By Astrid Lobo Gajiwala Mumbai, July 21, 2023: Like most of us I belong to WhatsApp groups that reflect my affections and affiliations. Of late, in groups that were started mainly to share lively banter and news of loved ones, I am faced with a vexing question: Should we talkContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, July 20, 2023: The call ‘Mere ghar aake toh dekho (Visit My Home, Be My Guest)’ captures one’s imagination by its sheer simplicity. As per the brochure in circulation ‘it is a simple campaign to change the preconceived notions and opinions about people of anotherContinue Reading
By Sandra Elizabeth Joseph New Delhi, July 18, 2023: The debate around the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has once again come to the fore, with minority religious organizations, political parties, and women’s rights groups having expressed their opposition towards the proposed introduction of the code. It is being reported thatContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, July 17, 2023: During the last week certain YouTube video footages have touched my heart and stirred many thoughts and questions in my mind. The video footages from Himachal Pradesh, a popular tourist destination, showed flash floods, collapsing houses, breaking bridges, vanishing roads, landslides, floodContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, July 17, 2023: Though a creature of the day, I am not particularly enthused by various “Days” like Father’s, Mother’s, Doctor’s, Constipation. I suspect that in the era of greeting cards (now extinct) they were invented by manufacturers like Archies, to promote their wares. However, I gotContinue Reading
By Ancie Wilfred Nagpur, July 13, 2023: Our family had just shifted to this locality in Bengaluru. During our first week here, I went to the nearest church and took membership. It is called the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church. The next Sunday we attended ourContinue Reading
By P A Chacko Sahibganj, July 8, 2023: The central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, under Chief Minister Shivraj Chauhan of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has been gaining notoriety for increasing crimes and atrocities committed on the Adivasis. Blood-curdling cruelties by lynching mobs and BJP’s foot soldiers have beenContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen Trichy, July 6, 2023: We meet many people in our day-to-day lives, known and unknown. But many do not realize the goodness of the people we come across. They may be saints who are making changes in the lives and others. In the fast-moving world, peopleContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, July 4, 2023: Times are bad in India: Manipur has been burning for two months now. Millions of citizens all over are denied their fundamental rights. Corruption and crony capitalism are rampant. Opposition politicians can be bought up and blackmailed by the ruling regime. The mega-projectContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Aizawl, June 19, 2023: Each year on June 20, the world celebrates the strength and courage of people forced to flee their home country to escape conflict or persecution as World Day of Migrants and Refugees. I encounter Refugees and Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in close proximityContinue Reading
