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Why an Indian Christian group’s timely action deserves applause
On Oct. 1, the Arunachal Christian Forum (ACF) wrote to the State Bank of India (SBI), India's largest state-owned bank, highlighting a problem with its digital banking system in Itanagar, the capital of the...
The ‘Yes Men’ in the Lok Bhavans of Indian states
In today’s India, gubernatorial positions in the federal units are known more for controversies than otherwise. This is because the position of governors, which is intended to uphold the federal character of this country, often referred to as the largest...
Nurturing Indigenous Knowledge to preserve our Environment
Before the Indian economy opened up through a bold step taken by the then Finance Minister, Dr. Man Mohan Singh, Brain drain was a hotly debated topic in India as well as among the Indian diaspora abroad. There were debates on the merits and demerits of...
Lay solidarity with the synodal Church is non-negotiable
In the early Church, the terms "royal priesthood," "a Holy nation," and "God's own people" were used to describe the collective Christian faithful. This position changed in the early Middle Ages, when a dualistic concept of membership in the Church was in...
Care for the Creation
Before Pope Leo announced a five-week ‘Season of Care,' the world witnessed two instances of human suffering caused by the fury of nature. In the middle of August, Mon district headquarters in Nagaland were flooded, resulting in loss of lives and property...
Why the prposed Amendment to the FCRA is matter of concern
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 has created a sense fear among the Charitable and Social organisations. It is widely suspected that the bill was intended to target minority faith-based NGOs working for the poorest of the poor in...
Mirabai Chanu won a gold medal wrapped in patriotism.
Exactly six days after the nation went into a state of shock following the merciless thrashing of peaceful student protesters by the police in India’s capital, New Delhi, partly to cover up some of their own failings, including the inability to accurately...
Football opened a window to an unknown Nation
One is not sure how many people in the world would have known or heard about a country by the name of Cabo Verde prior to the commencement of the FIFA World Cup 2026. But beginning with the night the former Portuguese colony created history by holding Spa...
Culture of Presumption: Disservice to a Man who saw no Evil
In May 2026, a popular priest, Fr. Bomax Pereira, suffered a cardiac arrest, and he was treated at the Goa Medical College. He was in the intensive care unit for a few days before he finally gave in and left while still in the ICU. Fr. Bolmax was one prie...
Thank you Kerala, for keeping the Spirit of India alive
The most notable bright spot of the 2026 assembly elections is clearly the manner in which voters in Kerala exercised their franchise; Not because they voted any particular party to power, but because they avoided voting along communal lines. The victorie...
Some Accountability for Social Media platforms
In March, a Los Angeles court hearing a petition filed by a 20-year-old woman, Kaley, who was a minor at the time of filing the case, held Meta and Google guilty of coming up with attention-grabbing applications, resulting in minor addiction to YouTube an...
Sanju Samson's Silent Prayer was the Loudest Thanks giving
In a country where cricket is not just a game but considered next only to religion, a spectacle unfolded on March 1 inside the mammoth and iconic Eden Gardens cricket stadium in Kolkata, where the Indian and West Indies teams played the last of the Super...