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VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS – POLITICAL & SPIRITUAL
Nepal is in the news for the saddest of reasons – a political volcanic eruption led by youth disenchanted by the political system; its corruption and opaqueness. This is déjà vu for what happened in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. With three neighbours in political turmoil, can big brother India remain unscathed? There have been similar…
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WHERE IS GOD?
Those watching TV on 27th August evening would have been jolted by two tragic events. The first was of hundreds of pilgrims washed away in flash floods/ landslides in the Jammu region. The second instant was of two young girls shot dead while praying in a Catholic school in Minneapolis, USA. Both incidents were when…
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HAIL THE DOG – JAIL THE HOUND
Donald Duck Trump has made a laughing stock of his country. Far from making it great again he is taking it down into the dumps. Are we Indians heading in the same direction? It would seem so, from the way we are treating our dogs. Thanks to the latest order from the Supreme Court, dogs…
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BOOK REVIEW: MANIPUR’S ATOM BOMB
(Manipur’s experience with AFSPA by John Shilshi IPS Retd, Rs 499/- Pgs 328 Hard Cover, published by White Falcon Publishing) Exactly eighty years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, atom bombs are again in the news. Rahul Gandhi has claimed to have dropped an atom bomb on the Election Commission of India through his allegations of vote…
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THE TRINITY IS NOT A MYSTERY
(A presentation at Bishop’s College, Kolkata to commemorate 1700 years of the Nicean Creed, organised by the various Theological colleges of Bengal) This paper has an audacious title, considering the oft repeated experience of St Augustine on the seashore, and bearing in mind that our present Pope Leo is a follower of that same spirituality….
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Thank you for your writings on the Blessed Virgin Mary. As a Protestant [CNI], I really appreciate the clarification given…
I too endorse your views on the stand taken by Vatican on the titles given to Mary. I liked the…
This is a well-reasoned and passionate defense of the decree, particularly effective in its use of Scripture to redefine Marian…
Sir, Very well written. Every Indian Roman Catholic has immense faith in Our Blessed Mother Mary and it’s hard to…
Thank you for the arguments put forth regarding the change in use of certain titles given to Mary, to clarify…