About a dozen hapless children have been killed in the recent past by feral dogs in Sitapur district, adjoining Lucknow in U.P. Not so long ago elderly women in Kerala were also killed in like manner. What was the response of the U.P. Govt? To relocate these dogs in adjoining forest areas. After objections from…

Some Christians of Kerala prefer to be called “Syrian Christians”. Others consider it a misnomer, and would rather be called “Thomas Christians”, because their forefathers were converted in apostolic times itself by St Thomas. I am not from Kerala (though most of my good friends are Malayalees) but I too would like to call myself…

The plaintive cry of a frightened girl fending off an incestuous father, or a son resisting his father’s efforts to make him a partner in crime? Neither! This is what millions of English speaking Christians devoutly, but unthinkingly, say every time that they recite “Our Father … lead us not into temptation”. “Recite” is the…

This is about a cardinal, and his alleged capital sins. It is not about Cardinal Jaime Sin, the 30th archbishop of Manila (31/8/1928 – 21/6/2005) of Chinese Filipino descent, who courageously fought against the Filipino dictators of his time. This is about Cardinal George Alencherry, the archbishop of the Syro-Malabar archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly in Kerala….

It’s that time of year when well meaning people ask us what is good about Good Friday, if it commemorates the death of a great person like Jesus. It is also when people will call up their Christian friends to wish them a Happy Good Friday. Good Friday, for those who don’t know, is probably…

It’s that time of year when we are never endingly reminded about temptations – Jesus’, not ours! After all, we are goody-goody church goers. We haven’t defrauded a bank, murdered somebody in a communal riot, and haven’t had the guts to covet the neighbour’s spouse! So why bother about temptations? After all, Lent is about…