Don Aguiar July 12, 2019: Congratulations to Kiwis for qualifying for their second straight World Cup final…no superstars, no super egos, no egregious fans…just a bunch of low key cricketers going about their job one match at a time without any hype or hyperbole. New Zealand are the world rugbyContinue Reading

By P J Chacko The Church in Kerala appears to be in agonizing throes. Court cases, division among the priestly class, the laity split into ‘for’ and ‘against,’ oblique criticisms and tongue in cheek inanities, part of the laity becoming doubting Thomases and part wading through confused feelings, and aContinue Reading

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

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