• KINGS OR NO KINGS

    Both Kings and No Kings are in the news for very different reasons. First there is King Charles III of England who just visited Pope Leo in the Vatican and held a joint prayer service with him. The other is the No King rally in the USA on 18th October where a reported 7 million…

  • THE “IDIOTS” OF LADAKH

    The block buster Aamir Khan movie “Three Idiots” is to some degree inspired by Sonam Wangchuk of Ladakh. You heard right, the same person whom the Government has now arrested under the draconian National Security Act and lodged in far away Jodhpur jail. Ironically, till recently, Wangchuk was an avid fan of Prime Minister Narendra…

  • MULLALLY OR MULAKKAL?

    Other than similar sounding surnames, is there anything in common between these two? They are as different as chalk and cheese. Former bishop of Jalandhar diocese, Franco Mulakkal, nicknamed Frightening Franco, is a familiar name to Indian Catholics. A lower court in Kerala has acquitted him of charges of multiple rape of a religious sister…

  • DID JESUS SPEAK LATIN?

    Readers will pardon me for asking another audacious question. They will also note that I often write in response to current issues. This time it is a riposte to an article “Reviving the Old Latin Mass would be a colossal mistake” published in Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN) on 26th September, written by Robert…

  • ICONOCLASM – YESTERDAY & TODAY

    Iconoclasm is the destruction of things (often held sacred or precious), persons or even ideas. What is an icon? Millennials would be familiar with the icons (symbols) on their mobile phones, laptops or computers. Originally, an icon was usually a religious symbol, object or painting, often from the Byzantine Empire. For example, the popular picture…

  • 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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