Give us today our daily food
2016-10-16
The World Food Day is on October 16) and the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17Continue Reading
Hinduism has been hijacked by Hindutva
2016-10-12
‘When Nawazuddin Siddiqui — one of India’s finest actors — was told not to perform in a Ramleela, I realised how much Hinduism has been hijacked by Hindutva forces in the last 30 years,’ says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
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‘Surgical strike’ needed on dengue, chikungunya
2016-10-07
New Delhi: The “surgical strike” on the terror launch pads across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir has been considered a mature and unrivalled move by the Indian Army. For a country that is able to handle terrorists brilliantly, shouldn’t handling mosquitoes be only child’s play? What isContinue Reading
Dalit scholar’s historic act of resistance
2016-10-05
The Dalit scholar’s act will be imprinted in the minds of those that rule through the creation and perpetration of velivadas, and those of anti-caste resisters everywhere. The refusal of Velpula Sunkanna, a student of the University of Hyderabad (UoH), to accept his PhD degree from the Vice Chancellor PodileContinue Reading
Institutionalizing Violence
2016-10-02
India, the land of Mahatma Gandhi, ranks 141 among 163 nations in the Global Peace Index October 2 is the birth anniversary of GandhiContinue Reading
Cow vigilantes threaten Modi’s grip on power
2016-09-29
India has more than 300 million cattle – a third of the world’s bovine populationContinue Reading
Saint and painter
2016-09-12
I have tried to capture in my paintings what her presence meant to the destitute and the dying, the light and hope she brought by mere inquiry, by putting her hand over a child abandoned in the street… That is why I try it again and again, after a gapContinue Reading
Venom and Vitriol versus Virtue and Vitality
2016-09-11
Virtue stings the hearts of all: in some it provokes adoration and in some it provokes a sour Newtonian rejection. When faced with extreme goodness, some feel the need to find fault so as to distract others and themselves from their own imperfection. An event like a canonisation provides anContinue Reading
Missing the Saint for the miracles
2016-09-09
After watching the canonisation ceremony of Mother Teresa on TV on Sept. 4, I don’t know whether to yawn with ennui, or bang my fists with angst. I was not particularly enthused about Mother Teresa being declared a Saint, as I believed that,her human shortcomings notwithstanding, she was always aContinue Reading
My meetings with Mother Teresa
2016-09-02
I remember Mother Teresa insisting with me once in Kolkata airport to give me a lift to the religious house in the city where I would be staying the night. We had just reached from Mumbai by a delayed flight and it was well past midnight. I assured her thatContinue Reading