By Jacob Peenikaparambil Bengaluru, September 25, 2019: The sociopolitical changes that have taken place in India after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under the leadership of Narendra Modi came to power at the Centre in 2014 and many omissions and commissions of the BJP government vindicate that the Indian ConstitutionContinue Reading
by Rejitha Rajan Panaji, September 22, 2019: Body shaming is one of the most serious forms of bullying, harassment and humiliation. All throughout the world, there is a definite notion of “beauty” which defines standards of skin color, body structure, hair length and texture and so on. People are oftenContinue Reading
Mumbai, September 19, 2019: Recently India’s Rainbow community celebrated the first anniversary of the reading down of Section 377 of the Indian Constitution, decriminalizing same sex partnerships. Rainbow Catholics and their allies in Mumbai were also gladdened when last October, Wendell Rodricks and Ruby Almeida of Quest UK, met withContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Nangathur, September 18, 2019: We have been hearing a lot of stories of social media doing harms to people specially the youth. We have here a positive impact WhatsApp has made for villagers. A serious discussion on the village whatsApp about the future of the village leadContinue Reading
(A sequel to “Is Pope Francis a Heretic?”) By chhotebhai Kanpur, September 11, 2019: Perish the man, or perish the thought? The first part is not entirely improbable, and the second is most desirable. What is the probability of Pope Francis being assassinated? Going by some trends in the Church,Continue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, September 5, 2019: Arunachal Pradesh has a literacy rate of 66.95 percent as per the 2011 census, with 73.69 percent being men and 59.57 percent women. In 2001, literacy rate in Arunachal Pradesh stood at 54.34 percent of which male and female were 63.83 percent andContinue Reading
Remembering the Jesuit priest who invited me to the cityContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, August 24, 2019: Four years ago, my classmates celebrated the golden jubilee of our passing out of school (Senior Cambridge) in 1965. One classmate recalled an incident where I acted as his wife in the school concert – replete with lipstick, rouge and the mandatory coconut shellsContinue Reading
By Joshy Jacob Vazhappilly Hyderabad, August 16, 2019: Father Thomas Pandippilly, a member of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), martyred for Christ 11 years ago, is remembered for his commitment to mission. Born in Kerala, Thomas joined the CMIs in 1987 and was ordained a priest in 2002. He wasContinue Reading
By Lissy M Panaji, August 16, 2019: When floods ravaged several parts of India, two persons emerged as ‘heroes’ overnight. Both of them did not expect anything in return. They did what they had been doing in life, very casually, spontaneously. A group of students was moving around Broadway inContinue Reading
