By Matters India Reporter Jaigaon, August 13, 2023: St. Anthony’s School, managed by the Salesian Sisters at Jaigaon on the Bhutan border, partnered with International STEAM Research to conduct the DaVinci Innovation Camp for teachers and students. STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) is an educational approach that incorporatesContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Aug 13, 2023: The first meeting of Christian institutes of higher education — religious and secular — has stressed highlighting the positive aspects of religions to foster communal harmony and peace in India. This is necessary in a country like India, which, though secular inContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Guwahati, Aug 12, 2023: Sister Sanrupe Kharsyiumiong and her companion were busy recruiting candidates for her congregation in some parishes of Manipur, when ethnic violence targeting Christians erupted May 3 in the northeastern Indian state. After escaping, “our plan was to return in three days, but [we]Continue Reading
By Pretesh Kiran Bengaluru, Aug 12, 2023: St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore is celebrating its 60th year of existence this year. What was conceived as an idea in 1944, and started as a Medical College in 1963, is now known to many as a worldclass Medical College with over 750Continue Reading
By Pretesh Kiran Bengaluru, Aug 12, 2023: Bengaluru’s St. John’s Medical College launched its diamond jubilee celebrations on August 12 with a minister of Karnataka state hailing the institution’s selfless service to mankind. St. John’s “is the first private medical college in Karnataka” and its “quality of selfless service towardsContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, Aug 12, 2023: Most narratives on India are incomplete and at times false. Given the complex history and diversity of the country, this is no surprise. The current problem is, while some prefer a narrative supportive of the present regime, that this is the bestContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mangaluru, Aug 12, 2023: The diocese of Mangalore on August 12 kicked off a one-month intensive campaign against drug abuse in its parishes and educational institutions. Inaugurating the campaign at Bishop’s House, Bishop Peter Paul Saldanha of Mangalore said drug abuse and alcoholism pose a seriousContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Varanasi, Aug 12, 2023: A Catholic priest was among ten people arrested August 12 for opposing the demolition of a Gandhian center in Varanasi, a major town in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The member of the Indian Missionary Society and others were releasedContinue Reading
By Yogendra Yadav New Delhi, Aug 11, 2023: Democratic Backsliding in the World’s Largest Democracy, a yet unpublished paper by Sabyasachi Das, an economist who teaches at Ashoka University, has drawn attention, as it should. My first reaction was pure envy: I wish I could do this kind of dataContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Aug 11, 2023: In June this year, I had an opportunity to interact with a few members of a Mahila Sangh (Women’s Association), Catholic Sabha (Men’s Association) and the Youth Associations in one of the northern Indian dioceses. During the interaction the Catholic Sabha membersContinue Reading
