Paresh Malakar Almost everybody, except the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its cohorts opposed the Citizenship Amendment Bill of 1955. And everybody also demanded that the Joint Committee on Bill to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955 should come to Assam for its hearing so that the people of the StateContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur: This is about a cardinal, and his alleged capital sins. It is not about Cardinal Jaime Sin, the 30th archbishop of Manila (31/8/1928 – 21/6/2005) of Chinese Filipino descent, who courageously fought against the Filipino dictators of his time. This is about Cardinal George Alencherry, the MajorContinue Reading
By Christian Weisner (Note: The article below presents a birds eye-view of Pope Francis’ efforts during the 5 years of his pontificate to update his church.) “Only if the reforms of the Second Vatican Council are continued can the church be saved,” Fr. Hans Küng said in the fall ofContinue Reading
By Sriram Ramakrishnan Rohit Vemula, Akhlaq Khan, Junaid Khan, Una…..What is common to all these names? All (except Una) were individuals and victims of unspeakable, horrible tragedies. Two were were victims of mob lynching and Una witnessed the brutal flogging of four Dalit youth by alleged self-styled gau rakshaks’ inContinue Reading
GUWAHATI, February 17, 2018: Assam is at the bottom of the list with regard to maternal mortality rate(MMR) with a figure of 300 against the national average of 167, while the fund spending under National Health Mission (NHM) is just 13.58 per cent for 2017-18. Union Minister of State forContinue Reading
Society needs to protect itself against aggressive abuse of tricolor for inciting violenceContinue Reading
More than 9 percent of baby girls are aborted in sex-selective abortionsContinue Reading
The question is not how many were killed, raped and what the consequence of this violence was. In the end, it is just about why there no justice.Continue Reading
With Christian community under increasing attack in Madhya Pradesh, the Catholic Association has moved the Jabalpur High Court seeking protection for its educational institutions
Vivan Eyben Eight Northeastern states of India present an intriguing trend in child mortality, care and health outcomes as revealed in the recently published final report of the National Family and Health Survey 4 (NFHS 4). It was conducted across the country in 2015-2016 and gives details on a hostContinue Reading
