chhotebhai's Writings

  • THE DANCE OF DEATH

    This month of July I was privy to two deaths, one of someone very dear to me, and the other who was just a name in a newspaper report. I had many lessons to learn. Due to physical and financial restraints I can’t travel too much. But this month took me to two cities, Indore…

  • CHOOSING OUR BISHOPS

    ISAAC HAROLD GOMES This 29th June the Catholic Church in India celebrated Laity Sunday to affirm the vital role of lay members who are also called the “People of God”. This year’s theme, chosen by the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India for Laity Sunday was: “A Synodal Church: Walking Together and Always Seeking Peace.”…

  • AFTER NAMO, WHAT?

    When Nehru was the Prime Minister of India, Welles Hagen wrote a book in 1963, “After Nehru, Who?” When Rajiv Gandhi was Prime Minister a similar sentiment emerged, the TINA factor. There is no alternative. History bears testimony that both Nehru and Rajiv were not indispensable. Presently, the BJP led by Narendra Modi (Namo) has…

  • EMERGENCY, SURROGACY, SUFFOCATION

    Trains and aircraft have emergency exits. Not so with politics. I vividly recall this day 50 years ago. I was attending a Youth Animators’ Training Programme in Allahabad, the epicentre of the Emergency earthquake. It was promulgated by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on 25th June 1975. The day after the declaration a classmate of mine…

  • HONEYMOON CHEATERS

    Till recently we used to hear about wife beaters – aggressive male chauvinists beating up their spouses. Have things turned full circle? Are women the new aggressors – chopping up their husbands and sealing them in blue cement drums? Or the latest shocker from Shillong where Sonam Kushwaha of Indore went for an outdoor honeymoon…

  • WHEN DID GOD DIE?

    Another startling headline? It isn’t about Holy Friday. It was occasioned by a Special Edition (100 pages) of Time magazine totally dedicated to Pope Francis, on his death. Strangely, there was no mention of this in the Catholic media. A soft copy was sent to me by a young Methodist pastor, to whom I am…

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