Commentary – Page 73 – Matters India

We are no longer a moral nation. Maybe our cultural heritage is 5,000 years old, maybe our moral codes were the noblest in civilisation, but today India is a nation that sees rapes mounting by the day. Not just rapes, but rapes of extraordinary cruelty. Among countries with the highestContinue Reading

World Communications Day 2016 – Communication and Mercy: A Fruitful Encounter

By: Matters India

On: May 8, 2016

In: Commentary

The 50th World Day of Social Communications Day will be formally celebrated on 8 May 2016 – the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord – which falls on the Sunday before Pentecost Sunday. Pope Francis has chosen Communication and Mercy: A Fruitful Encounter as the theme for 2016.Continue Reading

Recounting untold stories of modern Indian history

By: Matters India

On: May 1, 2016

In: Commentary

I have compiled long articles, papers and even a book on the contribution of Muslims in the Freedom Struggle of India in past 15 years. Here below I wish to repeat what I and other historians have already put in detail earlier. This is because Indians today are flooded withContinue Reading

Holy Communion celebrations: sowing the seeds of consumerism

By: Matters India

On: April 29, 2016

In: Commentary

On 23rd April 2016 a crowd of 700 Malayalis, mostly of Catholics persuasion assembled in front of the St.Mary’s church hall in Manchester to welcome 9 boys and three girls. As these immaculately dressed youngsters put their feet outside the limousine their parents welcomed them with open hands and wideContinue Reading