By Tanmoy Mondol Bandel, June 21, 2025 — The historic Marian shrine of Bandel Church, standing sentinel on the banks of the Hooghly since 1599, became the backdrop for a spiritual and musical homecoming as Baul Samrat Sanajit Mandal reimagined two seminal tracks from Bengali Gospel classic. The music videoContinue Reading
John S. Shilshi India is a country that boasts staggering diversity—a colourful mix few in the world have the privilege of sharing. Since independence and the enactment of the constitution, freedom, liberty, and equality before the law has always been our treasured rights. Barring stray forgettable incidents in decades, theContinue Reading
By John Singarayar Tala, June 20, 2025: More than 200 people have attended the opening of the Community and Human Resources Development Center at Tala in Maharashtra’s Raigad district to mark the Divine Word Society’s 150 years of service. Archbishop John Rodrigues of Bombay led the thanksgiving Mass on JuneContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, June 19, 2024: Soon after the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad we have witnessed mixed feelings expressed by public – shock, sadness, anxiety, fear, suspicion and anger. Also, various theories are evolving like bird-hit, technical fault, high temperature, pilot’s mistake and manufacturing defect etc.Continue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, June 17, 2025: Till recently we used to hear about wife beaters – aggressive male chauvinists beating up their spouses. Have things turned full circle? Are women the new aggressors – chopping up their husbands and sealing them in blue cement drums? Or the latest shocker fromContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, June 17, 2025: Masthan Sahib has worked with Catholic nuns for four decades in a leprosy rehabilitation center in Bengaluru, the capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. The center, Sumanahalli, is under the Bangalore Archdiocese, aided by the state government, and managed by nunsContinue Reading
By Allen Brooks Guwahati, June 17, 2025: In the heart of Manipur, where rolling plains and enchanting hills whisper tales of unity and strife, two young girls, K Nganthoi Sharma of the Meitei community and Lamnunthem Singson of the Kuki-Zo community once gazed up at the same sky and dreamedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Tellicherry, June 16, 2025: Archbishop Joseph Pamplany of Tellicherry has suspended a priest accused of sexually assaulting a minor boy. In his June 8 order, the archbishop removed with immediate effect Father Paul Thattuparambil from the post of the vicar of St. Pauls’ Church Athirumavu inContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, June 13, 2025: Two days ago, I came across a YouTube video showing a group of human rights activists campaigning in a bus in Chennai. Their motive was to sensitize people about corporate companies looting the forests in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha. OneContinue Reading
By Devin Watkins Vatican Cit, June 12: Pope Leo XIV on June 12 expressed his condolences and prayed for the victims of a plane crash that killed more than 200 people in Ahmedabad, western India. Air India flight 171 took off from the airport in the commercial capital of GujaratContinue Reading
