Dwarfing A Giant
2016-02-13
We have a gigantic task cut out for us. Let us not be dwarfed by it.Continue Reading
No dialogue between sheep and wolves
2016-01-20
I had my first close encounter with Mr. Narendra Modi in the late 1990s, sometime before he was parachuted into Ahmedabad as the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh’s choice as the new chief minister of Gujarat. He had accompanied RSS chief Kuppahalli Sudarshan, now dead, to the office of the Catholic BishopsContinue Reading
Lest we forget: December 3, 1984 – Bhopal
2015-12-03
When George Orwell wrote his celebrated novel ‘1984’, he perhaps never realised that India would actually be witnessing a series of events in 1984 which include the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the genocide on the Sikhs which followed and the Bhopal Gas Tragedy. ‘The party leader’, in hisContinue Reading
Climate Justice
2015-11-30
The main focus of this United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is to cap the rate of global warming at 2 degrees CelsiusContinue Reading
A Buddhist monk’s challenge to clergy of all religions
2015-11-26
The time has come to take such commitment to apocalyptic fulfillment through an apolitical mass movementContinue Reading
India Intolerant!
2015-10-20
In the run-up to the General Elections of 2004, the ruling BJP and their allies in the NDA, coined a slogan ‘India Shining’. That ‘India Shining’ campaign was basically a massive cover up for a whole range of misdeeds which included growing intolerance and attacks on the minorities culminating inContinue Reading
World Day Against the Death Penalty
2015-10-10
Today 140 countries (two- thirds of the world) have abolished the death penaltyContinue Reading
Disasters: Bridging divide between health aid workers and vulnerable communities
2015-10-09
There are different ways to define a disaster conventionally. Disasters are defined based on the destruction of human capital. Here the primary question asked is “how many people have lost their lives.” The answer helps people understand the gravity of a particular disaster. A second way is to focus onContinue Reading
Ban on women’s ordination debated
2015-10-07
The question is whether this ongoing discussion will be guided by reason, sentiment or pious faith in the Faith of papal pronouncementsContinue Reading