Shortly after the Paris carnage I, perchance, read a column in The Times of India, by Jug Suraiya, an avowed agnostic/atheist. He asserted that such turmoil could never end because it was caused by religion, that had a powerful CEO – God! Coming from an agnostic, such an accusation wasContinue Reading
1.30 am. I stepped out of office after my night duty. A strong gust of cool wind blew. It meant just one thing: Rain. It was raining heavily somewhere. If my instincts are right, it would soon rain. I put on my raincoat, fastened the chin strap of the helmetContinue Reading
First the milk part. There was a cauldron of fresh milk kept amidst a group of people. Seeing it lying unattended one of the bystanders siphoned off some in a bottle and took it home. A second bystander wanted to drink the milk, but he was rudely pushed aside byContinue Reading
Pope Francis’ speech, which explains how to live “Synodality” is the very core of Christian living for all from Pope at the top to the pauper Lazarus at the bottom. It is the panacea for all conflicts in the church community, where hierarchy has no place, because “the pope doesContinue Reading
To get to know my people and reach their hearts I need to get my feet dirty walking through their by lanesContinue Reading
A take on apparent confusions at the Rome synodContinue Reading
Early in 2013, a few months after Reena Bose* decided to adopt a child, she approached the Missionaries of Charity, Kolkata – the most prominent of the 16 orphanages and adoption centres run by Mother Teresa’s congregation of nuns. A chartered accountant from Bangalore, Bose had already tried her luckContinue Reading
Christianity is a religion of love, plain and simple. Add to that, we now have a liberal-minded pope, known for his ‘progressive’ views on, among other issues, abortion and the rights of the LGBT community. So why is it that the church in Kerala opposes the choice of many membersContinue Reading
It is strange though that the villagers consider us a bigger threat than politicians who have kept the tension alive Continue Reading
