By Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, Sept 7, 2023: On September 5, India’s President Draupadi Murmu sent out dinner invitations to foreign delegates (heads of state) who will come to New Delhi to attend the G20 summit. The dinner card read: “The President of Bharat requests the pleasure of ……….. onContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, Aug 22, 2023: In recent times, I heard from two people that Jesuits are terrorists: One, the president of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega and the other by an anchor of Janam T V, a Malayalam channel based in Kerala, southern India. It was while seizing aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 16, 2023: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has called for the repeal of anti-conversion laws in force in 12 Indian states. The US federal government entity empowered to monitor and to recommend freedom of religion policies across the worldContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Kolkata, Oct 15, 2022: India yet again holds a deplorable record of being a seriously hungry country. Among 121 countries India stood 107 with a score of 29.1. It falls under the “serious” category in the hunger meter according to the Global Hunger Index 2022 (GHI). WorldContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Lucknow, Aug 30, 2022: Every Indian has his or her own idea of India. Pseudo-nationalists would have us believe that India is now an ideal country. Never mind that 400,000 citizens left the country last year seeking greener pastures and greenbacks elsewhere. The “Idea of India’ was theContinue Reading
By Amit Chaturvedi New Delhi, Aug 9, 2022: A whopping 85 percent of children in India have reported being cyberbullied as well as having cyberbullied someone, according to a report released by computer security software company McAfee. The India-centric findings are part of company’s global report titled ‘Cyberbullying in PlainContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, July 25, 2022: “Severely abused by husband,” “Beaten and choked by her partner,” “She wanted to leave him, he shot her” – these are just some recent headlines in German newspapers. Violence against women is on the rise in Germany. German authorities report a highContinue Reading
London, June 30, 2022: A special Mass and Vigil will take place in London on July 5 to mark the first death anniversary of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy. Mass will be celebrated at 1:05 pm in Farm Street Church, Mayfair, by Jesuit Father Dominic Robinson. It will be followed byContinue Reading
By Paul Anand New Delhi, Feb 22, 2022: The Islamic Studies Association, Delhi and the Jesuit Secretariat for Service of Faith in South Asia jointly organized a series of webinars to celebrate Human Fraternity Day. Three leading international speakers – Professors Edward Joseph Alam (Notre Dame University, Beirut, Lebanon), GabrielContinue Reading
Nearly 740,000 access deaths in India annually can be attributed to abnormal hot and cold temperatures related to climate change, according to a study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal. An international team, led by researchers at Monash University in Australia, found that globally more than five million extraContinue Reading