By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, Oct 1, 2023: On October 1, the world will once again observe the ‘International Day of Older Persons,. It is the 33rd commemoration of this United Nations Day. ‘ Such days are often relegated to tokenism and cosmetic exercises filled with a plethora of speeches andContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Sept 4, 2023: In June this year I had an opportunity to conduct training for teachers in Jharkhand. During the training I found most of them “syllabus-focussed.” Their main concern was completing their syllabus and preparing students for examinations. This seems to be the caseContinue Reading
By P. A. Chacko Dumka, Aug 27, 2023: The ritual war fought on the Kerala terrain by the traditionalists and the progressives of the Syro-Malabar Church seems to be like the Kurukshetra war. Both sides are adamant. Each faction wants it to be a fight to the finish. The laityContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Aug 26, 2023: Chandrayaan-3 was launched on July 14. The lander and rover landed near the lunar south pole region at 6:02 pm on August 23, making India the first country to successfully land a spacecraft near the lunar south pole and the fourth countryContinue Reading
By Robancy A. Helen Tiruchirappalli, Aug 21, 2023: As I celebrated Holy Week and the Easter season, I reflected back on another celebration this year in my home parish (Our Lady the Healer Church in Karumandapam, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, south India). We were celebrating the Day of Consecrated Life onContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Aug 18, 2023: Media is one of the four pillars of democracy in India. It is sad to note that media and the journalists are under threat today. A journalist who tries to be truthful to his mission is branded as an “anti-national” by theContinue Reading
By Tejaswi Ravinder Battala Hyderabad, Aug 15, 2023: India enters the 77th year of independence today. On this day in 1947, after the announcement of the Independence, India faced two major challenges. One, framing of its own constitution, and two, the merging of various princely states into the independent India.Continue Reading
By M K George Rome, Aug 12, 2023: Most narratives on India are incomplete and at times false. Given the complex history and diversity of the country, this is no surprise. The current problem is, while some prefer a narrative supportive of the present regime, that this is the bestContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, August 3, 2023: In the YouTube I watched Karan Thapar’s recent interview with the Archbishop of Imphal. One pre-dominant and critical question was “Is there any hint on religious intolerance?” The archbishop gave an elaborate response, “249 Meitei Christian churches in Imphal and Imphal valleyContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, July 31, 2023: Run, flee, escape, hide, survive are not the verbs that we often use in our routine conversations. And yet, these were the very verbs that were employed by a group of Catholics from Manipur while sharing their stories. On the occasion ofContinue Reading
