By M K George Rome, Sept 4, 2022: The inspiration for these reflections came from an article by Hilal Ahmed in which he was describing what ‘BJP can teach Congress.’ He said, ‘Political success comes from ideas, not intellectual laziness.’ (Times of India 29.08.2022) Would it be that success inContinue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai, Sept 2, 2022: Gujarat Carnage (2002) was one of the major acts of anti -minority violence. It was a catastrophe which took the degree of violence, hate and ghettoization to higher degree. Much before the violence the term, “Gujarat: Laboratory of Hindu Rashtra” was well popularized.Continue Reading
By Don Aguiar Mumbai, Sept 1, 2022: Countless times during the girls’ adolescence, usually around music preferences or sartorial choices, I got the sardonic question, “Dad, seriously?” Often these days one has that same reaction, listening to a number of national debates over topics that stir strong passions but weakContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Aug 23, 2022: The two-week-long 30th Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church began at Mount St Thomas in Kochi on August 16. As the Church continues to face several internal problems, it is time the bishops introspected whether they are following “The Way” of Christ. What wayContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Aug 18, 2022: Raksha Bandhan was celebrated all over the country on August 11. Many families celebrated it meaningfully. Yet, here is a shocking story. “Madam, everything is over in my life. I do not want to live and I want to die,” cried MeenaContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Aug 11, 2022: India is celebrating the 75th year of its Independence. Even after 75 years, India’s youth is facing a lot of challenges like unemployment, human trafficking, drug abuse, psychological pressures due to broken family systems and stress at work place etc. Is theContinue Reading
By Jacob Marangattu Bhopal, July 30, 2022: In the encyclical, Ad Petri Cathedram of 1959, Pope John XXIII said, “But the common saying, expressed in various ways and attributed to various authors, must be recalled with approval: in essentials, unity; in doubtful matters, liberty; in all things, charity” (n. 72,Continue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, July 25, 2022: “Severely abused by husband,” “Beaten and choked by her partner,” “She wanted to leave him, he shot her” – these are just some recent headlines in German newspapers. Violence against women is on the rise in Germany. German authorities report a highContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, July 13, 2022: The picture of a bishop kneeling and kissing the hands of the Missionaries of Charity Sisters (founded by St Mother Teresa of Calcutta) as they were welcomed into his diocese is in circulation. As reported, the MC Sisters were expelled on JulyContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, July 11, 2022: In all probability, India will soon have a woman from the tribal community as the next president, the highest position of authority in the Indian polity. The tribal community will probably be euphoric and vote en masse for the ruling regime inContinue Reading
