By Dr George Jacob Kochi: Doctors worldwide have their hands full with the current pandemic relentlessly continuing to make its presence felt. Besides Covid, there are other diseases that demand doctors’ undivided attention. These diseases include those categorized as infectious, neoplastic, inflammatory, degenerative, hereditary and traumatic. Life and lifestyle haveContinue Reading
By Lissy Kurian Mumbai: Will a “Daniel” rise up to show the truth in the case of Sister Lucy Kalapura? These were my thoughts when I reached the Book of Daniel as part of reading the entire Bible during the Pauline Biblical year. The story of Susanna is an amazingContinue Reading
By AXJ Bosco Dalit Christians love Jesus and the liberative message of the Gospel that God, our Father and Mother loves everyone; he shines the sun on the good and the bad and showers his rain on the just and the unjust (Mt 5:45); in his kingdom the first willContinue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai: We mourn with the Afghan people their double tragedy. The first tragedy—the US’s illegal and utterly unjustified military invasion twenty years ago—helped prepare the ground for today’s tragedy, the accession to power of the Islamo-fanatical Taliban. Condemnation of the latter must not mean any softening ofContinue Reading
By M K George Rome: It is going to be a week since India celebrated its 75th Independence Day. There were the usual festivities, with Covid restrictions certainly, and speeches/ articles galore. Perusing them, I see two clearly contrasting narratives — A highly positive and promising, given by the rulingContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore: The story of Emperor Nero playing violin while Rome was burning revealed his total lack of sensitivity and concern for his people. Insensitive and Irresponsible kings in the past, and leaders of modern times often behave like emperor Nero. They are ignorant about the sociopolitical realitiesContinue Reading
By M K George Rome: In Kerala, the state I grew up in, famously called ‘God’s own country,’ there used to be some regularities. Invariably on June 1, the day schools opened for a new academic year, it rained. As schoolchildren, we were delighted to get our new dress drenched.Continue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad: The institutional murder of 84-year-old Jesuit Father Stan Swamy while still in judicial custody has shaken the very foundations of democracy in India. The importance and the urgency to defend democracy and all that is precious in the Constitution of India against repressive and anti-people laws,Continue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore: This is in reference to the article by A Pushparajan on August 5 and reactions from many others. Matters India had published my reflections a few years ago with 28 criteria for selecting bishops. These criteria are equally good for the reflection and prayer for bishopsContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar Mumbai: Have you noticed that a bronze medalist is generally happier than a silver medalist at the end of the game? It’s not incidental finding but proven fact in many research studies after studying reactions of silver medalists vs. bronze medalists! Ideally, a silver medalist should beContinue Reading