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HARVESTING SOULS?
Back in 2000 Arun Shourie wrote a book “Harvesting Souls – Missionaries, their designs and claims”. It was a condemnation of everything remotely connected with missionaries. In the Indian context it was about our Christian presence. For those who came in late this book was written in the aftermath of his address to the CBCI…
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VARANASI VIGNETTES & VINEGAR
Varanasi has a special place in my life, long before “You Know Who” discovered it 10 years ago. It’s a long story harking back 55 years. The immediate cause for this piece was occasioned by the sacerdotal golden jubilee on 29th September of a good friend Rev Dr Joseph Satyanand of the Indian Missionary Society…
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HARRISSED OR TRUMPED?
Thoughts on upcoming US elections
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FRATELLI TOOTI
Had I entered a Spelling Bee contest I would have failed miserably, considering that I have mis-spelt the title of Pope Francis’ encyclical “Fratelli Tutti” that he wrote during the Covid pandemic. Unlike previous Popes, he wrote in Italian, not Latin. Seven centuries earlier St Francis of Assisi also preferred Italian to the classic Latin….
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WAS JESUS A CAPITALIST?
The question seems inconceivable and the answer should be a resounding “No”. But wait a minute. First listen to what Jesus himself has to say. “For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have more than enough, but everyone who has not, will be deprived even of what he has” (Mat…
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YOUTH ARE PRECIOUS
Going beyond Bangladesh to understand them
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Well elucidated.
This is Aus News channel clip: https://youtu.be/MxHebEeDvaU?si=5xlfict3iei0BOpj My comment: “We strongly condemn the unprovoked aggressive joint attacks by the U.S.…
This is a very thorough, thought-provoking article by Chote Bhai. Lent is a time to reflect on our own “humanness”…
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We too remain helpless spectators with no clue as to what could be done at our end to prevent violence…