The border dispute between Assam & Mizoram has been as old as one can remember. This has led to numerous clashes between the two states in the past. The recent 26th July’2021 clash that erupted at the borders between them saw; Six Assam Police personnel being killed and at least 70 persons injured when both […]
‘It is ‘Laity Sunday’ once again on 26 June! A time for the Church once again to introspect and to see whether the much flaunted ‘lay collaboration’ actually exists in reality or not!‘ says Fr Cedric Prakash SJ In a highly clerical and patriarchal Church, which has stubbornly refused to accept in toto the changes […]
Once upon a time the city of Mumbai (Bombay) was made up of seven lush, green islands. Mahikavati or Mahim was one of them. Over time, Mahim was inhabited by Hindus and Muslims. In the year 1534 the Portuguese arrived and took a great fancy for the island. With them came the first missionaries…The Franciscans. […]
An SHO (Station House Officer) and a constable in Rajasthan were suspended on earlier this week in a virtual sex related blackmail incident. The SHO accused the constable of blackmailing him. The men were reportedly in a ‘relationship’. Nagaur superintendent of police Ram Moorty Joshy says the action was taken because the duo ‘harmed the […]
The bodies of two Jesuit priests and a tour guide shot dead this week in a gang-ravaged area of northern Mexico were found on Wednesday after a major search, authorities said.The three were killed on Monday after a suspected run-in with a wanted drug trafficker in the border state of Chihuahua, a crime that drew […]
An earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has left at least 1,000 people dead. The quake struck shortly after 2:30 AM India Time on Wednesday. Heavy rain and strong winds were major hurdles to search and rescue efforts late Wednesday. The massive earthquake killed more than 1,000 and injured more than 1,600, government officials said. The earthquake […]
A 16-year-old boxer and class 9 student from Arunachal Pradesh was buried alive by a landslide, triggered by heavy downpour near Itanagar earlier this week. Schoolmates and family are devastated. His isn’t the only life lost to landslides happening in the hilly regions of the Northeast . The incident took place at Sood village when […]
“The narrative of religious intolerance and hatred has swept the country unfortunately.” The United Christian Forum (UCF) has written a letter to the Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs John Barla, calling attention to the ‘failure’ of police and district administrations in several states to ‘investigate and prosecute mobs and perpetrators.’ UCF has also […]
Norm Macdonald was the funniest comedian in his time among those who stayed out of political controversies. His specialty was pointing out how uncomfortable we are facing the reality of our human limits, moral and intellectual, as opposed to the fantasies we embrace eagerly in our flight from mortality. He was never far from the […]
Social rights activist and writer CEDRIC PRAKASH SJ reminds us that June 18 is the very first INTERNATIONAL DAY for COUNTERING HATE SPEECH The decision by the United Nations General Assembly to declare 18 June as the International Day for Countering Hate Speech (beginning this year 2022) is significant. It comes at a special moment […]
Food security in several parts of the Northeast is a real problem right now. Hunger is at the very door of thousands of people in Assam and neighbouring states. Five days ago, local newspapers were warning their administrations that a massive scarcity of food grains is likely to hit Mizoram, Tripura and South Assam. Surface […]
Peace Activist Cedric Praksah SJ reflects on some key issues that must be addressed with urgency and commitment. Do we have the guts to go out there and tackle the real, uncomfortable issues? Today, the fifth of June, the world is once again be ‘celebrating’ ‘World Environment Day’! There will be the usual plethora of […]
