Parents are more than just Fathers and Mothers!

Parents are more than just Fathers and Mothers!

In the hustle and bustle of everyday life, some important things go unnoticed. Perhaps that’s why there’s never enough news about Global Parent’s Day which falls every year on the First of June. The United nations recognized this day in 2012. That makes this year the 10th edition of the day. The United Nations proclaimed […]

जागरूकता, मरीजों की पहचान और ससमय उपचार से मानसिक रोग से मुक्ति संभव

जागरूकता, मरीजों की पहचान और ससमय उपचार से मानसिक रोग से मुक्ति संभव

“बच्चों के बीच जागरूकता, मरीजों की पहचान और ससमय उपचार से मानसिक रोगों पर लगाम लगाकर उससे मुक्ति संभव है. मानसिक स्वास्थ्य वर्क फ़ोर्स का गठन कर समुदाय में जागरूकता की अलख जगाई जा सकती है ”, उक्त बातें डॉ. राजेश कुमार, विभागाध्यक्ष, मानसिक स्वास्थ्य विभाग, इंदिरा गाँधी आयुर्विज्ञान संस्थान ने वेबिनार में मानसिक स्वास्थ्य […]

2020 Press freedom report, what’s new?

2020 Press freedom report, what’s new?

Shooting the messenger may be an unhealthy practice, and the health of journalists in India have become a cause for concern. Some 228 journalists have found themselves in pretty uncomfortable positions, and 13 among them were killed in the country that prides itself on being the home of the Mahatma of non-violence and the world’s […]

Thank you, dear Fr. Stan, you will live forever!

Thank you, dear Fr. Stan, you will live forever!

Dear Fr. Stan Swamy, On 5 July, you completed your pilgrimage here on earth! Thousands feel your loss everywhere; a light has gone out of our lives and there is darkness everywhere! There is spontaneous outrage because of what led to your death; most regard it as institutionalised murder! I am sure that you will […]

Yes M’Lord, 4 month old babies can’t protest!

Yes M’Lord, 4 month old babies can’t protest!

The Supreme Court of India, in all its wisdom, quizzed the mothers of Shaheen Bagh with the query – Can a four-month old decide to participate in a protest? Dr Aparna, National President, Indian Federation of Trade Unions, penned the following response. You may find it thought provoking. Who will listen to four-month olds?  * […]

Glen is the nominated Anglo-Indian MLA

Glen is the nominated Anglo-Indian MLA

The Anglo Indian community in Jharkhand is celebrating the fact that despite the Centre’s ‘unjust’ removal of the representation of the Anglo-Indian community, the Jharkhand Chief Minister took the bold step of ensuring that the representation does not lapse. The MLA was nominated scant hours before the ‘deadline’ 25th January dawned. Glen Joseph Galstaun was […]

‘Go, set the World on Fire’

‘Go, set the World on Fire’

5th January: A memorial service was held at Bodh Gaya for social worker and catholic Priest Father Sumit Edwin Menezes SJ . The event was graced by former Chief Minister of Bihar Jitan Manjhi, Jesuit Provincial Donald Miranda SJ, leading luminaries of inter-faith associations, social activists and others. In tribute, we reprint the homily given […]

Can we keep on sitting on the fence?

Can we keep on sitting on the fence?

No, people who protest aren’t anti-national. Citizens in a democracy elect a government, and the elected government has a ‘dharma’ to safeguard the rights and protect all its citizens, regardless of whether they voted for them or not. One may say that citizens have a right to protest peacefully, and violence will be answered with […]

Nagaland Government supports integrated Naga Homeland

Nagaland Government supports integrated Naga Homeland

KOHIMA: Bringing together all the areas inhabited by Naga tribes to form the Nagalim dream has fuelled the imagination of the Nagas for decades. Nagaland Vhief Minister has spoken out urging the Indian government to accede to the longstanding desire of the Naga people. Reiterating his support for integration of all contiguous Naga-inhabited areas, Nagaland […]

India needs more ‘Golden Girls’

India needs more ‘Golden Girls’

Sir The Indian golden girl Hima Das was born on 9th January,2000. She is  an Indian sprint runner from the state of Assam who won 5 Gold medals in just 20 days, and made Indian sportspersons proud. She was also awarded with the Arjuna Award by the president of India on 25th of September, 2018. […]

Look Ma, a tigress in my bed!

KAZIRANGA, July 18 – The people of Kaliabor, in Assam were both surprised and alarmed when  a tigress walked into a house and settled herself on a bed and took a nap. The flooding of KNP has once again displaced animals and sent them towards the populated areas.  A female Royal Bengal tiger strayed out […]

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