[Editor’s Note: We are reproducing an article that appeared in “Indian Currents” magazine. It is written by A J Philip, a veteran journalist, who has worked with several mainstream newspapers in India. He has spent several years in Bihar as a journalist.] By A J Philip Dear Shri Lalu PrasadContinue Reading
By Sr. Rani Punnaserril New Delhi: A country’s material prosperity depends on the progress of its agriculture, industry and trade. The prosperity and power of the country come from ordinary laborers who work in fields, mines, mills and factories. Thus work is power. An uneducated laborer is better than anContinue Reading
By Sneha Bhavadasan The reports about an eight-year-old girl who was brutally raped and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir, have not startled me. I found no news in them because such incidents have become routine in today’s India. As usual everyone reacted to the crime on social media and demandedContinue Reading
SNS won a prestigious international award for opposing the EmergencyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jashpur: The official data say that as many as 330 women and 230 children go missing and are feared trafficked every day! About 65,000 women and children have been trafficked out of Chhattisgarh from 2001 – 2013 of which 40% still remain untraced. Chhattisgarh- predominantly aContinue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Archbishop Oscar Romero and the day (March 24, 1980) he was gunned down will remain forever etched in the memory of millions of people across the globe. There are several reasons for this; however, the uppermost one in the hearts and minds of many isContinue Reading
A young woman shares her experience of being born in IndiaContinue Reading
And renounce these not just during Lent alone, but 365 days of the yearContinue Reading
Pope Francis is not afraid to ‘dream’ of a more compassionate, merciful, peaceful, inclusive, just and sensitive worldContinue Reading
By Sr. Cynthia CJ I had been working in Bihar which is in the eastern part of India with Dalit women, youth and children. Dalits, also known as “Untouchables,” are members of the lowest social status group in the Hindu caste system. The word “Dalit” means “the oppressed”/the Broken. TheContinue Reading
