Kochi: Covid-19 has been on a relentless march over humanity since 10 months. Infecting and snuffing out numerous lives. Globally the virus has infected 33.4 million. About a million have lost their lives. The pandemic has had India too in its stranglehold. 6.15 million Indians have been infected and 96,318Continue Reading
Pilar: On October 2, with affection and reverence, India remembers Mahatma Gandhi, the ‘Father of the Nation.” This annual ritual could be turned into a real homage if only we imbibe some of his great qualities. One of of them is his insistence on inter-faith harmony or ‘Sadbhav.’ Sadbhav (goodwill,Continue Reading
Mumbai: After a son and three daughters, I was born to my parents who were staying in Andheri, Mumbai, western Indian state. My mother was looking forward to another son because she believed that daughters were just a burden and sons would support her in old age. She was notContinue Reading
Frankfurt: When I started my journey from Kerala, my native place in southern India, my mind was full of hopes of a bright future. I had somehow collected enough money for a post-graduate course abroad. After my studies I should find a job to pay off the debts and supportContinue Reading
Montevideo: After 16 years of missionary life among the Garo and Khasi tribes of Meghalaya, a northeastern Indian state, I was invited to join our congregation’s universal mission. So, 2013, my superiors sent me to South America. I am a member of the Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,Continue Reading
By Mohammed Wajihuddin New Delhi, Sept 25, 2020: Ziya Us Salam, an old friend, a prolific writer and a senior journalist associated with The Hindu group for over two decades, told me in the first week of February that he had been to Shaheen Bagh and other anti-Citizenship Amendment ActContinue Reading
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi, Sept 24, 2020: It has been nine months since first cases of Covid-19 were reported from China’s Wuhan. The onslaught of SARS Co-V-2 on mankind has been relentless. Globally 31.6 million has been infected, and 971,000 killed. India’s share of ‘viral bashing’ reads 31.6 millionContinue Reading
By Lucy D’Mello Mascara, Sept 24, 2020: As a missionary, I had always expressed my willingness for the mission “Ad Extra” (towards the outside). I had almost given up the hope when on my 50th birthday the Lord gifted me the mission of Algeria, the largest Muslim country in NorthContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Sept 24, 2020: Since I have not enrolled in ‘WhatsApp University’ many call me outdated and backward. However, some friends bring their smart phones and ask me to watch some of the rare videos in WhatsApp. Today I witnessed a fiery political speech by a renownedContinue Reading
By Lisa Choegyal Kathmandu, Sept 21, 2020: We stood uneasily on the grass beneath the spreading fig tree. Father Moran was trying to create a sense of religious formality, our excited guests were in danger of being rowdy, and I was missing the church font usually associated with christenings fromContinue Reading
