Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ* A few days ago a twenty-seven year old poor Adivasi youth was lynched by a mob in the Palakkad District of Kerala for apparently robbing some Rs 200/- worth of foodstuffs; sadistically some others were busy taking selfies at the site, even as the youth wasContinue Reading
The Supreme Court on February dismissed petitions against songContinue Reading
Ramachandra Guha In the eyes of our media, ties between India and Australia are mostly defined by cricket. Yet many other things bring the two countries together. Both were once colonies of the British Empire; both are now democracies. Both have growing economic ties with China; both are wary ofContinue Reading
The Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) government is badly trying to take Bihar out from the ‘dark ages,’ but the state’s police is sure to give a cultural shock to those who think that situation has improved in Bihar. The Nitish Kumar government may have succeeded in reducing murder andContinue Reading
Some confused, curious, or rather higgledy-piggledy Catholic and non-Catholic millennials have raised the following issues quite persistently since 2013, the year the charismatic Pope Francis became 265th successor of Saint Peter and Vicar of Christ on Earth. Here are Pope Francis’ thoughts on them: On nuclear and chemical armaments: “TheContinue Reading
By GEORGE CASSIDY PAYNE Mother Teresa once wrote: “The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted, uncared for and deserted by everybody.” As Mother Teresa knew as well as anyone, there are individuals in the world who are combating the biggest diseasesContinue Reading
Fr Cedric Prakash Exactly seventy-three years ago on 27 January 1945,the Soviet Red Army liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camps in Poland. What was uncovered on that unforgettable winter morning was perhaps the most brutal stories in the history of humankind. Today a black-and –white plaque in Auschwitz stands testimony toContinue Reading
Ram Puniyani What should be the attitude of leaders’ visits to places of worship? The matter is very complex in a society like that of India where the hold of religion on the society has been strong and is becoming stronger. In many a Western countries where Christianity is theContinue Reading
Amid the joy there are also words of caution ahoy; the dirty under belly of the other India Continue Reading
