By Tanishka Sodhi New Delhi, July 27, 2023: Nearly seven in 10 journalists experience an impact on their mental health as a result of their jobs. And 82 percent of them think their media organizations support the Bharatiya Janata Party. These are some findings of a Lokniti-CSDS report, Media inContinue Reading
By John Mathew New Delhi, July 29, 2023: As horrendous stories of riots, rape and arson emerge from the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, Joseph Maliaken reminds us, “Riots just don’t happen; they are all created.” The veteran journalist in his seventies says this with conviction as he has coveredContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 31, 2023: Jose Abraham, a lawyer of the Supreme Court of India, has been awarded by the State Department of the United States of America for his remarkable work in his field. The US department announced the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) Impact AwardContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Imphal, July 29, 2023: The elders of Vaishnavite community in Imphal have declared indefinite fast and prayer after taking moral responsibility for what they call the misdeeds of their immature youth. The declaration came during the third visit of Archbishop Emeritus Thomas Menamparampil to the violence-tornContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 28, 2023: Activists and others have cheered India’s Supreme Court granting bail to a trade unionist and a lawyer jailed in the Bhima Koregaon case. “The granting of bail to Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves by the Supreme Court is indeed a significant step.Continue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, July 28, 2023: Shalini Mathew (not her real name) thanks a home for women in distress managed by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Tarbes for bringing her out of her trauma. “I used to get up in the middle of night and scream for help,Continue Reading
By M K George Rome, July 29, 2023: There could be no doubt about this: Every Indian of some sensitivity feels ashamed of what is happening in the state of Manipur with no end to the shame and pain. The visuals of two women gang raped and paraded naked keepContinue Reading
By ML Satyan Bengaluru, July 29, 2023: Ecological imbalance; environmental degradation; global warming; and climate change are the most widely spoken topics these days at various levels – national and global. I regularly watch news, debates and some tele-serials in Sun TV and other Tamil channels. Of late I haveContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, July 24, 2023: More than 3,200 people from various walks of life on July 24 signed a memorandum urging the Indian President to “intervene urgently” to end the ethnic crisis in Manipur, a northeastern Indian state. The memorandum was drafted by the National Alliance of People’sContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Gwalior, July 24, 2023: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ordered a fresh probe into the death of a Catholic bishop in the central Indian state. Bishop Thomas Thennatt of Gwalior died in a road accident on December14, 2018 and his family members suspected foul playContinue Reading
