सड़कों पर रहने वाले पशु अक्सर हमसे कुछ कहते हैं।वे कहतें हैं अपने मन की इच्छा, वे बांटतें हैं अपनी मन की व्यथा, वे चाहते हैं हमसे थोड़ा सा स्नेह और करुणा।और इसके बदले में वह हमें देतें हैं बहुत सारी वफ़ादारी। सड़कों पर रहने वाले पशु जिन्हें अक्सर आवारा या बेसहारा पशु भी कहा […]
I didn’t think this would stay with me, honestly. I thought I’d just go, take notes, maybe write something about an NGO, and be done with it. But then, I met Sister Dorothy Fernandes — and everything shifted a little. She wasn’t trying to impress me. No long speeches. No big, dramatic talk about “impact.” […]
It was fifty years ago! The nation will and should never forget that dark, infamous night of 25/26 June 1975, when, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, declared a state of emergency all over the country, citing internal and external disturbances! That terrible chapter of the country’s history lasted for a full twenty-one-month period till […]
Mammoths, Dodos, and Dire Wolves roaming the earth again seems like a distant dream, right? Well, there’s growing excitement around the idea of bringing back extinct animals — mammoths, dire wolves, even dodos. It sounds like a breakthrough, a leap made in science. De-extinction, as it’s being called, isn’t actually resurrection. It’s not about magically […]
India’s Defiance at SCO Summit New Delhi, June 26, 2025 – India dealt a significant setback to China’s regional ambitions at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting in Qingdao on Thursday, refusing to sign a joint statement that New Delhi criticized as pro-Pakistan for omitting the April 22 terror attack on Indian tourists in Jammu […]
Pollination isn’t something most of us think about — it just feels like one of those background things that happen on their own. But for farmers, especially in India, it’s becoming something they have to actively manage. And that shift says a lot about how we’ve come to depend less on nature and more on […]
मार एलियास चर्च पर हमला सीरिया के दमिश्क के पास दवील’आ में रविवार को एक आत्मघाती हमलावर ने मार एलियास ग्रीक ऑर्थोडॉक्स चर्च में विस्फोटक वेस्ट फोड़ दी, जिसमें कम से कम 22 लोग मारे गए और 63 अन्य घायल हो गए। यह हमला उस समय हुआ जब चर्च में लगभग 350 लोग प्रार्थना कर […]
Deadly Assault on Mar Elias Church A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest inside the Mar Elias Greek Orthodox church in Dweil’a, on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, killing at least 22 people and wounding 63 others, according to state media. The attack occurred during a prayer service attended by approximately 350 worshippers. […]
Manisha Thapa, a young and dedicated air hostess from Bihar, was among the many lives lost in the devastating crash of Air India flight AI-171, which went down shortly after departing from Ahmedabad on Thursday. A native of Patna with ancestral roots in Biratnagar , Nepal, Manisha was on active duty as a cabin crew […]
Cedric Prakash muses on the great tragedy of 12th June 2025 It is a tragedy of immense proportions! One of the worst in the history of civil aviation in India! An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner (AI-171), from Ahmedabad to London, crashed shortly after take-off. The flight departed at 1:38 pm from the Sardar Vallabhbhai […]
Yesterday was World Environment Day. Fr Cedric Prakash reflects on issues that should be addressed after the flurry of activities are over. It is ‘World Environment Day’ once again! Everywhere one witnesses a flurry of ‘activities.’ There is the usual jostle to plant saplings(trees), the plethora of long, boring speeches on the importance of the […]
In the usually quiet rural roads near Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, a brutal assault in late May 2025 laid bare the dark underbelly of cow vigilantism—a growing menace that threatens the rule of law and communal harmony. Four Muslim men, Akeel, Kadeem, Akil, and Arbaaj, were viciously attacked by a mob linked to Hindutva groups, accused […]
