By Varghese Alengaden Indore, April 24, 2020: Those who hold leadership positions in the Church and religious congregations are often criticized for not walking the talk. Many are good in preaching about the importance of setting example by leading from the front, but fail to practice the same. They doContinue Reading
By Salome Mumbai, April 23, 2020: The nation is on a lock down and the corona scare is rife. We are practicing social distancing but what about people stuck in toxic relations, what about victims of domestic violence, what about women stuck with their perpetrators? How can they practice distancing?Continue Reading
By Hasan Suroor New Delhi, April 23, 2020: Muslims are facing a tricky challenge as they prepare for the Holy month of Ramzan which begins on April 23 amid the Corona lockdown. Restrictions on large public gatherings are most likely to continue even after the lockdown. This will make normalContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, April 23, 2020: The social media these days, especially in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, is flooded with reports, photos and videos of relief works such as distribution of cooked food and grocery items. These reports also are often accompanied with an “Appeal for donation.”Continue Reading
By John Dayal New Delhi, April 22, 2020: Friends will remember, in the early days of the Lockdown, I had put up a post appealing to the Prime Minister that my medical supplies to combat my insulin-dependent diabetes, were running low. A friend, Rohit Kumar, responded immediately. He was theContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, April 22, 2020: With each passing day we experience more turbulence and panic in the world because of the fast spreading pandemic Covid 19. The number of people getting infected and dying daily is shocking. Hundreds of thousands of medical doctors, health workers, police and volunteersContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, April 19, 2020: Ramayan is an Indian mythological television series that was aired during 1987-1988 on Doordarshan (DD) National, created, written and directed by Ramanand Sagar. It was a television adaptation of the Hindu epic of the same name, and was primarily based on Valmiki’sContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, April 19, 2020: Fifteen years ago I had an opportunity to accompany a group of 80 members of a Catholic women religious congregation to Anandwan, Warora, 100 km south of Nagpur for exposure as part of their provincial Assembly. Anandwan’s founder, the charismatic Baba Amte, wasContinue Reading
Fr. Elias L. Ayuban, Jr., CMF Manila, Philippines, April 18, 2020: This is a frequently-asked question in times of crisis. An interrogative that sounds more like a sarcasm than a query seeking for a candid answer. But let me try to reflect on where the Church is now without anyContinue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Ahmedabad, April 18, 2020: In the middle of the lockdown, April 14, was indeed a very special day for India. It was a day that certainly brought into focus the grim realities and difficulties which “we the people of India” are currently facing due toContinue Reading