chhotebhai's Writings

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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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  1. Very well written Fr Stan Swami lived a simple Life. And lived with the Bible teachings. What about the Head…

  2. I’m a devout Christian turned atheist, who like Father Stan Swamy follows the life of Jesus of Nazareth (not of…

  3. The inner connotation of this question is whether any foreign remittance (direct or indirect) was there. Obviously the government will…

  4. The inner connotation of this question is whether any foreign remittance (direct or indirect) was there. Obviously the government will…

  5. The question is pertinent: who sponsored and helped this welcome Andolan? If the source is reliable and accountable why not…