By George Jacob Kochi, Dec 8, 2022: Kerala is considered the healthiest Indian state, thanks to her superlative health indices. Recently, the southern Indian state added another feather to her illustrious cap on the healthcare front by bringing out an antibiogram, making Kerala the first Indian state to do so.Continue Reading
By M K George Rome, Nov 30, 2022: There is a simple sociological axiom. Any sub-system is in effect a microcosm of the larger system. Hence, what is happening in the larger system is likely to repeat itself in the sub-systems. Indian Nation faces issues of polarization and attempts atContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Nov 29, 2022: The Advent season is upon us. It is a preparation for Christmas, depending on our priorities. The Hindi word for Advent is Aagman. It is the same word used at airports for Arrivals. Advent means just that – the coming or arrival of somebodyContinue Reading
By Dr George Jacob Kochi, Nov 8, 2022: Condemning the use of the ‘two-finger test’ on survivors of rape and sexual assault to confirm the crime, the Supreme Court has recently ruled that “any person performing such tests will be held guilty of misconduct.” A bench comprising Justices D YContinue Reading
By Joan Chunkapura Kottayam, Nov 7, 2022: When I started to work with people with addictions, I heard many comments about it being an unimportant and useless service field. Yet I felt it was more meaningful and had more of a sense of connectedness to human beings than working inContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Nov 6, 2022: The bridge collapse at Morbi in Gujarat can be considered as a blackspot in the Indian history. A century-old suspension bridge, a tourist attraction in Gujarat’s Morbi town, over the Machchhu river collapsed, leaving more than 140 people dead. As many asContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, Oct 23, 2022: India today, is enveloped in darkness! As the nation embroils itself from one issue to another, the burden is felt by the ordinary citizen, as never before and in more ways than one. Fascism throttles the country; at this juncture, one cannot help,Continue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Oct 20,2022: In February 2017, I was in Rome to attend the marriage of my niece to an Italian. The nuptials were held in the church of San Giuseppe Dei Falegnami constructed above the Prigione Dei SS Apostoli Pietro e Paolo, near the Roman Forum. This isContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Oct 12, 2022: In our daily life we ask a “mechanical question” – How are you? – and we give a “mechanical answer” – “Fine”, “I am keeping fine”, “I am doing wel.” Is our answer true? It may be true for 5 percent ofContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Oct 10, 2022: Few parishes in Delhi or in India are visualized to look after the spiritual needs of the faithful, be they Indians and foreigners, who would be coming from institutes such as Indian Institute of Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru University and All India InstituteContinue Reading