THE GEORGE I KNEW
# chhotebhai The gutsy fighter, the dynamite man of yesteryears, is no more, having just passed on with two fat ladies (tambola language) at 88. Adieu George Fernandes I first met George Bhai in July 1990, when he...
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Open Letter to Indian Catholic Hierarchy US Kerala Catholic Church Reform Movement (KCRMNA) to Indian bishops
Note: The writer of the letter is Sri Chackochan Kalarical, KCRMNA General Coordinator, well-known writer of books, articles and monthly conductor of international telephone conferences for the scattered worldwide Syromalabar faithful. The subject is the vindictive action taken...
Democracy for Teens – Dissent and Debate is essential
Cover image: Siddhartha Sarma journalist-author of his latest Young Adult novel Year of Weeds The Telegraph Calcutta 26 January 2019 Boishakhi Dutt Dissent and debates are two key elements of a healthy and vibrant society, particularly in a...
LETTER FROM INDIAN CATHOLICS TO CARDINAL GRACIAS ON FEB. 21-24 MEETING IN ROME ON “PROTECTION OF MINORS AND VULNERABLE ADULTS”
* Brinelle D'Souza Date: 21st January 2019 Cardinal Oswald Gracias President Catholic Bishops Conference India Archbishops’ House Nathalal Parekh Road Mumbai 400001. Dear Cardinal Gracias, Some of us who are members of the Indian Christian Women’s...
Faith Right vs Gender Right? Gender, Rights and Sabarimala
By T. N. Seshan The New Indian Express 1 December 2018 The argument is that men and women are absolutely equal. Nobody questions this wisdom. But the creator, in his wisdom, has not made men and women identical. The...
YOUR VOTE: A RIGHT and A DUTY!
– * Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Come 25 January 2019, India observe ‘National Voters’ Day’, once again. Thanks to the stewardship of the then Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Union Cabinet of the UPA Government in 2011, decided ...
OPEN LETTER TO NUNCIO AGAINST ARBITRARY & COERCIVE TRANSFER ORDER OF FOUR KERALA NUNS:
24th January 2019 AN OPEN LETTER To, Abp Giambattista Diquattro Apotolic Nuncio to India nuntius@apostolicnuntiatureindia.com Respected Nuncioji, For several months now we have been reading and hearing, ad nauseum, on TV channels...
Netizens for Democracy
*Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Given the significance of the subject and the urgency which it entailed – it was an event that had to happen! ‘Netizens for Democracy’ (https://netizensfordemocracy.in/) held a day long conclave on ‘Social Media as...
“Proselytism is Solemn Nonsense,” Francis! Pope Francis’s advocacy for Islam could destroy Europe
LifeSite Fri Jan 11, 2019 Pope Francis’s advocacy for Islam could destroy Europe opines William Kilpatrick Note: If you treat people the way they are, they become worse; if you treat them the way they ought to be, they improve...
Mood High, Unity Test Ahead – Will this high mood stand the test of time?
THE TELEGRAPH, CALCUTTA 20th January 2019 Devadeep Purohit Cover image: Leaders of India's main opposition parties join their hands together during "United India" rally ahead of the general election, in Kolkata on January 19, 2019. (Image: Reuters) ...
Political turmoil in India today! ‘Brand Modi’ has lost some of its shine
Cover image: Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee's is holding a mega Opposition rally against the Modi government. A strong and united opposition is the backbone of democracy. Editorial – The Telegraph, Kolkata 12 January 2019 Note: Editorial comments...
Call it: Hierarchical High Horse Disease! Four Kerala Nuns transferred To God-forsaken places. Why?
dr james kottoor You find your own answers! You may call it: “Hierarchical High hand Disease” we spoke of in connection with the story on the Missionary Bishop, Alex of Portblair! The latest shocking news is that four sisters...
THE CHILD IS.
Cover Photo: Window to the world of Myra # chhotebhai “The child is father of the man” is the seventh of the nine lines of the poem “My Heart Leaps Up” by William Wordsworth. It was written in 1802,...
Empathize with the outcast! Recital of the Hideous!
Editorial in the Statesman January 8, 2019 The silence of the administration in Patna is deafening. The gruesome tragedy and the attitude of the hospital are only symptoms of the overwhelming sclerosis that has now served to extend the loop of the...
Is Congress waxing or waning? An ism is coming to an end
By Manini Chatterjee The Telegraph, Kolkata 31.12.2018 Cover image: PM Modi said Opposition leaders were coming together for personal survival and not ideological affinity.(PTI) Narendra Modi and Amit Shah have ensured anti-Congressism is no longer the governing principle...
Call me just “ALEX” Port Blair’s first bishop resigns – Matters India, Jan.7, 2019
A missionary at heart like ‘St. Paul’, criss-crossing islands, and identifying with ordinary people with nothing glittering to show him up as a “His Excellency!” Bishop Aleixo Das Neves Dias of Port Blair Note: “Call me just Alex!” my pet...
Abuse, Cover-Ups, Silence! Aweful ! Why India’s Catholic Church Needs a Reformation!
Edwin and Anita Cheria in theWIRE, Jan.4,2019 It is time to practice what the brotherhood has so eloquently preached, but so abysmally failed to practice: Visit the survivors. Support them. Speak up now. A nun prays during a silent protest in...
Indian Nuns abused for decades! Report: Nuns in India have faced abuse for decades
Cover image: A Catholic nun stands at the foyer of the St. Francis Mission Home in Kuravilangad in the southern Indian state of Kerala. For decades, nuns in India have quietly endured sexual pressure from Catholic priests, an AP investigation...
Sabarimala women’s Wall Jan.1st ! To keep gender equality out?
james kottoor Wheather you like it or not ‘Gender Inequality’ is staring into our face crying out: “Oh my God” and forces us to hang our heads in utter shame before a civilized world, both in politics and all religions....
Are Cows in india more Important? Fifth Column: Anti-national nationalism
Tavleen Singh Indian Express December 23, 2018 Cover image: Yogi Adityanath has created in his state an atmosphere in which Muslim businesses, beliefs and ordinary Muslims are permanently in his crosshairs. (Photo by Vishal Srivastav/ File ) ...
