By John Dayal New Delhi, May 12, 2020: Of course there were nurses by any other name in Islamic countries, and in India before St Thomas. Midwives, Dhais and others brought our grandparents into the world. But caste and patriarchy prevented women in modern India taking up nursing as aContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, May 8, 2020: The tragic death of 16 migrant workers on the railway tracks in Aurangabad city is the result of the callous and insensitive approach of the federal and state governments towards the burning issue of migrant workers. In fact, it is murder due toContinue Reading
By Ekta Kumar New Delhi, May 6, 2020: Sex can be a beautiful connection between two people – with or without love. How we approach it, the physical act and the person, is reflective of who we are. We begin to form our attitudes, behavior, and interpretations of what isContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, May 4, 2020: The saga of migrant laborers taking risk to reach their homes somehow is reported in the media every day ever since lockdown was clamped all over India on March 25. On May 2, the Madhya Pradesh police found during a routine check upContinue Reading
By Julio Ribeiro Mumbai, May 3, 2020: Locked down in my daughter’s home in Mumbai, I get to know what people are thinking and talking about when I speak to them on the telephone or by e-mail. And what they say is not pleasing to an old man’s ears! MyContinue Reading
By Dr George Jacob Kochi, May 3, 2020: Ever since the first case of COVID-19 was reported in India on January 30 in a medical student who returned home to Kerala from China’s Wuhan, the Coronavirus has had the country by the scruff of her neck by infecting 39,980 andContinue Reading
By M K George, SJ Jamshedpur, May 2, 2020: The Sars-Cov-2, Coronavirus Covid-19 is, experts say, like no other virus, in its speed, stealth and virulence. As everyone knows it is a test for everything and everyone – healthcare infrastructure, disaster management ability, response and responsibility of governments as wellContinue Reading
By Fr. Sebastian Athappilly Graz, Austria, May 1, 2020: According to theistic religions, the world was created by God. But after God created it, is He still active in it? After creating human beings, does God still engage with them, in their lives? Does He play an active role amidstContinue Reading
By Gilda Rose Kalathil Penang, April 28, 2020: We are in lockdown. And from day 1, we have been flooded with courses and up-gradation of skills that push us to make the best of the situation. There is all this input (along with the continuous influx of news about theContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, April 28, 2020: The Times of India wrote an editorial on April 25 under the title, “Like a boss: Women have shown how to lead in a crisis.” The editorial has mentioned the names of the countries where women leaders are at the helm of affairsContinue Reading