By: Fr Cedric Prakash SJ March 8th dawns every year! As the world observes International Women’s Day (IWD), there will be the usual round of cosmetic programmes, with speaker after speaker using the politically correct words and with the typically patronising attitude towards women. The sad and cruel reality is thatContinue Reading
When I met the now canonized saint in her home, she looked small and weak. But our two minute encounter was more powerful than I could ever imagine.Continue Reading
By: Brinda Karat The horrifying sexual crime against a well-known popular young woman actor in Kerala has led to widespread protest and condemnation across Kerala. Members of the film fraternity held a solidarity meeting in Kochi sending a strong message of condemnation and demanding action by the government. All theContinue Reading
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By: Hedwig Lewis SJ Lent is a time for making our peace with God and for seeking reconciliation with our brothers and sisters in our human family. We shall reflect here on the spirituality of nonviolent resistance as found in one of the principles of Jesus taken from his Sermon on the Mount.Continue Reading
Do we see the Lazaruses of our day?Continue Reading
By Justine Gitanjali Senapati As I track recent Indian news on my social media and news portals, I come across stories about how India shuts down the valiant efforts of nongovernmental organizations that work for the most marginalized people and religious minority communities in India. According to the January HumanContinue Reading
By Valson Thampu On January 17, 2016, Rohit Vemula certified his caste identity with a touch of finality only he could have afforded. He tightened a noose around his neck. Left a note pretty much to the effect that he was only making visible the noose that had caught hisContinue Reading
By Valson Thampu The mark of a consummate speaker is the impression he creates in the listener that he is speaking who he is. He is not belching and bellowing words, but breathing his convictions. There were moments when I began to feel that I was not listening to theContinue Reading
After all, nothing succeeds like success, especially in politics.Continue Reading
