An Open Appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene to stop hatred in Jharkhand Honourable Prime Minister, I am making this appeal to you with much sorrow and anguish but also with hope. You must be aware of the recent happenings in Jharkhand, a State ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party.Continue Reading
Fr. Cedric Prakash, SJ The celebrated German playwright, poet and fierce anti-Nazi critic Bertolt Brecht once wrote: “in the dark times, will there also be singing? yes, there will also be singing about the dark times”. Apt words, as we remember the celebrated journalist and human rights defender Gauri Lankesh,Continue Reading
Christians in Kerala couldn’t care less if one of them is sworn in as a minister; they are bothered only about the welfare of India as a wholeContinue Reading
Is aadhaar the most sacrosanct yardstick of ‘privacy’?Continue Reading
The people of India still look up to the Judiciary for the protection of their rights and freedom Continue Reading
I believe that God’s love is infinitely greater than the worst criminal acts that a human may undertakeContinue Reading
My generation was smart too, in fact much smarter than the present one, more equipped to cushion the blows life had in store for usContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur: An advertisement issued by the government of Jharkhand in leading newspapers of the eastern Indian state on August 11, has got the hackles up of the Christian community. The ad in question carries a picture of Mahatma Gandhi and a purported quote from him. It is inContinue Reading
Yozan David No system is perfect. All systems have loopholes and gaps. But what is more acceptable and workable has always been sought after. Organisation of human life as a society or state in the 21st century has displayed that the democratic form of governance still remains the best option.Continue Reading
Chhotebhai Remember the young boy crunching Sachin Tendulkar’s hand in the ad “Sunday ho ya Monday, Khate Raho anday” by the National Egg Co-ordination Committee? Long before the ad, I have been an egg fan. My dil hai Hindustani but my preferred breakfast is continental, in which an egg isContinue Reading
