“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 […]
Today is World Environment day. A ‘National Summer Camp ‘ held at Prayagraj [Allahabad] this week [June 1- 5] was one of the many ways that Tarumitra, India’s largest youth environment movement is celebrating World Environment Day. The World Environment Week Celebrations, was organized by Tarumitra Prayagraj and attended by student representatives of various high […]
The Federation of Konkani Catholic Associations (FKCA) has announced that Jesuit Priest and Human Rights and Peace activist and writer Father Cedric Prakash is to be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Social activists and human rights campaigners are very familiar with the name of Cedric Prakash. He is a Jesuit working in Gujarat. He […]
“The biggest issue we are facing is that we are quickly losing India’s fundamental character,” the Metropolitan of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Bishop Yuhanon Mar Meletius of the Thrissur diocese, has stated in an interview that has been picked up by several Indian newspapers. Bishop Yuhanon, also addressed as Metropolitan, has given the interview […]
Students from the Northeast caught up in the Russian-Ukraine conflict are being rescued and flown back to their homes. As per media reports, 13 youngsters from Assam, 11 from Meghalaya, and four from Tripura are back on Indian soil. A report from Agartala says four Tripura students out of 32 reached India and 13 others […]
Catholic priests and nuns in Kerala have become pro-active about the ‘deliberate attempts’ to malign their image, but what’s beneath the surface? Taking serious note of the rising trend to defame the Church in mainstream media and social media platforms, priests and nuns have stopped playing the role of passive victims. Catholic officials in Kerala […]
In an atmosphere of increasing animosity towards religious minorities by rightwing groups in India, the Madras High Court in Tamil Nadu state recently delivered a judgement stressing the need for religious tolerance towards other religious practices. The Court was dealing with a writ petition from a Hindu man challenging the permission granted by the Kanyakumari […]
On all counts 4 February 2019 was a memorable day for the world! On that day, Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmad al-Tayyib, met in Abu Dhabi, and together signed the historic and path-breaking document entitled ‘Human fraternity for world peace and living together’. The document is one of the most comprehensive […]
At least 23 journalists and media houses came under attack by miscreants in the three Northeast states of Tripura, Assam and Manipur in 2021. Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) states this in its report titled – “India Press Freedom Report 2021”, which was released on Wednesday [February 2]. In its report, the RRAG has […]
India waited with baited breath as Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for the current fiscal year in the Parliament on Tuesday. Predictably, the budget was praised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who said ‘This budget brings in new hopes and opportunities for the people. It strengthens the economy; it’s full of […]
The Covid- 19 pandemic has proven one thing: that in the hard-nosed world of vaccine politics and big business pharmaceuticals, ‘charity’ and ‘goodwill’ take a back-seat. This week, the WHO announced the global milestone of having produced vaccines for 10 billion people worldwide against the covid virus. When French President Emmanuel Macron took the Covid-19 […]
Fr Cedric Prakash SJ forwards an appeal to all liberal citizens as well as to the Church Outside the St. Michael’s Church in Mahim Mumbai is a powerful slogan. “God will always abide with me, even if I retreat!” In many ways this creative caption sums up the raging controversy on ‘Abide With Me’ that […]
