By: Jack Valero When I get in touch with Rosa Pich by Skype during Holy Week, I discover that she is on holiday with 12 of her children in Torreciudad, a shrine dedicated to Our Lady in northern Spain. “We are trying to return to normal life,” she says, followingContinue Reading
Louis Menezes IAS (Retd) & Dr Premila Menezes It is a matter of anguish that with all the resources available to the Church, there should be a sizable number of Catholic families in want, in distress, in a state of insecurity. Many of them live in very sub- standard dwellingsContinue Reading
By: Fr. Mervyn Carapiet Mother’s Day began in the United States in 1870. We owe it to Julia Ward Howe, the author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic. Initially it was named Mother’s Peace Day. It was to be a day when mothers would applaud peace and strive for it. InContinue Reading
Chhotebhai (Third part of the trilogy “Seeing Red” and “Orange or Purple Caps”) We stop at a traffic signal when the light is red. It then turns to amber (saffron), before the green light gives us the signal to move ahead. I have unwittingly followed this colour sequence in myContinue Reading
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus, In the recent past, we have seen a steady rise in the number of protests and demonstrations across Tamil Nadu. We have been protesting for the demands of the Tamil Farmers in Delhi and different parts of Tamil Nadu. Continue Reading
By James Kottoor None of us is permanent and absolute owners even of our own bodies and its parts, is the substance of Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi’s ruling, given in the brief Indian Express editorial given below with the heading ‘Body snatching.’ The phrase ‘Body snatching’ came into vogue inContinue Reading
Chhotebhai Those familiar with the ongoing Indian Premier League would know that the orange cap is worn by the batsman scoring the maximum runs, and the purple one is worn by the bowler who has taken the most wickets. They are the players in the field, performing under pressure. TheContinue Reading
Chhotebhai Last week the Prime Minister dramatically announced that red beacons would be removed from the cars of netas and babus. The gullible junta applauded. What the PM did not say was whether the hooters/ sirens on these vehicles and their escorts, with which they cut a swathe through denseContinue Reading
By: Amrit Sangma New Delhi: Barphulin Sangma was getting ready for the Good Friday service when an 18 year old sick man was brought to her. He had been ill for the last four days. Sangma who is working as a community health volunteer (CHV) under intensified malaria control projectContinue Reading
Irfan Engineer Heightened media coverage on the issue of triple talaq along with the statement of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chief Minister of UP Yogi Adityanath is causing harm to the struggle for gender justice within the Muslim community. Media coverage is making a public spectacle ofContinue Reading
