Telegraph editor’s passport not being renewed in Kolkata

Telegraph editor’s passport not being renewed in Kolkata

Note from R. Rajagopal, Former Editor, The Telegraph In March this year, my name was deleted from the Ballygunge constituency electoral roll in Kolkata, apparently because the Special Intensive Revision process could not trace either my name or that of my late father in the 2002 voters’ list. My father, a Gandhian, retired professor and […]

How Patna Women’s College Values United Generations in Jamshedpur

How Patna Women’s College Values United Generations in Jamshedpur

Celebrating the Memory of Chandraprabha Pathak For more than eight decades, Patna Women’s College (PWC) has stood as more than just an institute of higher learning; it has operated as a foundational ecosystem for female empowerment in eastern India. Founded with a vision to integrate academic excellence with a deep-seated value system, the college has […]

Congress Electoral Collapse means no LoP status in Assam

Congress Electoral Collapse means no LoP status in Assam

As Himanta Biswa Sarma was sworn in for a second consecutive term as Assam’s Chief Minister on Tuesday, the sheer scale of the BJP-led NDA’s landslide victory has triggered an unprecedented constitutional crisis. While the ruling alliance celebrated a commanding return to power with 102 seats in the 126-member Assembly, the dismal performance of the […]

Poll Panel Diktat or ‘Bureaucratic Mischief’?

Poll Panel Diktat or ‘Bureaucratic Mischief’?

Gig Workers Left in Lurch by Bengal Bike Ban Calcutta — As West Bengal hurtles toward the final phases of an intensely contested Assembly election, a new flashpoint has emerged—not between political rivals, but between the Election Commission’s (EC) rigid security protocols and the survival of the city’s burgeoning gig economy. The EC’s recent directive, […]

Cries for Justice in India grow louder!

Cries for Justice in India grow louder!

Today, 20th February, we observe the World day of Social Justice. Cedric Prakash SJ observes what’s happening around us, and asks whether we are really ‘getting the message’: Editor. Come 20 February and the world will once again observe the ‘World Day of Social Justice’. It is an annual feature during which many all over […]

Is it time to start boycotting Elections?

Is it time to start boycotting Elections?

A translation of a Hindi article by Yogendra Yadav. The original can be accessed here. After the Bihar election results, many colleagues asked me :- what is the point of contesting elections now? If in every election, ultimately, the BJP is made to win and the opposition is completely wiped out, then what is the […]

Arrest in Bangladesh Bomb Attacks on Catholic Sites Sparks Concerns for Religious Harmony

Arrest in Bangladesh Bomb Attacks on Catholic Sites Sparks Concerns for Religious Harmony

Dhaka, Bangladesh – In a development that has sent ripples through religious communities, Dhaka police have arrested a 28-year-old man linked to a series of homemade bomb attacks targeting prominent Catholic institutions in the capital this month. The incidents, which struck St Mary’s Cathedral and St Joseph’s Higher Secondary School and College, have heightened fears […]

The Poor are with us [but do we really care?]

The Poor are with us [but do we really care?]

The Catholic Church, will observe the ‘World Day of the Poor’, on 16 November 2025. The day has a special significance this year, since it comes in the wake of Pope Leo XIV’s first major papal document: An Apostolic Exhortation addressed “to all Christians, on love for the poor,” titled ‘Dilexi Te’ (‘I have loved […]

Called to Mission!

Called to Mission!

 The Catholic Church observes ‘World Mission Day’ on Sunday 19 October. There is an added significance this year because it is the Jubilee Year and the focus is on becoming ‘pilgrims of hope’. Above all, given the fact that the Synodal process was completed just a year ago, the emphasis continues to be on the […]

‘Missing File’ shows Election Commission’s Big Lies!

‘Missing File’ shows  Election Commission’s  Big Lies!

Yogendra Yadav wrote this piece in Hindi. We carry a simple translation for our readers. The fundamental lie in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list has been caught. This lie was exposed by a document that the Election Commission had been hiding for the past three months. This document is the final […]

Rohit Sharma: An Inconsistent Giant of T-20 ?

Rohit Sharma: An Inconsistent  Giant of T-20 ?

Rohit Sharma is one of the greatest players in white-ball cricket. He has scored nearly 4,231 runs in T20 internationals, the most by any Indian player. For more than ten years, he was India’s first-choice opener in limited-overs cricket, until he retired from T20 internationals after winning the T20 World Cup on June 29, 2024. […]

Reading, Arguing, Growing Up

Reading, Arguing, Growing Up

There’s this tiny room in GosaiTola, Patna, that’s been quietly doing something amazing since 2015. The Shaheed Bhagat Singh Library doesn’t look like much from the outside, but kids actually choose to hang out here instead of cramming for tests somewhere else. Bhagat Singh’s faded picture hangs over the door, and inside it’s just about […]

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