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Syria’s Bloody War

  -Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ* 5 March 2018 Fr Cedric Prakash SJ, is at present based in Lebanon, with the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in the Middle East on advocacy and   communications.  There can be none better than Fr Cedric, a...

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WHY INDIA SHOULD LIE LOW IF A US-CHINA TRADE WAR ERUPTS

  SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA 4th March 2018 SWAMINATHAN S. ANKLESARIA AIYAR   Different experts have different perceptions. Swaminathan Anklesaria Aiyar feels that in the impending trade war threatened by Donald Trump in the name of his election promise "America First",...

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WANTED: A SWACHH MISSION FOR BANKS TO STOP NiMoS

Times of India, Kolkata 4th March 2018 Chetan Bhagat   Is it a warning signal for public sector banks which have branches all over India, particularly the rural belt, where private sector banks are allergic to go?  Isaac Gomes, Asso....

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ADAPTING TO EXCEL AMID RAPID IMPERMANENCE

The Statesman Calcutta 04th March 2018 Raja Murthy*   A wake up call for all of us regarding the rapid changes that are likely to take place in two decades.  Either we adapt to survive and excel or we stay...

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Memories Never Die!

   Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ*     28 February 2018 It is sixteen years now since the Gujarat Carnage of 2002. The years have flown by; Gujarat, India and the world has experienced a generation change in many different ways. “Let us...

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Our woes never cease!

Joseph Mattappally (Asso. Editor) Very sad to report the unexpected murder of a respected Syro-Malabar Catholic priest  – Fr Xavier Thelakatt, who was holding a very responsible position as Rector of the pilgrims centre of St. Thomas mount Malayattoor, in the...

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Rating Pope Francis’ Reign – dr. James Kottoor

He completes five years as Pope on Mar.13, 2018 Printed media around the world are making an assessment of Pope Francis going to complete five years of his rule on March 13th Three years ago he had said: “I have the...

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Rome refuses to soften stand on endogamy – Dr. J kottoor

Kottayam diocese is the home of Endogamy  Kerala: Rome refuses to soften stand on endogamy DECCAN CHRONICLE. | ABHISH K BOSE, Published, Feb 16, 2018, Knanaya Church can’t excommunicate for marrying outside the community!  (Note: This news report was published in the Deccan Chronicle of Feb.16,...

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What does it mean? Medium is the Message

Devendra Saksena in The Statesman   February 25, 2018   (Note: It is important to know the world we live in. Are we masters of this world or its victims? The medium is the message "is a phrase coined by Marshall McLuhan meaning that...

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Do god(s)exist?

​Varghese Pamplanil (Note: So, Is the big question whether Man created God or God created man? It is like asking which is first: Egg or chilken? The great spiritual Guru Sankaracharya used to be pestered by his disciples asking: “Tell us...

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CHALLENGE TO THE INDIAN CATHOLIC PRESS

  – Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ*     23 February 2018 A few days ago a twenty-seven year old poor Adivasi youth was lynched by a mob in the Palakkad District of Kerala for apparently robbing some Rs 200/- worth of foodstuffs;...