By M.K. George Rome, September 21, 2026: Recently, Archbishop Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis, the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations, while speaking to the United Nations in New York, said, “Hate speech poisons public discourse, inflames division, and too often prepares the ground for violence and persecution.” Hate speechContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, September 18, 2026: Pardon my penchant for words. On a more serious note, like a moth to the flame, I have a fatal attraction to the Word, the Word made flesh, Jesus, the Word, and “the Word was God” (Jn 1:10). I had been mulling over theseContinue Reading
By M.K.George Rome, September 14, 2026: The Great Nicobar Project, many warn, could be an ecological disaster in the making. But the official narrative says it is a great project promising much-needed development and a strategic gateway for India’s trade and security. But it surprises me that the project doesContinue Reading
By M.K.George Rome, September 10, 2026:Sounds shocking? But there is substantial evidence confirming the statement in a recent, well-researched book by the well-known author Moisés Naím and Quico Toro, Charlatans: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Hucksters Bamboozle the Media, the Markets, and the Masses (New York: Basic Books, 2025). They pointContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, September 4, 2026: August has been a rather depressing and distressing month for me, despite my telling others that we should never give up hope. But this last month could best be described as “My cup of woes brimmeth over”. Some things may sound silly and mundane,Continue Reading
By Sujata Jena (September 1, 2026) A pilgrimage to the birth place of the congregation… Recently, I had the rare privilege of making a pilgrimage to the birthplace of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, the congregation to which I belong. Twenty-eight brothers and sisters fromContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, August 31, 2026: I am Malala: I was born on 12 July 1997 as Malala Yousafzai in the Swat District of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. My family was lower–middle class. It was certainly not easy to make both ends meet. My father was an educationistContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Mirga, August 30, 2026: As part of the Basic Ecclesial Community (BEC) training of the Catholic Diocese of Asansol, I had the opportunity to spend a day with BEC leaders and some clergy reflecting on the present challenges faced by Christians in West Bengal, particularly the growingContinue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai, August 28, 2026:In pre-colonial India broad Hindu society was ruled by the laws of manusmiriti (MS) where caste and gender hierarchy was the core of its values. During the colonial period when education, transport and modern administration took roots, the germs of democracy started taking roots.Continue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, August 25, 2026: Two reports, hidden in the inner recesses of the newspapers, caught my attention. The first was on 14th August, the eve of Independence Day, in the Hindustan (Hindi) paper. The second was just 9 days later on 23rd August in the Hindustan Times (English).Continue Reading
