By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Exactly, 70 years ago on November 26, 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted and gave to “we, the people” a landmark Constitution. ‘The Constitution of India’ is the sacred book of every Indian citizen; it is a bulwark of fundamental rights and directive principles,Continue Reading
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Vijayawada, Nov 6, 2019: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy has announced that all mothers from poor families who send their children to school will get 15,000 rupees in their bank accounts for educational expenses. The money is given under ‘Amma Vodi (Mother’s Lap),’ aContinue Reading
By Varghese Vayalamannil Devasia Jolly Joseph is a member of the Kerala-based Syro-Malabar Church who was recently arrested for killing her husband and five other members of his family over a period of 14 years. The disclosure of the killings through cyanide poisoning has shocked the Kerala society with manyContinue Reading
By Santosh Kumar New Delhi, Oct. 28, 2019:The single biggest takeaway from the by-elections to five Assembly constituencies in Kerala, the results of which were announced last week, is that the voters have shown caste and community satraps their place. The electorate not only underlined their secular credentials again byContinue Reading
By Poorvi Gupta Unpaid work follows women-at-work Women farmers are being over-burdened because men don’t take up household chores and now many productive roles are also being taken over by them in the absence of men if they migrate to urban spaces. It isn’t just the women in agriculture butContinue Reading
By Rodion Ebbighausen Millions of people in Asia are not citizens of any country, and they live without legal rights or protection. Although modern conflicts shape the problem, statelessness is rooted in Asia’s colonial past. In India’s northeastern Assam state, almost 2 million people are struggling to have their citizenshipContinue Reading
By Anita Cheria Bengaluru, August 11, 2019: Until August 2018, Sisters Lucy Kalapura and Lissy Vadakkel had very little in common except that they belonged to the same congregation and had somewhat similar names. But today they are perceived as partners in crime. The media refers to them and rightlyContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, August 7, 2019: Thirty years ago whenever I got an opportunity to address the gatherings of priests and religious in a few dioceses, I had proposed to appoint a fulltime person for building public relations and create good will among local people. At that time hardlyContinue Reading
By Joanna Slater NEW DELHI, July 29: It was not the kind of news a freshly reelected government likes to hear. Days after Narendra Modi was sworn in for a second term as India’s prime minister, industry data showed that sales of passenger vehicles experienced their biggest slump in 18Continue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Ahmedabad, July 29, 2019: A massive people’s campaign is currently underway in the country to save the ‘Right to Information’ (RTI) Act. The campaign which can be visited at www.SaveRTI.in is also going viral on social media under the hashtag #SaveRTI – with several thousandsContinue Reading
