Matters India Reporter Guwahati, October 30, 2019 — A book entitled ‘Pregnancy and Pregnancy Care Practice – the lived experience of the Bodos’ authored by Assistant Professor at Department of Sociology Dr. Jacob Islary was officially launched today, 29th October 2019 by Vice Chancellor, Assam Don Bosco University Fr. (Dr.)Continue Reading
LissyMaruthanakuzhy The book gives the reader a good picture of the aspirations and struggles of a native Goan in the colonial Portuguese era in Goa. If anyone, like myself have thought that people of Goa were happy under the Portuguese colonizers, perhaps we are not so right. As far backContinue Reading
The Story of how Christianity arrived and found a home in India has lessons for Indians as well as the world, says a new book which examines the history of this religion in India in the context of local and global events. The history of Christianity in India is aContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen New Delhi, June 5, 2019: A handbook released recently aims to help future Catholic priests and religious build inclusive communities in India. The “Policy of the Dalit Empowerment in the Catholic Church in India” recommends that seminarians and religious formation houses must provide courses and programsContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen New Delhi, May 14, 2019: Restoration of equal rights to the Dalit Christians is mandatory, says Father Z. Devasagayaraj, national secretary for Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), Office for Dalits and Backward Classes during a book release at CBCI Centre, here May 13. It hasContinue Reading
C.M. Paul The book Mahatma GANDHI – A Journalist and Editor edited by Dr Mrinal Chatterjee and Snehasis Sur is a tribute to the father of the nation on his 150th birth anniversary from Press Club, Kolkata – oldest Press Club in the subcontinent established in 1945, as it celebratesContinue Reading
Shady Lewis Botros says his recently published novel — “Ways of the Lord” — can be broadly viewed as an attempt to answer one question: What it’s like to be a Christian in Egypt? The answer, given in stories narrated by the book’s chief character, is complex and often disheartening.Continue Reading
A collection of letters between M.K. Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore and British missionary Charles Freer Andrews
C.M. Paul Darjeeling — “Human trafficking is one of the biggest criminal enterprises in the world along with drugs and arms trade,” says a scholar from Darjeeling. The International Labour Organization’s recent report identifies three kinds of human trafficking, including forced labour, forced sexual exploitation, and state imposed forced labour.Continue Reading
C.M. Paul Guwahati — A lone voice that has undertaken several peace initiatives over several decades in the conflict ridden northeast India has come out with a new book chronicling and reflecting on the saga of violence perpetrated down the ages. “The book is precisely about the “Collective Anger” thatContinue Reading
