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KANPUR APPEALS FOR PEACE
Kanpur (23rd April): The citizens of Kanpur came out on the streets on 22nd April to appeal for world peace and a permanent solution to the hostilities in the Gulf region. About 100 prominent citizens walked 2 kms along the arterial Mall Road from Bada Chauraha to Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in Phoolbagh. This silent march…
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DONALD LOVES ESTHER
Shouldn’t Melania be jealous of this relationship with another woman? No, because Esther is not a threat to her marriage. To the contrary; she is an asset for her husband. This Esther is the Jewish heroine of the Old Testament. I am not enamoured of Old Testament chronicles and had not read the book of…
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FILM REVIEW: MISSIONARIES, REVOLUTIONARIES, MACHINERIES?
On Good Friday I ask myself, was Jesus a missionary or a revolutionary? Blessed Rani Maria of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation (FCC) faced a similar dilemma when she began her service to the deprived adivasis in the Udaynagar region of Indore, M.P. This is a dangerous binary. Being a missionary and/ or a revolutionary are…
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JUNGLE SAFARI
In 1911 the English poet W.H. Davies wrote the poem “Leisure”. Its famous opening lines are: “What is this life if full of careWe have not time to stand and stare.No time to stand beneath the boughsAnd stare as long as sheep and cows”? Taking a cue from him we went for a three day…
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SOWING THE WIND
At the beginning of the year, shortly after Trump invaded Venezuela, I had written “As Thick as Thieves”. I re-read it before writing this piece. I had then warned that the Venezuelan “success” would embolden Trump to flex his muscles elsewhere too. True to his rampaging and disruptive style, he has done it again, this…
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IGNORANCE, INTELLIGENCE, WISDOM
We are about to enter the holy season of Lent. By now “good Christians” will have decided what to give up for the next forty days. Most of these “sacrifices” are linked to food and drink. Several will abstain from non-vegetarian food. This year Lent will be concurrent with the Islamic month of Ramzan when…
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well narated
We should be missionary but together be Revolutionary and Machinary also because without social mind we can’t be good missionary.Having…
The review is analytical and raises pertinent questions. However, it is too detailed and let’s out the whole content. Also,…
Thank you very much. Inspiring. Truly sad that some of the missionaries tend to become machineries, and not REVOLUTIONARIES. Let’s…
Apt juxtaposition. much needed for people who voice opinions without complete understanding.