Why turmoil in the Synod?
2015-10-15
A take on apparent confusions at the Rome synodContinue Reading
Being a single parent is fulfilling
2015-10-12
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
Church diktat goes against unconditional love Jesus preached
2015-10-10
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
Village where scribes are outcasts
2015-10-08
It is strange though that the villagers consider us a bigger threat than politicians who have kept the tension alive Continue Reading
Not My Idea of India
2015-10-02
Last month, I was reading Nathuram Godse’s statement to the court in his defence of murdering Mahatma Gandhi. The statement published in the form of a book titled ‘Why I killed Gandhi’ had me in a state of shock with Godse’s justification of his intolerance. I was convinced that menContinue Reading
From jaws of death to life of thanksgiving
2015-09-26
A Catholic nun narrates how she survived a train accident that killed 30 wounded scoresContinue Reading
George Paul Sir and Fine Art of Fine Arts
2015-09-22
SUPW — Four alphabets that were meant to shape our lives in addition to the usual subjects in school: Socially Useful and Productive Work. Yes, that was SUPW. Classes we looked forward to because it was in these classes that we students really got to do some work. Practically, thatContinue Reading
Ordain women, please: A nun’s plea to Pope Francis
2015-09-21
Sr. Kane today is praying and pleading definitely for zero tolerance of inequality in the ChurchContinue Reading
Mad dogs and lions
2015-08-25
Violence is the option of those who have nothing to loseContinue Reading