Michael Gonsalves Varghese Alengaden, a Catholic priest from Indore, is “possessed by peace.” His latest peace building mission is to persuade the Bharatiya Jananta Party-led Modi government to create a Union ministry for peace. Having known him for many years, I am least surprised by the padre’s latest venture. IfContinue Reading
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I would like to believe that just as I advocate him as my favorite saint, he too counts me among his favorite devotees.Continue Reading
By: Dr. George Jacob. Ever since I’ve been rendered a ‘non-operating surgeon’ thanks to a stroke, I’ve been working as an ‘ICU Doctor’, managing post-operative patients in the Surgical ICU of the hospital I work in. Over ten years down the line, my life as a doctor in the ICUContinue Reading
By : Valson Thampu One sign of originality is the ability to others by surprise. When ten people are gazing at the sky to see a comet, you stare at the same sky and spot a comic strip. Or, everyone expects you to make a sad funeral speech. You get upContinue Reading
when he says that Priyanka is not beautiful enough, he is also betraying his anxiety that she might have some brainsContinue Reading
Priyanka embodies the sense and sensibility of being authentically feminineContinue Reading
Helping transgender people to find human dignity will be the best gift I could offer to Baby JesusContinue Reading
Statesmanship demands that the present standoff be resolved by harmonizing rule of law and cultural prideContinue Reading
