By Isaac Gomes Calcutta, Dec 16, 2019: On November 28, mattersindia.com carried an article captioned “Himalayan kung fu nuns challenging women’s role with martial arts.” In my comments on the article, I wrote: “Bravo! Himalayan kung fu nuns if utilized with due respect will bring salvation to the girls andContinue Reading
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi, Dec 13, 2019: Kerala witnesses one of the biggest pilgrimages of the country in the winter months of November and December. Thousands undertake their annual pilgrimage to the hill shrine of Sabarimala. Only men and children undertake the pilgrimage. No woman belonging to the childbearingContinue Reading
By Rajiv Theodore New Delhi, Dec 11, 2019: Brutalization of women never seems to end, worse, there is always an upward spike in the number of such cases in the country. These shocking, almost bone-chilling incidents keep surfacing almost each day as the female gender in India face extreme violenceContinue Reading
chhotebhai Do we have a choice? Why not? When I did a short course in journalism about 40 years ago we were taught the importance of the headline, the lead in and the bait to hook the reader. Today it is called grabbing eyeballs, and at times the other ones,Continue Reading
By Vijayesh Lal Home Minister Amit Shah has told the Parliament that the process of making a National Register of Citizens (NRC) will be conducted across India and will be repeated in Assam. This exercise which will be carried out with the Census 2021 has disastrous consequences on many fronts.Continue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Dec 8, 2019: Taking a clue from the recently concluded Amazonian Synod held in the Vatican, Catholic Church Reform International, a body of reform minded Catholics, is seeking to have similar people’s synods in various countries. Plans are afoot in Brazil, Mexico, USA, Germany, Kenya, Australia andContinue Reading
By Kim Ae-ran Recently by chance, I met Father Kinley Tshering, former provincial superior of Darjeeling Jesuit Province in India, the first and only native Bhutan Catholic priest. Bhutan is a close Buddhist theocracy with a population of less than a million, located in the Eastern Himalayas in South Asia,Continue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Dec 2, 2019: Christmas is a time when devout Christians use the invocation “Maranatha.” It is the concluding line in the Bible that means “Come Lord Jesus” (Rev 22:20). It is most appropriate for Advent. This phrase is earlier used by St Paul in his benediction toContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Nov 28, 2019: “Brave Jewish youth survives lions’ den.” That would have been the headline if there was a newspaper during the Old Testament time. In these days of newspapers, the Book of Daniel are reenacted as we read about the courage and composure of someContinue Reading
By Nikhil Asdude, TwoCircles.net “CONSTITUTIONAL MORALITY IS NOT A NATURAL SENTIMENT. IT HAS TO BE CULTIVATED. WE MUST REALISE THAT OUR PEOPLE HAVE YET TO LEARN IT. DEMOCRACY IN INDIA IS ONLY A TOP-DRESSING ON AN INDIAN SOIL WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY UNDEMOCRATIC.” DR B.R.AMBEDKAR Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar stood for theContinue Reading
