India’s tryst with Barrack Obama
2015-01-19
Obama’s visit comes four months after Modi’s “highly successful” visit to the USContinue Reading
Sri Lanka’s first saint challenges today’s Church
2015-01-14
People’s eyes of faith saw the saint in Joseph Vaz during his lifetimeContinue Reading
Constitutionality of Anti-Conversion Laws
2015-01-12
Supreme Court has clearly denied freedom of conscience and the judgment deserves reconsiderationContinue Reading
Conversion talk is slippery slope
2015-01-10
Winning hearts should be the aim of any conversionContinue Reading
A journey ends, another should begin
2015-01-05
The theme of the Exposition of the Sacred Relics of St Francis Xavier centered on faith. And in a veritable expression and exposition of faith, hundreds of thousands of devotees, pilgrims, tourists and others venerated the Sacred Relics of St Francis Xavier during the 44-day long Exposition that ended on Sunday.Continue Reading
Naked @ New Year
2015-01-03
Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I shall return” (Job 1:21). This was the experience of the Prophet Job, known to Muslims as Ayub. These words are apt for Aamir Khan’s latest blockbuster – “PK”. My wife and I watched the movie on New Year’s Day, theContinue Reading
Resurgence of Godse Worship
2015-01-01
They used the word “wadh” for Gandhi’s murder. This word wadh stands for killing a demon who harms ocietyContinue Reading
From Peshawar to Bethlehem
2014-12-19
A good beginning would be to recognize the “other” as a brother or sister, and not as a threat.Continue Reading
Why Kerala is like Kuwait, while Madhya Pradesh is like Haiti
2014-12-15
American poet Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”—“Do I contradict myself/ Very well then I contradict myself/I am large, I contain multitudes”—seems tailor-made for India. Which country can India be compared to, in economic terms? Is India’s level of economic development more or less like Vietnam’s, because their per capita incomes,Continue Reading