Testimony of a cancer survivor
2019-01-30
“I attribute this cancer cure to Our Lady of Lourdes” Continue Reading
The George I knew
2019-01-29
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Jan. 29, 2019: The gutsy fighter, the dynamite man of yesteryears, is no more, having just passed on with two fat ladies (tambola language) at 88. I first met George Bhai in July 1990, when he was the Railway Minister in the Vajpayee cabinet. I had justContinue Reading
How would Jesus have fared among contemporary Indian godmen?
2019-01-09
By Rohit Kumar New Delhi, Jan. 9, 1090: The first time I heard the term ‘Yeshu baba’ was in Tihar jail. I was not a prisoner – I was visiting along with a group of school-children who were performing a Christmas program for about a thousand women inmates in JailContinue Reading
Reviving oral traditions in digital boom era
2018-12-31
By Rajiv Theodore New Delhi, Oct. 31, 2018: In this era of a digital boom and media blitz, the spoken word still is the most frequently used and important mode of communications. The spoken word contains subtleties that the written word – even with emojis – cannot convey. Perhaps, becauseContinue Reading
Pravasi Legal Cell: Taking legal system to migrants
2018-12-29
By Jose Abraham New Delhi, Dec. 29, 2018: Access to competent legal services is too costly for many Indians to afford, especially for people on the move. Migrants, within and outside the country, lack normal support systems to approach the legal system. It was with the purpose of assisting suchContinue Reading
Why don’t we give Him room?
2018-12-21
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi, Dec. 21, 2018: The Christmas story begins with Joseph and Mary plodding along snowy and treacherous terrain on a dark wintry night to register with a census as decreed by Emperor Augustus. Mary who was into her full-term pregnancy was badly in need of aContinue Reading
Wah Taj Wah
2018-12-20
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Dec. 20, 2018: Pallu, neither Pappu nor Lallu, was a simple villager. He longed to see the Taj Mahal in Agra, one of the seven wonders of the world. All foreign dignitaries visiting Delhi are taken for a mandatory visit to the Taj. Borrowing from Dr EricContinue Reading
Toward Christo-Marxian Communism for peace, sustainable development
2018-12-15
By Acharya Sachidananda Bharathi Kochi, Dec. 15, 2018: By the term ‘Communism’ I mean here an integrated socio-economic-political system wherein the members of a commune (community) can live together peacefully and happily by sharing their time, energy and resources for the common good of all and for the good ofContinue Reading
No time to celebrate but plunge vigorously into action
2018-12-13
By Nithya Sagayam Chennai, Dec. 13, 2018: There is a tendency to imagine that the people have come up with a choice of Congress to regain the lost democracy. Never. It is only a reaction of the people to the ways and means the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took peopleContinue Reading
Interfaith Friendships: Great means for personal growth
2018-12-10
By Masooma Close personal relationships between people from different faith backgrounds are an important means for promoting interfaith understanding and inter-community harmony. In addition, they can also be a great way for us to grow personally. Such relationships can provide us opportunities to learn good things from other religious traditionsContinue Reading