By F. M. Britto Raipur, August 10, 2019: The tribal-dominated Chhattisgarh state granted first time public government holiday on Aug 9 to celebrate the World Tribal Day. Greeting the tribal people on the occasion, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said in his message, “We will honor and guard the people whoContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Manila, August 10, 2019: Dominga Abinoha, a 75-year-old illiterate woman, is one of the hundreds of thousands of poor in the Philippines. She is among the 3.1 million shelterless who have made Manila, the Philippines capital the world’s largest city of homeless people. Dominga’s parents were fromContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena, SS.CC. Manila, August 9, 2019: With 3.1 million people with no place to live, Manila is home to the world’s largest homeless population. Among them are 70,000 children. These homeless are seen in the streets of Metro Manila — around shanties, near bridges, on sidewalks, pavements, atContinue Reading
New Delhi, August 9, 2019: I have just boarded the flight to Srinagar. The only way I could find to reach my parents. I haven’t been able to contact them since past four days. This is the story of every Kashmiri living away from the valley –a valley writhing underContinue Reading
New Delhi, August 9, 2019: Monsoon rains on August 9 continued to batter several parts of India, with Kerala faring the worst in the south. The Pinarayi Vijayan government has issued a red alert and ordered all educational institutions to remain shut for the day. The Cochin International Airport suspendedContinue Reading
AGAT, Aug.9, 2019: Walter Denton wanted to grow up to be just like Father Tony Apuron, until the night he says the parish priest raped him in a church rectory. The pastor sent the sobbing 13-year-old altar boy away with a warning: “If you say anything to anybody, no oneContinue Reading
Guwahati, Aug. 9, 2019: The Manipur government has appointed a nine-year-old girl as the State’s green ambassador, less than a week after a video of her crying for two trees axed for a road-widening project went viral. An order from H. Balkrisna Singh, Manipur’s Director of Information and Public Relations,Continue Reading
By Robin Gomes A bill banning commercial surrogacy was introduced in the upper house of Indian parliament on August 5 after gaining the approval of the lower house. Altruistic surrogacy The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019 allows “ethical altruistic surrogacy” to the intending infertile Indian married couple, between the age ofContinue Reading
By Fr. Nelson Lobo OFM Cap Panaji, August 8, 2019: Goa is gone to dogs is the common refrain we hear from not only Goans but also from foreigners. Frustrations and disappointments are seen on their faces. A kind of angst situation exists all over. In moments of disillusionment oneContinue Reading
By Romualdo Robin Rodrigues Panaji, August 8, 2019: There has been much debate over priests talking about politics and getting involved in politics. Why should they get out of their church and residence and speak their prophetic role? Because politics permeates his entire life. Early morning the priest gets upContinue Reading
