By Ram Puniyani Mumbai: India’s partition was one of the major tragedies of South Asian region. The causes for this are to be seen in the triangle formed by ‘British Policy of Divide and rule, Hindu Communalism believing in Primacy of Hindu nation and Muslim Communalism demanding formation of Pakistan.Continue Reading
By Gerald Imray Cape Town: In countries with historic ties to Britain, allegations by Prince Harry and Meghan that an unnamed member of the royal family had “concerns” over how dark their unborn baby’s skin might be have raised a thorny question: Do those nations really want to be soContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Salesians of Don Bosco, a leading worldwide Catholic religious congregation for men, has inaugurated a new 45-kilowatt solar on-grid power plant and rainwater collectors at one of their centers in the Indian national capital. This installation is a vital step toward fulfilling the Salesian congregational ambition ofContinue Reading
By R Sujatha Chennai: An air service agency in Canada that offers flight training has come forward to help India’s D Udhayakeerthika fulfill her childhood dream of becoming an astronaut. Harv’s Air Academy at Steinbach in Canada has accepted the 23-year-old resident of Allinagaram in the Theni district of TamilContinue Reading
Myitkyina: A Catholic nun in Myanmar has braved the military a second time in ten days to save people of the strife-torn South Asian nation. The image of Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng in a simple white habit, her hands spread, pleading with the forces as they prepared to crackContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao: Women are the biggest miracle workers in the world, asserts a Catholic prelate serving India’s northeastern extreme. “You are miracle workers and also our unsung heroines, who go about making the world a better place to live in, without expecting anything in return,” Bishop George PallipparambilContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata: Father Rodney Borneo, a popular priest of Calcutta archdiocese, on March 9 joined the Bharatiya Janata Party that heads the federal coalition government, according to a video clip circulating in social media platforms. The video shows Father Borneo coming to a stage where he isContinue Reading
New Delhi: A 49-year-old farmer from Haryana’s Hisar district on March 7 allegedly hanged himself from a tree, about seven kilometers from the Tikri border protest site, police said. The farmer, who supported the agitation against Centre’s new farm laws, has purportedly left a suicide note, they said. “The victim,Continue Reading
Shiv Visvanathan Sonepat: My father was a brilliant metallurgist who worked for the Tatas. We lived in Jamshedpur and would go for long walks. He loved the forests around the city. I remember one evening as we walked, the Tata ‘mountains’ poured out their slag — molten and incandescent —Continue Reading
By Ditsa Bhattacharya New Delhi: Hundreds of women, students and workers assembled at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar March 8 –International Women’s Day – to celebrate the unity of women, workers and farmers and to protest against the federal government’s alleged “anti-women, anti-people” policies. The demonstration was organized by multiple women’s massContinue Reading
