By Nithiya Sagayam This is in response to the news that in Uttar Pradesh some Hindu groups have ordered not to celebrate Christmas in Christian schools. At the outset let me share the anxiety of school principals, heads of schools, provincials of various Catholic religious orders, and other duty bearersContinue Reading
Pray that those who are in their comfort zones will come out of their inns to experience the stark reality of the mangerContinue Reading
Time the Church walked the talkContinue Reading
The 1st of December was a cold morning, with temperatures the previous night plummeting to 6’C, heralding the onset of winter in Kanpur, where I live. But what really sent a chill down my spine was the election results of the U.P. civic polls to 16 Municipal Corporations (Nagar Nigams),Continue Reading
“Silicon Valley” versus ‘Battle Field Church”Continue Reading
Fr. Cedric Prakash sj On 14 November, speaking at a function in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, the UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath vehemently stated, “I believe that after Independence, the biggest lie in India is the word secular…the people who gave birth to this word and who use it, should apologise. NoContinue Reading
Will the great Irish potato famine of the 19th century be echoed in a famine of ideas and leadership in India in the 21st century?Continue Reading
V R Raman She was imperious, she was shy; she was called a goongi gudiya but she became Ma Durga; she was the frail teenager who became India’s first political bahubali; she was the dictator who was the daughter of India’s most idealistic constitutional democrat. If Indira Gandhi had beenContinue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash sj Pope Francis has invited all Catholics and in fact, all men and women of goodwill, to observe November 19 as the ‘World Day of the Poor’. This year is the very first observance of such a day (now fixed for the 33rd Sunday of theContinue Reading
