By Priyanka Roy Any comment, leave alone a review, on Saand Ki Aankh would be incomplete without an acknowledgement of how the reel meshes with the real. This film about two sexagenarians bulls-eyeing their way through patriarchy and gender discrimination, suppression and sexism in the oppressed heartland of India isContinue Reading
By John Mary The Vatican’s strategy to make up for shrinking numbers of the faithful in the traditional catchments of Europe and the West has energized the Catholic Church in India. However, the process of canonization, mandating two miracles, has nevertheless led to a controversy over the archaic practice, centeredContinue Reading
LEICESTER, United Kingdom, Oct. 25, 2019: Although often happening under the radar of the world media, a new report says persecution against Christians is getting worse in many parts of Asia, calling it a “regional hot spot.” The 2019 Persecuted and Forgotten? report from Aid to the Church in NeedContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Birmingham, Oct. 25, 2019: In a bold new attempt, well known Mother Teresa scholar in the English speaking world is coming out with his 4th ‘controversial’ book on the Nobel laureate entitled ‘Mother Teresa: The Saint and Her Nation’ (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020). His earlier works include MotherContinue Reading
By Rina Chandran Bangkok, Oct. 24, 2019: Almost 2,000 informal settlements in Delhi are set to be legalised under a new law agreed by the government this week, which ministers said would give more than 4 million residents the right to own their homes in India’s capital. India’s cabinet thisContinue Reading
Rome, Italy, Oct 24, 2019: As the pastor of a parish in which many families lost a mother, father, or child in a bombing on Easter Sunday, Fr. Jude Raj Fernando has seen how healing from loss can be a long, difficult journey of faith. Fr. Fernando is the rectorContinue Reading
By Sean Barry, SJ The new Warner Brothers film Joker follows the story of Arthur Fleck, a man suffering from mental illness who loses his sense of identity and grows increasingly vindictive. Throughout the film, he suffers brutal violence at the hands and feet of people acting cruelly, whether promptedContinue Reading
By Poorvi Gupta Unpaid work follows women-at-work Women farmers are being over-burdened because men don’t take up household chores and now many productive roles are also being taken over by them in the absence of men if they migrate to urban spaces. It isn’t just the women in agriculture butContinue Reading
Mosul, Iraq, Oct 24: The United Arab Emirates is partnering with UNESCO to rebuild two Catholic churches in Mosul that were destroyed in 2014 by the Islamic State. The initiative will help rebuild Al-Tahera Church and Al-Saa’a Church. “Today’s signing is a pioneering partnership that sends a message of light,Continue Reading
By Kai Schultz and Hari Kumar Rothak, Oct 24, 2019: Diwali is the Hindu festival of light, and during the height of the celebrations in India each autumn, much of that illumination is coming from barely controlled explosions: the firecrackers, sparklers and other fireworks that millions here love to igniteContinue Reading