By John Dayal New Delhi, April 22, 2020: Friends will remember, in the early days of the Lockdown, I had put up a post appealing to the Prime Minister that my medical supplies to combat my insulin-dependent diabetes, were running low. A friend, Rohit Kumar, responded immediately. He was theContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, April 22, 2020: With each passing day we experience more turbulence and panic in the world because of the fast spreading pandemic Covid 19. The number of people getting infected and dying daily is shocking. Hundreds of thousands of medical doctors, health workers, police and volunteersContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, April 19, 2020: Ramayan is an Indian mythological television series that was aired during 1987-1988 on Doordarshan (DD) National, created, written and directed by Ramanand Sagar. It was a television adaptation of the Hindu epic of the same name, and was primarily based on Valmiki’sContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, April 19, 2020: Fifteen years ago I had an opportunity to accompany a group of 80 members of a Catholic women religious congregation to Anandwan, Warora, 100 km south of Nagpur for exposure as part of their provincial Assembly. Anandwan’s founder, the charismatic Baba Amte, wasContinue Reading
Fr. Elias L. Ayuban, Jr., CMF Manila, Philippines, April 18, 2020: This is a frequently-asked question in times of crisis. An interrogative that sounds more like a sarcasm than a query seeking for a candid answer. But let me try to reflect on where the Church is now without anyContinue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Ahmedabad, April 18, 2020: In the middle of the lockdown, April 14, was indeed a very special day for India. It was a day that certainly brought into focus the grim realities and difficulties which “we the people of India” are currently facing due toContinue Reading
By Isaac Shaw New Delhi, April 17, 2020: As India continues its attempt at the world’s biggest social isolation effort to halt the new coronavirus outbreak, millions are struggling to navigate weeks of canceled public transit, closed businesses, and therefore no Sunday services. Many smaller churches have their attendees joinContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, April 16, 2020: The review of the global data of pandemic Covid 19 has made me anxious. The number of people getting infected is increasing and hundreds now die in many countries. The maximum casualties are in developed and powerful countries such as the United States.Continue Reading
By Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, April 15, 2020: On April 14, India Today TV conducted an interview with Yuval Noah Harari, Israeli futurist and a professor in the department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The topic of discussion was global cooperation to combat Coronavirus and future epidemics.Continue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, April 14, 2020: Covid-19 pandemic has taught us many ‘mantras’ — clean your hands, wear mask, follow social distancing, stay alone, stay at home and observe lakshman rekha. The most popular among them is ‘hand wash.’ There are two meanings for hand wash – one:Continue Reading
