By Oswald Gracias Mumbai: Mother Teresa, my personal friend, often said that “charity and love are the same thing: with charity you give love, so don’t just give money, but stretch out your hand instead . . .” The hands of the Church in India stretch out to the poor,Continue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad: Light a lamp for COURAGE – to illumine the darkness which has engulfed many everywhere! Diwali, the Festival of Lights is a reminder that each one of us is called to be a light in our world today; a light that is visible, enkindling other lightsContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru: Now that the election results are almost clear in the US, there is a big talk about Kamala Harris. Indians celebrate her victory saying that she is an Indian. Can we call Kamala Harris an Indian in a true sense? Is she an Indian orContinue Reading
Dr George Jacob Kochi: India, like rest of the world, has been in the throes of Covid-19 that has been causing death and infection since late December 2019. As many as 47.4 million are infected and 1.21 million succumbing worldwide, while 8.31 million infected and 124,000 succumbing in India. Lately,Continue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi SJ Konchowki: There is a renewed vigor and commitment for the cause of social justice among the Jesuits today than a month back. Hundreds of young Jesuits are willing to replace Father Stan Swamy, an 83-year-old Jesuit Tribal rights activist, who on November 9 completes one monthContinue Reading
By M K George Rome: It is a borrowed title, from Thomas L. Friedman. He was writing about the U S as it went for elections soon. He feels that the country has been fed with lies and damned lies for four years and the nation has been so dividedContinue Reading
By Jeffrey Gettleman New Delhi: For more than half a century, Parambaloth Joseph Anthony, a shrewd and sweet-natured man, served as The New York Times’s secret weapon in India. As the New Delhi bureau manager from the mid-1960s until just a few years ago, Mr. Anthony, whom everyone called P.J.,Continue Reading
By Dr George Jacob Kochi: She was only 33. She had been working as a nurse since six years in the operating theater of the hospital where I worked. A mother of two, she came to work from Chandiroor, a suburb of Kochi on National Highway 66(NH 66). In theContinue Reading
By Lissy Kurian Panaji: Long before Covid-19 spread its tentacles across India, I had planned for my annual home vacation in November this year. Hence, I remained calm as the nation scored high and low in the number of Covid-19 patients. I hoped November would be a good time forContinue Reading
By Swami Sachidananda Bharathi Kochi: Joseph Mar Thoma Metropolitan, who died October 18 aged 90 at Thiruvalla in Kerala, was a great Christian leader who was an ardent promoter of ecumenical unity and interreligious dialogue. His demise is an irredeemable loss not only for the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian ChurchContinue Reading
