By Irudhaya Jothi Kolkata, November 10, 2026: As the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) completes its centenary, I write to you not merely to criticise, but to ask you to pause and reflect. A hundred years is a long journey, and it is right to acknowledge the influence your movement hasContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, November 9, 2026: Change is here! During the past weeks, on several counts, the world has been experiencing this reality! After a phase of darkness, primarily caused by dictators and autocrats, fascists and fundamentalists, fanatics and feudalists, megalomaniacs and manipulators, profiteers and bloodsuckers, corrupt and communal,Continue Reading
By Yakub Makwana New Delhi, November 5, 2026: November 1 was a historic day for Indians who envision a better future for the country and its land. I joined the protest in solidarity to stand with those who have lost their voices and identities — some due to the government’sContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, November 2, 2026: Oliver Twist, a character in Charles Dickens’ novel of 1838, by the same name, made an impassioned plea to Mr. Bumble: “Please sir, I want some more”. Oliver was a poor orphan being exploited by his masters. The watery gruel that they were fed wasContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, November 2, 2026: It took a long time to know that words such as “graveyard” or “cemetery” existed. As a child, I only heard of someone dying in the village or at a distant place. Eventually, as a hosteler in the late 1970s, I attendedContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, November 2, 2026: Imagine someone greeting “Congratulations” to the poor, the hungry, the needy and the suffering! Outright, it will surprise many and even shock some. Also, will the poor, the hungry and all the others mentioned in the Beatitudes be comforted by this greeting?Continue Reading
By Mudita Menona Sodder Mumbai, October 29, 2026:I. Introduction: Eco-Spirituality challenges us to Maha Prajna or ‘Great Awareness’ and Maha Karuna or ‘Great Compassion’, which are the greatest virtues in nearly all religious traditions. They make life meaningful. These virtues challenge us to co-suffer, suffer with, and feel another’s sufferingContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, October 26, 2026: The Indian Catholic Forum (ICF) previously gave a synopsis of the papers presented by learned speakers at the recently held “Synodal Church and Secular Society” discernment meet at Kochi, Kerala. Based on the presentations and the deliberations that ensued, the participants proposed a VisionContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Kolkata, October 23, 2026: For nearly eight years, I regularly shouted slogans at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, alongside poor senior citizens from rural Bengal and Dalit and Adivasi women and men demanding food, work and pension rights. We travelled from Kolkata in unreserved compartments, walked to protestContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, October 22, 2026: The struggle is on and will continue relentlessly till truth and justice triumph! There is no doubt about that! It will perhaps be a long-haul struggle, but no one seems to bother about that; after all, India’s freedom struggle was a long, drawn-outContinue Reading
