Konchowki: Norwegian Nobel Committee’s decision to give the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to the World Food Programme (WFP) raises the important issue of world hunger and scarcity of food at this juncture of pandemic. The award was announced a week before of the World Food Day that falls onContinue Reading
Indore: Civil society members, intellectuals, social activists of all walks of life, journalists and authors have reacted strongly against the arrest and imprisonment of 83 year old Jesuit Father Stanislaus Lourduswamy who has been working for the rights of the Adivasis for about five decades in Jharkhand. In letter andContinue Reading
Kolkata: We are distressed and troubled at the violation of human rights in the arrest of 83-year-old Father Stan Lourdu Swamy. He was arrested October 8 in Ranchi, taken to Mumbai the next day, and then sent to judicial custody at Taloja central jail in the city until October 23.Continue Reading
Indore: A large number of people in the country experience frustration, hopelessness and despair as they witness brutality of police, insensitivity of the politicians who run the government, judges acquitting criminals despite presenting enough evidence and silence of religious leaders when women and minor girls are gangraped and killed. InContinue Reading
Mumbai: Rape has been used the world over as an instrument of oppression. It is an exercise and demonstration of power that the rich and powerful have over the weak and poor, of the upper castes over the lower castes; of the entitled royalty over their subjects. A peculiar aspectContinue Reading
Mumbai: Every morning in front of the public housing apartment blocks on the outskirts of the city of Mumbai, a swarm of children pours into the street. They are not going to school. Instead of backpacks or books, each child carries a filthy plastic sack. These children, between 6 andContinue Reading
Rome: Cardinal George Pell of Australia, who returned to the Vatican on September 30, is likely to remain there at least until June 8, when he turns 80. His long-term plan, however, is to return to Sydney, according to a source close to the cardinal, who asked not to beContinue Reading
Mumbai: When James Mill periodized the Indian History into Hindu Period, Muslim Period and British period, he not only gave the tool to British to pursue their policy of ‘divide and rule,’ but also gave the potent weapon to the future pursuers of communal politics to intensify the divisive policiesContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Sept 13, 2020: Four decades ago as a student of philosophy I was shocked to learn the expression, “God is dead” by Friedrich Nietzsche, a 19th century German philosopher. Seeing the addiction of people to religion and its innumerable rituals another German philosopher Karl Marx said,Continue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Sept 4, 2020: India has a sacred tradition of venerating teachers. Our scriptures are full of references glorifying teachers. Much before we started celebrating Teachers on September 5, we had the tradition of celebrating Gurupurnima. All of us know and quote the famous quote from GuruContinue Reading
