By F. M. Britto Parsahi (Bana), March 24, 2020: It was very motherly of Asha Devi to express happiness when the four convicts, who had gang raped and brutally killed her beloved daughter, were finally hanged to death in Tihar jail in the early hours on March 20, 2020. ItContinue Reading

Washington, March 21, 2020: Earlier on March 19, I announced that I will not be running for re-election as Washington State’s lieutenant governor and have decided to enter the Society of Jesus. This decision follows two years of careful and prayerful discernment. But because that process has been almost entirelyContinue Reading

By Shaili Chopra Motherhood in Coronavirus times has been tough. We are rediscovering our lives, our environment and a part of our selves. Thanks to coronavirus, I am a new self. And I am quite scared of confronting this person in the mirror. Because she is this maniacal woman whoContinue Reading

By Inaliza Nongbyrsaw Shillong, March 18, 2020: It is with a sense of joy and love that I share my experience working as an editor for the National Youth Commission, Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India (CCBI), for the past two years. I recall the day of my appointment whichContinue Reading

By Deepika Singh Mumbai, March 17, 2020: In 2004, an NGO requested me to share my experience of “climate change impact” on the “arid ecosystem” and my mind quickly switched to my homeland Ajmer, Rajasthan, a state in northern India. Even though I was out of the village after completingContinue Reading

By Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, March 16, 2020: Many a time bad events in our lives open up new opportunities. They also teach us life-changing lessons. The dreaded the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which the United Nations has declared a worldwide pandemic, has opened up for India at least two distinctContinue Reading

By Shann Joseph Fernandes Rourkela, March 13, 2020: I was excited when assigned to a slum exposure program as part of my theology course in a regional theology seminary, Sambalpur, Odisha. We were 18 students of Khristo Jyoti Mohavidyaloyo (Light of Christ College), who went to Rourkela with our principalContinue Reading

By Shini Melukunnel Jharsuguda, March 11, 2020: The memory of growing up as a child in a traditional family in Kerala, southern India, is vivid. The Lenten season then consisted of sacrifice, giving up non-vegetarian items, fasting on Fridays. When I look back, those were mere rituals for me. TodayContinue Reading