By Pallavi Preetinanda Kolkata, June 4, 2019: I have been traveling with my dad ever since I was 3 years old. Mom isn’t much of a travel person, though after working for nearly 30 years, now she is taking out time to travel. But dad and me, we have beenContinue Reading
By Abhirami Sasikumar The 12th grade exam results are out, and I have entered another phase in life – college. As I fill admission forms, I can’t believe that my school life is over. I feel both relief and sadness. Relief because I don’t have to get up early inContinue Reading
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi, May 19: 2019: On September 29, 2008, a bomb went off near a mosque in Malegaon in north Maharashtra, killing six and wounding more than a hundred. According to the prosecution, the blast was the handiwork of a Hindu extremist group. Arrested in the blastContinue Reading
By Ancie Francis-Wilfred Nagpur, May 5, 2019: I’m not sure if that’s a proper term (like housewife or home-maker) but that’s the only term that justifies my current profile. My life revolves around my two sons – which I’m sure most mothers would relate to – but there’s nothing IContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Rome, April 15, 2019: Generally, I do not enjoy traveling, especially alone. I began to enjoy journeys only after my six-year sojourn in northeastern India. Travelling to the interior villages helped me become stronger in many ways. However, what is more important is the inspiring persons IContinue Reading
To, Abp Giambattista Diquattro Apotolic Nuncio to India nuntius@apostolicnuntiatureindia.com Respected Nuncioji, PLEASE STEM THE ROT IN JALANDHAR DIOCESE We are grateful to you for taking action on our previous submissions regarding the removal of Franco Mulakkal (FM) from the episcopacy of Jalandhar Diocese (JD), and subsequently for preventing the transferContinue Reading
By Archbishop Felix Machado Vasai, March 31, 2019: Pope Francis’ journey to Morocco (March 30-31) takes place in the footsteps of the path traced in his visit to Abu Dhabi: “Dialogue with people of other religions is an irreversible commitment,” stated Archbishop Felix Machado, Bishop of Vasai and president ofContinue Reading
By Joe Livingston Chennai, March 24, 2019: Bi-smillāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm” (In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful) were strange words for me until I stepped into Jamia Dar-us-salaam, a madrasa (Muslim religious school) at Umrabad, Ambur, a town in the Vellore district of Tamil Nadu state in southernContinue Reading
By Gunjan You know what, I think enough is enough, I better embrace my tag and learn to live with it. Yes, I am a housewife (mega cringe!) and that’s that! No point beating about the bush and telling myself the condescending homemaker bullshit. This enlightenment, by the way, dawnedContinue Reading
By Sr Tessy Jacob, SSpS Jharsuguda, March 21, 2019: Last night when I went to the dining room to fill a bottle of water, I heard some noise in the basin for washing dishes. The basin’s drain was blocked with a stopper to collect water from a leaky tap. AContinue Reading
