By M L Satyan Bengaluru, July 20, 2023: As a freelance journalist I have been closely reading news in the print media and watching videos in the social media about various incidences happening in Manipur. The messages were clear – threat to secularism/religious freedom, divide and rule policy and absoluteContinue Reading
By George Jacob Kochi, July 20, 2023: Recently, the hot (pun intended) topic of nudity made headlines in Kerala, a southern Indian state. The story dates back to 2020, when a video by Kerala-based ‘activist’ Rehana Fathima appeared on social media. In the video that went viral, Rehana was seenContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, July 8, 2023: Dozen is not a small number when it comes to the number of persons a country can represent at a global meeting where the total number is going to be about 400. The Vatican released on July 7 the list of thoseContinue Reading
By P A Chacko Sahibganj, July 6, 2023: “Cut his balls. Let him learn a lesson for life!” So screamed an Adivasi, hearing the most atrocious and immoral act of urinating on a poor Adivasi by an alleged BJP leader in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Given theContinue Reading
By George Jacob Kochi, July 5, 2023: On June 26, seven students of Thiruvananthapuram Government Medical College Hospital in Kerala submitted a letter to the principal seeking permission to wear the hijab inside the operating theater. They contended that their religious belief does not permit them to bare their heads.Continue Reading
By P A Chacko Sahibganj, July 4, 2023: July 5 is the second anniversary of Jesuit Father Stan Swami’s martyrdom. Denying even a straw to drink water, when Stan was unable to hold a cup with his shivering hands in his jail cell, was the cruelty of a regime thatContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, June 30, 2023: ‘A shrinking space for dissent’ was the title of a report in the New York Times on the protest of the Olympic women wrestlers in India. As the protesters were forced out of New Delhi’s main protest site, Jantar Mantar, it ‘highlightedContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, June 27, 2023: Fifty-five days have passed since Manipur started burning. To this day, there has been no effective response to stop the violence. Caught between the silence of those who should take action and the helpless of the people of Manipur and those sympatheticContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, June 20, 2023: Catholics, especially of South Indian origin, all over the world, are celebrating, whether it be birth, baptism, first communion, marriage or death. No issues about the celebrations. After all, Jesus too is known for his joining celebrations of people. However, in recentContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, June 1, 2012: As everyone in the country, I too was looking forward to see the mega inauguration of the magnificent Central Vista building on the morning of May 28. The yagna, reception, honour, and installation of Sengole, the multireligious prayer, honoring of the constructionContinue Reading