How Bengali language derailed peace in Darjeeling
2017-06-19
The Mamata Banerjee government provoked the Gokha Janmukti Morcha
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Justice and non-violence: Where does the Church stand?
2017-06-14
Constructively critiquing and engaging with institutions that heavily influence a people’s thoughts and actions is always useful. In the Naga context, the Church assumes a foundational position which makes its participation in a process of self-criticism and growth all the more necessary. The Naga Church does not exist in aContinue Reading
Real freedom of religion
2017-06-12
By Swami Agnivesh To help India, contemporary spiritualism must break the shackles on its own soul Religion is our strength — and weakness. Religion serves as a beacon of light when it helps to make us better human beings. For that, religion has to be rational, and our practise ofContinue Reading
Skewed ‘nationalism’ has Indian democracy gasping for civility
2017-06-11
Dr. George Jacob On June 7, Sitaram Yechury, the 64-year old General Secretary of the CPI (M) and Member of Parliament was on the third floor of the AK Gopalan Bhavan, the Head Quarters of the CPM in New Delhi. He was on his way to address a press conferenceContinue Reading
Thrashing our environment
2017-06-03
By Fr. Cedric Prakash, SJ On expected lines, President Donald Trump has done it! In a major speech in Washington on June 1, Trump told the world that he was pulling out the United States from the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change. In doing so, the US is onlyContinue Reading
Two different daughters of India
2017-06-01
Jyoti Singh and Bilkis Bano were brutalized and gangraped. What happened to them holds a mirror to the darker side of our societyContinue Reading
Women students forced to take examination without inner wear
2017-05-29
Dr. George Jacob NEET exam (the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, or NEET-UG is an entrance examination in the country for students who wish to study any graduate medical course (MBBS/Dental course(BDS) or postgraduate course(MD/MS) in government or private medical colleges. NEET-UG(undergraduate for MBBS and BDS Courses are conducted byContinue Reading
Monsignor George Veliparambil: Pioneer and veteran journalist
2017-05-25
By Fr. Varghese Paul, SJ Ahmedabad: An era in journalism, especially in the Catholic Church, came to an end when Fr. George Veliparambil, former Managing Editor of the Kerala Times and president of the Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA), died on May 15. According to reports and obituary write ups,Continue Reading
Meet the Catholic mother raising 15 children alone
2017-05-19
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
No Catholic family need suffer privation, hunger or insecurity
2017-05-16
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