Monthly Archive: July 2020
james kottoor IS THERE SIN you all believe in? Are you a sinner? Who created SIN in this world first? The following is what I heard from a Soap-box orator in London's Hyde-park corner, some 50 years ago. I was...
Cover Photo: Retired Major General Harsha Kakar HARSHA KAKAR THE STATESMAN KOLKATA 7th July 2020 This article in today's Statesman Kolkata lucidly explains why instead of muscle-flexing and browbeating India, China needs India's friendship more than India...
Cover photo: A Robinhood statue at Nottingham Castle in the UK. (Shuttercock) Rev. Valson Thampu THE TELEGRAPH ONLINE 6th July 2020 We don’t like criminals. But we vote for them. The proportion of those with criminal records among...
When & where was true Communism practiced? Giving Marx to our leaders! Since Marx was the paramacharya of communism, it’s only fair to begin by asking whether our communist leaders contributed according to their ability? – T J S George, in New...
ASWINI K. MAHAPATRA THE STATESMAN, KOLKATA 05th July 2020 The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) over-reliance on history, for legitimising one-party rule for perpetuity, constitutes a potent challenge for President Xi Jinping. The Chinese bubble to become world's number...
On 26th June 2020, the Department of Social Work (St Xavier’s University Kolkata – SXUK) and International Justice Mission (IJM), Kolkata, jointly organised International Webinar on Covid-19: Emerging Cyber Threats, Psychological Dimension and the Way Forward for Students. Isaac...
F.A. NATHAN Writes an open letter to the Papal Nuncio, New Delhi After chhotebhai and several others, now F.A. Nathan, President of New Life People's Party, a registered political party, formed for protecting the Minority Rights of the Christians and for...
Are you a believer, agnostic, religious, spiritual or nones? Notes: Here is a call for new set up, a non-centralised set up to cater to the needs of people not very keen on churching. They would range from believer, unbeliever,...
chhotebhai During the Second World War this term referred to Japanese pilots who went on suicidal missions, where death was certain. The Kamikaze pilots flew their bomb-laden aircraft straight into enemy targets. Then we had the LTTE suicide...
Photo courtesy: The Indian Express BUSINESS STANDARD 1st July 2020 On Monday 29th June 2020 the government of India banned 59 apps originating from China, including very popular ones like the short video platform TikTok, UC Browser,...