By chhotebhai Kanpur, June 17, 2019: It requires resolve to solve a tricky problem like Ayodhya. It is said to be a matter between Hindus and Muslims. I am neither. Hence what have I got to do with Ayodhya? Everything. Because the Babri Masjid (BM) – Ram Janam Bhoomi (RJB)Continue Reading
Chhotebhai The British monarchy is probably still the most popular in the world, besides being the oldest extant one. It dates back to William the Conqueror in 1066. In modern times it may also be popular because of its attractive princesses; from the blonde leggy Diana, to the petite brunetteContinue Reading
SHASTRI RAMACHANDARAN New Delhi, June 4, 2019: On May 25, two days after the counting of votes that was to bring in Modi Sarkar 2.0, DMK President M K Stalin said, “Gone are the days when it was believed that only Hindi-speaking states make India”. As if to prove thatContinue Reading
By Archbishop Felix Machado Vasai, June 1, 2019: Pope Francis arrived in Romania on May 31 for a three-day, cross-country pilgrimage. The visit took place 20 years after St. John Paul II made the first-ever papal visit to a majority Orthodox country, which is on the Catholic and European periphery.Continue Reading
By Mari Marcel Thekaekara For the first time, more women than men are likely to have voted in the Indian elections. That’s more than half a billion women who have had a say on issues that really matter to them. So finally, Indian political parties seem to have woken upContinue Reading
By chhotebhai THE CONTEXT: This has been open season for clean chits, especially from the Election Commission of India to Namo and Amit Shah. Opposition parties have got their hackles up, claiming that the Model Code of Conduct has been reduced to the Modi Code of Conduct. Other than cleanContinue Reading
By Mathew Schmalz More than 200 people, including several foreign nationals, were killed in several coordinated bomb attacks on churches on hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter. Several Christian communities spread across the island nation were targeted in the attack: Suicide bombers detonated one set of bombs at churches inContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, April 3, 2019: April 1 is a fun day. With the advent of electronic communication I can now fool people across the world. I get fiendish delight in fooling the “powerful”, and have often incurred their wrath. This April Fool’s Day would have been no different, untilContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil The New Indian Express on March 30 reported that the Punjab Police claimed to have recovered 96.6 million rupees of hawala money from six persons, including a priest belonging to Jalandhar diocese. It is a huge amount of cash. Those who were caught by the police andContinue Reading
By Anushree Bernard The United Nations in 1975 declared March 8 as the International Women’s Day (IWD) to celebrate the social, cultural, political and economic achievements of women across the world. The day gained prominence over the years as it grew from strength to strength giving a spectacle to allContinue Reading
