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
By Don Aguiar Mumbai, July 25, 2019: Nowadays, the traditional measure of success – owning an apartment and/or a car – is out of date. An increasing number of young people around the world don’t want to buy them. Research shows that the so-called millennial generation, who are now 30-35Continue Reading
By Mazhar Zaidi July 1, 2019 The terrible costs of the conflict between India and Pakistan — regional instability, militarization and economic disruption — make global headlines. But there is a largely ignored victim of the crisis: the movie business in Pakistan. There is a long history of politics hurtingContinue Reading
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
