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By Yogendra Yadav New Delhi, Aug 11, 2023: Democratic Backsliding in the World’s Largest Democracy, a yet unpublished paper by Sabyasachi Das, an economist who teaches at Ashoka University, has drawn attention, as it should.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
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, Aug 10, 2023: Quite a few articles have been published to elucidate the role of Indian Christians in Indian freedom movement. However, little information on their struggle is available in public domain. Numerous Christians from the eastern Indian state had played an active role in theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Margao, August 10, 2023: Catholics in Goa have expressed relief after a Catholic priest was granted anticipatory bail in a case related to his homily that mentioned a 17th century warrior king. The Sessions Court in Margao, Goa’s commercial capital, on August 8 granted bail toContinue Reading
By Isaac Gomes Kolkata, August 10, 2023: India’s opposition alliance INDIA and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) party are now busy debating a No Confidence Motion against the federal government. The main reason for the debate for the ongoing violence in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. The BJPContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, August 9, 2023: Walking around the streets of Rome, I have first been intrigued and then pained by small 2×2 inches plaques which carried names of Jews which said, for one instance, Paskvala Blazevic born 1920, arrested 28.12.1943, deported to KZMautbausen, (concentration camp in Austria)Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mangaluru, August 9, 2023: The contribution of Jesuit Father Jerome D’Souza as one of the architects of the Indian Constitution was recalled at a function in Mangaluru, southern India. Father D’Souza (1897-1977), a native of Mangaluru, was a member of India’s Constituent Assembly that met 1946-1950Continue Reading
