By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ India today is at a defining moment of her history. There is so much that has taken place in the past five years (and particularly in the last ten days) that several citizens of the country are genuinely concerned about the future of the country.Continue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, May 27 2019: Post 23/5 we have had a plethora of political analysts giving us their considered opinions. I have read many of them in both print and online. Let me add my own two pice to the debate. Firstly, my choice of headline. Those familiar withContinue Reading
By John Dayal New Delhi, May 24, 2019: In actual terms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns to Parliament in May 2019 with almost exactly the same number of seats for his National Democratic Alliance as he and his lieutenant from Gujarat, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah, had doneContinue Reading
By Apoorvanand New Delhi, April 19, 2019: When I left home the other day and made the short walk to the faculty building where I teach, the roads were strangely calm. Not seeing the usual morning jostle between e-rickshaws, I felt something must be amiss. The only sound was theContinue Reading
April 16, 2019: Like the Israelites in the Old Testament, we should see the theological meaning of the partial destruction of Notre Dame. What took place filled me with grief, but in the end, I saw the rays of hope. Allow me then to share with you my reflections below.Continue Reading
By Debapriya Sen Vaite New Delhi, April 10, 2019: As we cast our votes to elect representatives for the 17th Lok Sabha, it is regrettable that, except for a few political parties, the issue of women’s representation in politics has not been accorded the due importance that it deserves. FromContinue Reading
By Fr Cedric Prakash SJ Beirut, April 7, 2019: Miryiam (name changed) spoke in a steely voice, but with passion as tears welled in her eyes, “Yes, they killed him! But for me, Abouna Frans will never die!” Those words of a young woman are a fitting tribute to aContinue Reading
New Delhi, March 31, 2019: In February, the Supreme Court of India directed the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) to respond within three months to a representation seeking the redefinition of the term “minority.” The representation had been pending before the Commission for 15 months. One can understand why theContinue Reading
By Poonam Muttreja Gangtok, March 29, 2019: Everyone knows that Sikkim is a small extraordinarily picturesque mountainous state tucked away in the Himalayas in the northeast of India. That indeed it is. Even today, there are only around 650,000 people living in the state. However, much less known about SikkimContinue Reading
By Arul Gnanapragasam, SJ Muslims loyalty to India is often questioned by a section of political class and media. It’s also said Muslims are not rooted in this subcontinent. What’s the truth value of such comments? An intellectual engagement with Kombai S Anwar, a documentary maker on Tamil Muslims andContinue Reading
