By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, April 6, 2020: Yesterday (April 5) at 9.00 pm many people in India switched off electric lights for 9 minutes and lighted candles or oil lamp or torch, as response to the appeal by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The prime minister had specifically told that theContinue Reading
By Francis Gonsalves Pune, April 5, 2020: Call it closedown or lockdown or what you will, but this global lockdown is certainly not a shutdown for proclaiming Christ. Rather, I believe that—just as the religious spirit swelled post 9/11 in the USA—COVID-19 is likely to see a surge in spiritualContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, April 5, 2020: “Light oil lamp or candle or use torch/cell phone light for 9 minutes at 9 pm,” was the appeal given by the Prime Minister of India to 1.3 billion people in India. There is no need for us to undertake a scholarlyContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, April 3, 2020: In these days, coronavirus disturbs our peace and energy. At the same time the selfless services of doctors, nurses, health workers and police personnel working round the clock leave us amazed and grateful. They try their best to ensure good health, healing andContinue Reading
By Fr. Victor Ferrao Rachol, April 3, 2020: Truth has fidelity to inconsistency. It has a disruptive character. It often derails our comfort zones. The eruption of coronavirus in the world brings this hard lesson to us. Everyone among us is displaced by this minute pathogen. As we have becomeContinue Reading
By Victor Ferrao Panaji, April 1, 2020: Being locked down due to COVID-19 and immobilized has its upsides. One can spend quality time with oneself as one is free from the myth of Sisyphus that has set the clock of our life from morning to night. Now that we haveContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, March 31, 2020: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 29 apologized to the nation for taking some hard decisions to stop the spread of new coronavirus Covid 19. He did it while addressing the people on his monthly radio program, Man Ki Baat. “I apologize toContinue Reading
By Jyotsna D’Souza Vasai, March 30, 2020: To be elected the national president of the Indian Catholic Youth Movement and National Youth Commission was not something I have ever dreamed. But I do believe I am here for a reason. God has a purpose for me. He has a visionContinue Reading
By Gabriella Uy Manila, March 25, 2020: At 33, current self-employed, running a gas and a retailer shop in the Philippines. I am the third among five siblings. My love life started with a simple ‘hi’ and ‘hello’ on WhatsApp. My cousin introduced me to a 29-year old Indian guyContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparampil Indore, March 29, 2020: World Health Organization (WHO) director, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’ message in the context novel coronavirus COVID 19 is concluded with the following statement: “COVID 19 is taking away from us so much. But it is also giving us something, an opportunity to come togetherContinue Reading
