By Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil Guwahati: When disasters take us by surprise, it is not the right time to find fault with one another. But if in the meantime those in command of the situation have gone blind and deaf, we are compelled to raise our voice lest we be destroyedContinue Reading
By Nikhila Henry Kochi: What does Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of the Orthodox Church in Antioch of Syria, have to do with Assembly elections in Kerala? A lot. In fact, it is a century old dispute about the Patriarch’s authority which is now driving two Christian factions –Continue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai: In the recently released report, Freedom House downgraded India from free to partly free due to the atmosphere of intolerance, treatment of journalists, protesters and religious minorities. The events of March 19 at Jhansi station more than reflect this fact. On that day, two nuns belongingContinue Reading
TEZPUR: Generations of her ancestors have lived the same life that Arti Munda now lives in a tea estate in Assam — earning meagre wages, denied the legal status of a Scheduled Tribe (ST) despite being a tribal, landless, malnourished, and dying young. She earns ₹167 for an eight-hour workContinue Reading
By S.N. Sahu Bhubaneswar: In a significant development, the Naveen Patnaik-led Odisha government has passed a resolution in the state legislative assembly to include non-violence in the Preamble of the Constitution. The resolution was passed on March 23 that marked the commencement of a year-long celebration of the centenary ofContinue Reading
By Rajmohan Gandhi Illinois: The ABVP young men who alerted the railway police about the “crime” they were witnessing as their train, the Utkal Express, was speeding along clearly thought they were doing a patriotic duty. When, as a result, two nuns from Kerala plus the two trainees accompanying themContinue Reading
By Dipak Barkhade Hyderabad: Since 2014, the cases of atrocities against Dalit-Bahujans have been on the rise in India. It can be said that the Sanskritization of certain sections among Dalit-Bahujans is giving rise to a Nazi-style mentality. The sociopolitical change does not seem limited to the cultural realm ofContinue Reading
By Shreehari Paliath New Delhi: The exclusion of Dalit Christians and Muslims from the Scheduled Caste category, and the lack of reliable government data on them, deprives these communities of the constitutional benefits extended to Dalits from other religious backgrounds, say experts. Currently, only Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist Dalits areContinue Reading
By Deeptiman Tiwary New Delhi: The federal government’s gazette notification in early March imposing restrictions on Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) from practicing journalism or research, and engaging in Tabligh or missionary activities, has effectively granted legal sanction to what was earlier only a set of guidelines in an officialContinue Reading
London: No one knows how many Iraqi Christians will flock to witness the historic visit of Pope Francis to Iraq, for the simple reason that no one knows exactly how many of the faithful remain in a country that can trace its Christian roots back to the earliest days ofContinue Reading
