By chhotebhai Kanpur: Some of you may have seen my latest YouTube Hindi video 1+1=11 (eleven). It is the title of a 2003 Bollywood movie starring Govinda and Sanjay Dutt. You may also have heard the Hindi saying “Akele channa bhar nahin phor sakta” (A single grain of gram cannotContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru: Screaming and shocking news: • “A 16-year-old boy sexually abused his 14-year-old sister since he used pornography excessively.” • “A school topper student got addicted to pornography and failed in his final exams. He then committed suicide.” • “A newly married woman divorced her husbandContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar: It was around 2 am on September 2 when I reached Christ the King Cathedral in Odisha’s Balasore town. Father Jadu Marandi, the cathedral parish priest, informed me about a memorial Mass for Father Arul Doss at 6:30 am. That was one of the exciting eventsContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru: These days there is a lot of discussion, debate and writings on the types of liturgies – which one to follow and which one not to follow – all quoting the life and sayings of Jesus of Nazareth and referring to various traditions of theContinue Reading
(Editor’s Note: September 13 is the 97th birth anniversary of Vandana Mataji, a Catholic nun who was one of the pillars of the Christian ashram movement. Matters India is reproducing an article on the Parsi-convert to Catholicism, written by Tureeya Mataji, one of Vandana Mataji’s followers, for Vidyajyoti Journal publishedContinue Reading
By F M Britto Raipur: The first teacher that I had encountered was my first grade teacher in my village’s government school. Those days we never had any modern play schools, nurseries and kindergartens. My father had admitted me in the school one year ahead of my school age, advancingContinue Reading
By Dr George Jacob Kochi: As a teenager, my parents used to send me on shopping errands. The list would vary from provisions from wayside kiosks in the neighborhood, groceries from larger grocers,’ vegetables, fruits and perishables like meat, eggs and fish from the local market or Hawaiian footwear fromContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar: If I were to design religious life anew for our day and time, I would propose a fourth vow — against gossip. I am a final professed sister of the congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. I am convinced my vocation to religiousContinue Reading
By A P Shah Thank you to Ram Puniyani and his colleagues at the National Solidarity Forum for organising Kandhamal Day this year. This is an important event to mark one of the most horrific incidents of communal violence that has taken place in India in the recent past. TheyContinue Reading
By M.K.George Rome: Afghanistan is on everyone’s mind. A tormenting presence. Should we be crying or speaking up for her? As the president of the country Ashraf Ghani fled and Taliban forces took over the city of Kabul, the despondence and extreme fear of the people of Afghanistan, except forContinue Reading