After watching the canonisation ceremony of Mother Teresa on TV on Sept. 4, I don’t know whether to yawn with ennui, or bang my fists with angst. I was not particularly enthused about Mother Teresa being declared a Saint, as I believed that,her human shortcomings notwithstanding, she was always aContinue Reading
As for the Catholic bishops, it is time that they became more sensitive to ground realities in the family, and involved the actual stakeholders in any process of legislationContinue Reading
(Based on a presentation at Mumbai organised recently by the Bombay Catholic Sabha on the “Present Political Scenario and our Christian Response to the same”) Continue Reading
Kanpur: Kidnapping, ransom, murder, suicide, and sexual exploitation – all the ingredients of a B grade Bollywood movie. Except that this is real not reel life. And it is all happening in the holy, apostolic, Catholic Church. It reminds me of the line from an old song – “Shame andContinue Reading
Pope Francis completes 3 years of his papacy this March 13Continue Reading
Many of our countrymen may have lost their cool, but the voice of sanity, goodwill and brotherhood should not be lost in the cacophony of hate and profanityContinue Reading
Smriti Irani has caught the bull by the tail. And thereby hangs a tale of gross miscalculation and immaturityContinue Reading
The previous speaker was asked to present a bird’s eye view; but the topic given to me is so vast that it would require a wide-angle lens to cover it! Nevertheless, here goes. I will attempt an analysis of the six key words – North India – Catholic – JournalismContinue Reading
Violence is the option of those who have nothing to loseContinue Reading
India has produced three Wimbledon champions this yearContinue Reading