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As I enter this ramshackle building a pungent smell of cow dung and urine pierces my nostrils. Cow dung is lying everywhere. Pools of urine are formed here and there. The walls are collapsing. This was once a Catholic church. Now the place has become a resting place of grazingContinue Reading

Mumbai: A four-day ban on meat in deference of the Jain festival of Paryushan was not an apt formula for a city like Mumbai, the Bombay High Court said Thursday. Questioning the ban on slaughter of animals and sale of meat in Mumbai for four days, the court said, “HowContinue Reading

Franciscan Hospitaller Sister Rosita Gomes began carrying letters for prisoners and their families in Mumbai in early 1980s, before the Prison Ministry of India was formed as a voluntary organization under the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India. It was Sr Gomes who introduced me to the prison ministry. I usedContinue Reading

Hyderabad : The All India Muslim Personal Law Board, the apex body of Indian Muslims, has decided to launch a nationwide campaign against attempts by the government to impose Brahminical culture and vedic dharam. Voicing concern over the threats posed to the religious and cultural identity of minorities and otherContinue Reading