By Don Aguiar Mumbai, Jan 27, 2023: In India this Republic Day far-right Hindu narratives have become more mainstream and brazen than the last year. Hindu nationalist narratives dominate the political and mainstream media discourse in India clamping the Constitutional freedom guaranteed to all citizens and in particular to theContinue Reading
Don Aguiar We have begun the Year of the Lord – ANNO DOMINI 2023. The marking of the dawn of a new year is no secular holiday, because time and history have been drawn into the coming of God into the world. We keep track of our time as eitherContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Dec 22, 2022: For the last few years, the Syro-Malabar Church in Kerala has been in the news for bad reasons. Conflicts in the name of silly and irrational matters raised by the hierarchy, priests and religious have become so common that many simple people haveContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Dec 15, 2022: This piece is occasioned by the Gospel reading at the third Sunday of Advent. From prison, John the Baptist sent his emissaries to Jesus with the question “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to expect someone else?” (Mat 11:3).Continue Reading
M.K.George Lionel Messi is now a household name. At least for the lovers of soccer. The Argentinian football player has won the hearts of millions. Here is the football history that makes him a legend: Prior to the World Cup, Messi has scored 695 goals in 831 games in clubContinue Reading
By George Jacob Kochi, Dec 8, 2022: Kerala is considered the healthiest Indian state, thanks to her superlative health indices. Recently, the southern Indian state added another feather to her illustrious cap on the healthcare front by bringing out an antibiogram, making Kerala the first Indian state to do so.Continue Reading
By M K George Rome, Nov 30, 2022: There is a simple sociological axiom. Any sub-system is in effect a microcosm of the larger system. Hence, what is happening in the larger system is likely to repeat itself in the sub-systems. Indian Nation faces issues of polarization and attempts atContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Nov 29, 2022: The Advent season is upon us. It is a preparation for Christmas, depending on our priorities. The Hindi word for Advent is Aagman. It is the same word used at airports for Arrivals. Advent means just that – the coming or arrival of somebodyContinue Reading
By Dr George Jacob Kochi, Nov 8, 2022: Condemning the use of the ‘two-finger test’ on survivors of rape and sexual assault to confirm the crime, the Supreme Court has recently ruled that “any person performing such tests will be held guilty of misconduct.” A bench comprising Justices D YContinue Reading
By Joan Chunkapura Kottayam, Nov 7, 2022: When I started to work with people with addictions, I heard many comments about it being an unimportant and useless service field. Yet I felt it was more meaningful and had more of a sense of connectedness to human beings than working inContinue Reading
