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Letter to the Editor on the Book BEYOND GODS & SCRIPTURES I have read the readers' comments on the the above-titled book written by Mr. Joseph Mani. I have been deliberately avoiding giving my take in the matter....
Joseph Mani Author of the Book BEYOND GODS AND SCRIPTURES replies as follows: I am grateful to Vincent Bagul, Joseph Mattappally who have commented positively on the Review of my book by Isaac Gomes. I am also...
Published on: 11:59 pm, July 12, 2018 by: mattersindia.com So a 178-member group of progressive Catholic religious priests, nuns and laity has submitted a letter to the Nuncio, who is based in Delhi as the Pope's ambassador. Through the...
Cover image: Memorial of Prembhai # chhotebhai Chhotebhai and his wife Meera in Kolkata on 2nd July 2018 on return from North-east What the Dickens? This is not the tale of two cities, but a study in contrast of...
Note: Our profound thinker and matchless honest critic Pamplanil has raised ever so many relevant pressing questions that we are at a loss to decide where to start and what question to pick up first. We don’t claim...
FGM is practice prevalent among Dawoodi Bohra religious community of Shia sect, as it is crime and punishable offence. With Centre seeking ban on female genital mutilation, Supreme Court also indicated that it was opposed to FMG or circumcision as...
BEYOND GODS AND SCRIPTURES Book Review *By Isaac Gomes Mr Joseph Mani, the author of this book, is a person with a scientific temperament backed by his sound credentials (B.Sc. & M. Sc. in Physics and MBA...
Internet and instant communication have reduced the world into a global village, Marshall McLuhan said long long ago. That was when? It was when this scribe was studying journalism at Marquette, Milwaukee in the 1960s. “Global village” and “Medium is...
Cover image: PM Narendra Modi at the public meeting in Maghar. (Express photo by Vishal Srivastav) The Indian Express July 2, 2018 By Badri Narayan It’s part of the party’s strategy to attract Dalits and marginalised communities. Note: BJP’s hidden...
Cover image: Chhotabhai and Boudi (his wife) all smiles during interaction with ASCC members in Kolkata on 2nd July Isaac Gomes, Asso. Editor, Church Citizens' Voice reports from Kolkata July 2, 2018 – Prophetic communicator and a great social...
Varghese Pamplanil writes to the Editor Judging from the current scenario, nothing is predictable. But there are pointers in the horizon. In an atmosphere of lies and more lies, ‘double speak’ and ‘no speak’, portents are threatening. There...
Varghese Pamplanil “When the nun and physician Maura O’Donohue of the Roman Catholic Aid Agency (CAFOD) prepared a report on the rape of nuns by priests (all over the world), she must have expected the shocking information contained...
The Asian Age Jun 7, 2018 A broad pre-poll alliance is vital if the Opposition is to have a chance in 2019. Note: It is time that the whole nation irrespective party affiliations think seriously of the Nation’s general...
Special correspondent, In the Hindu, New Delhi, June 26, 2018 Blaming Indira Gandhi will not revive economy, Congress says responding to the Prime Minister’s stinging attack on the party and its first family. Note: Rear-mirror driving is both a necessity and...
mattersindia.com Published on: 2:48 am, July 2, 2018 After the murky land scam deal at Ernakulam Archdiocese, Cardinal Alencherry has added another feather to his cap. This time it is his cover up or inaction on the sexual abuse complaint...
mattersindia.com Published on: 12:37 am, June 30, 2018 The Church all over the world, including the Church of India, has been witnessing a spate of incidences of sexual abuse or exploits by the clergy who are supposed to "smell...
Swami Chaitanya Keerti The writer,editor of Osho World, is the author of Mindfulness:The Master Key Published: Jun 29, 2018, in the Asian Age Kabir introduced ulatbaansis (upside-down verse) to express the inexpressible just like Zen Koans. Note: Reading about...
dr.james kottoor(Chicago) The article below is the editorial of the Malayalam/English vrsion of Madhymam, a powerful and very balanced daily of the Muslim community in Kerala. To be noted specially in the editorial are two things 1. A quote from...
INDIA TODAY 27 June 2018 Last night there was a huge uproar on the media and in political circles when Thomson Reuters Foundation released its report in which it mentioned India as the most dangerous country in the world...
dr.james kottoor(Chicago) Clerical sex abuse of all varieties – high profile, low profile and mixed profile — is hogging the limelight on the global stage. It all started as a global exhibition last January in Chile, a little known country...