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
By chhotebhai Kanpur, October 19, 2026: Synodality (yawn), one would have thought that it was dead and buried with Pope Francis. It’s quite probable that there are many in the church, mostly from among the clergy and hierarchy, who would be happy if that were so. They were distinctly uncomfortableContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, October 14, 2026: The word ‘cockroach’ is today an ‘in-word’ in India! – thanks to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant. He used the word during a Supreme Court hearing on May 15, 2026. Though the CJI used it in a particular context, theContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, October 7, 2026: Two recent events have occasioned this piece. The first was the recently concluded Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, and the other was the recent visit of an acquaintance to China. Both are indices of the growing gap between China and India, like the backlogContinue Reading
By M.K. George Rome, October 7, 2026: It goes back to the Old Testament: “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour” (Exodus 20:16). This seems to be the earliest known articulation of humans being warned not to tell lies. There is an interesting debate going on in IndiaContinue Reading
By M.K. George Rome, October 3, 2026: A quotation widely attributed to the political thinker Hannah Arendt says: “The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.” You do not have to look far to see thatContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, September 25, 2026: The India Express on September 23 had banner headlines screaming: ‘14 times in 10 months, two Election Commissioners objected on record to steps taken by Commission– from keeping them in the dark to adding new voters, deleting names’. Thanks to their investigative journalistContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, September 23, 2026: Returning from the Asian Digital Missionary Assembly in Manila, I find myself carrying home something far more valuable than photographs, memories and new friendships. I return with a renewed understanding of what digital ministry means to me — and a deeper conviction thatContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, September 25, 2026: Artificial Intelligence (AI)is overwhelming us today! AI, as we all know, is about communication, information, data mining, and much more. It shapes the way we think and even determines our behavioural patterns and much more. In May, Pope Leo XIV gave the worldContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, September 25, 2026: It is no coincidence that Gandhi Jayanti, to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, is celebrated on October 2 and the feast of St Francis of Assisi on October 4. They have much in common, especially their extreme form of renunciation and humility.Continue Reading
