Guwahati, April 19, 2020: A group of tribals was seen in a video with a 12-feet-long King Cobra that they killed for a feast in Arunachal Pradesh. In the video, shared widely on social media, three men carrying the snake’s carcass were heard claiming that they had killed the reptileContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, April 19, 2020: Ramayan is an Indian mythological television series that was aired during 1987-1988 on Doordarshan (DD) National, created, written and directed by Ramanand Sagar. It was a television adaptation of the Hindu epic of the same name, and was primarily based on Valmiki’sContinue Reading
By Margarete Mary Kohima, April 18, 2020: When I was transferred to Nagaland, a mountainous state in northeastern India, bordering Myanmar, I was anxious due to language. One of the nuns in my Congregation of the Sisters of the Little Flower of Bethany (also known as Bethany Sisters), told me,Continue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, April 19, 2020: Fifteen years ago I had an opportunity to accompany a group of 80 members of a Catholic women religious congregation to Anandwan, Warora, 100 km south of Nagpur for exposure as part of their provincial Assembly. Anandwan’s founder, the charismatic Baba Amte, wasContinue Reading
New Delhi, April 19, 2020: Bangla Sahib Gurudwara, at the heart of the national capital, was lit up April 19 evening as a gesture to extend hope and solidarity to the “coronavirus warriors.” The gesture was seen as a bid to commend the selfless services of the people who areContinue Reading
Jerusalem, Apr 19, 2020: A handful of Eastern Orthodox priests held mass for the Christian holiday of Easter on Sunday in an empty Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem due to restrictions in place to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Eastern Christian rites mark Easter, the dayContinue Reading
By P A Chacko SJ Sahibganj, April 19, 2020: Does Covid-19 teach humanity anything? Those who have eyes to see, they see. Those who have ears to hear, they hear. Those who have hearts to feel, they feel. Covid 19 has a message. It is a tiny virus. It hasContinue Reading
Fr. Elias L. Ayuban, Jr., CMF Manila, Philippines, April 18, 2020: This is a frequently-asked question in times of crisis. An interrogative that sounds more like a sarcasm than a query seeking for a candid answer. But let me try to reflect on where the Church is now without anyContinue Reading
By Dr George Jacob Kochi, April 19, 2020: In December 2019, a cluster of patients with ‘pneumonia of unknown cause’ was linked to wet markets in Wuhan, China. Scientists zeroed in on a virus from the Coronavirus family, and named it 2019-nCov (n for novel), now called SARS-CoV-2. It isContinue Reading
Some 900,000 female community health workers are on the frontline as part of India’s battle against Covid-19. But they are poorly paid, ill-prepared and vulnerable to attacks and social stigma, reports BBC Marathi’s Shrikant Bangale. “The value of our life is just 30 rupees [less than $1], according to theContinue Reading
