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SINS OF THE MAHATMA
Outrageous! How dare one make such a statement on the eve of his 152nd birth anniversary? The “sins” that I am referring to are the Seven Social Sins that the Mahatma had identified and published in Young India magazine on 22/10/1925, almost a hundred years ago. How relevant are they today? Here they are: A…
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WOMEN RELIGIOUS REPORT – A LAY PERSPECTIVE
One must appreciate the lengthy report by Ladislaus D’souza on the status of women religious in India, as published in The Secular Citizen (9/8/21). It is based on an international webinar organised by Voices of Faith on 10/7/21, occasioned by an 86 page book “It’s High Time: Women Religious speak up on gender justice in…
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SETTLED FOURTH
This title is enigmatic. It should either be “Settled For”, “Set Forth” or “Settled for Fourth”. It is actually an amalgam of all three. “Settle for” usually means accepting something that is below par. “Settled for fourth” obviously means that the proponent/ exponent has settled for fourth place. To “set forth” is just the opposite,…
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Kitne Aadmi Thhey
A video about the U.P. POPULATION CONTROL BILL. I look at the data from the Census of India over the decades and see the decadal growth of population and reduction in population growth. Do the statistics of the Government of India back the direction that this bill is looking to enforce? I find out in…
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Your play on the words scribe, scribble, scrabble and scramble is very apt and has neatly traced the route to…
I really envy the depth of your scriptural knowledge and its sitz in laben , unfortunately I sing the hymn…
Thank you for this insightful piece. Your parallel between the biblical scribes and modern bureaucracies hits the nail on the…
Quantum of sorrow appropriate title Just thinking of the trauma those Altar boys r going through
The term ‘Laity’ (Greek word) that means the common man, devoid of knowledge or power, still holds good today in…