: Action,Drama,Crime A rowdy with a legendary reputation, the film’s eponymous slum gangster Karikaalan or Kaala is about as invincible as the actor grinning from behind the white stubble. He can raise a stick from the ground by stamping it, berate his opponents intoContinue Reading
Reviewed by: Roshan Shah This book, by an Indian Catholic theologian, is one of the best critiques of atheism I’ve come across—not just for its many cogent arguments, but also for its engaging, down-to-earth style that makes it easily understandable even to a ‘lay’ readership, beyond the narrow confines ofContinue Reading