Sam weds Oliver: It’s time for LGBTQ civil unions in India

Sam weds Oliver: It’s time for LGBTQ civil unions in India

The old cliche is that Love knows no boundaries. In what many see as a landmark moment, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, recently celebrated his union with his partner, Oliver Mulherin, in a quiet Hawaiian ceremony. This event, while capturing the attention of the public, serves as a poignant reminder that love and commitment […]

Of the Catholic Press and Comfort Zones

Of the Catholic Press and Comfort Zones

[Speak Truth to Power and Pay the Price! That’s the mission of a true journalist. This is what Jesuit social activist and social commentator Father Cedric Prakash seems to be saying in his latest epistle. Read on:] These are critical times in India’s history: in fact, whether we would like to accept it or not, […]

China’s Clothing Ban: An Assault on Personal Freedom and Expression

China’s Clothing Ban: An Assault on Personal Freedom and Expression

In a world where individual liberties and freedom of expression are celebrated as fundamental human rights, China’s latest move to control what its citizens wear is deeply troubling. The proposed ban on clothing deemed “detrimental to the spirit of the Chinese people” and that “hurt the feelings” of the Chinese people is not only vague […]

Foisting A Bluff on the Nation!

Foisting A Bluff on the Nation!

[Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ examines several issues and joins the ‘One nation one Election’ debate, firmly against the proposition.] On 31 August, the Government called for a special session of Parliament beginning on 18 September. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi tweeted, “Special Session of Parliament (13th Session of 17th Lok Sabha and 261st Session of […]

Saint Teresa of Calcutta: A Model Teacher

Saint Teresa of Calcutta: A Model Teacher

Teachers, and very sadly so, are today in the news, for all the wrong reasons! In Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar, a school teacher made the students of her class come up and slap a Muslim child in the classroom. She was caught on camera saying. “I have declared jitne bhi Mohammedan bachhe hai…”as she called the […]

The Challenge to Live Fr. Stan’s Legacy Today!

The Challenge to Live Fr. Stan’s Legacy Today!

Times are bad in India: Manipur has been burning for two months now. Millions of citizens all over are denied their fundamental rights. Corruption and crony capitalism are rampant. Opposition politicians can be bought up and blackmailed by the ruling regime. The mega-project profiteers and the mafia who plunder our precious natural resources destroy the […]

While Manipur Burns

While Manipur Burns

To say that ‘Manipur is burning’ is not merely a gross understatement, but belies the terrible reality which has gripped the tiny State in North-East India since the third of May, writes Peace Activist Cedric Prakash SJ: For almost fifty days now, Manipur has been experiencing unprecedented violence and mayhem; more than one hundred people […]

CRIMES and COMPLICITY!

CRIMES and COMPLICITY!

In this opinion piece, Fr Cedric Prakash SJ touches upon several events that have occurred in the first two weeks of May, most disturbingly the violence in Manipur, also asking some searching questoins The first eleven days of May 2023 have, in many ways, been a defining period of Indian history. Plenty has happened in […]

Karnataka: Will there be Winds of Change?

Karnataka: Will there be Winds of Change?

Peace activist Cedric Prakash writes this piece as the state of Karnataka pauses before election Day. Several people have predicted that winds of change are blowing, but what are the issues? Karnataka has gone silent today after a high velocity and vicious election campaign. With Assembly Elections 2023 just a couple of days away on […]

I will campaign for the BJP!

I will campaign for the BJP!

Archbishop Joseph Pamplany of Tellicherry on March 18 assured the BJP at least one seat from the southern Indian state if the federal government raises the price of rubber to 300 rupees. Predictably, there were gasps and shocked responses from well meaning Christians across the land. Joseph Pamplany, some seem to indicate, is a modern […]

Selling One’s Soul!

Selling One’s Soul!

In this hard hitting reflection, Cedric Prakash discusses ‘The betrayal of Christ and Constitution‘.  For the past couple of days, electronic and print mainstream media in the country, have been highlighting the public ‘promise’ made by the Archbishop of Tellicherry.  During a  protest rally of some Catholic rubber farmers  he offered to help the BJP […]

There is absolutely no alternative to a Secular India

There is absolutely no alternative to a Secular India

In a hard-hitting article in the Shillong Times, Salesian priest, Albert Thyrniang, protested the attempts to “Christianize” the swearing-in ceremonies of Meghalaya and Nagaland governments. Such ceremonies, he points out, leaves us with ‘no more right to protest against saffronization and majoritarianism’. “Do not pray to be seen by people… But when you pray, go […]