The suave Prime Minister (PM) had been elected with a thumping majority. There was a gala dinner to celebrate his success. The PM’s Aide-de-Camp (ADC) was an even more dashing Captain, from the elite Brigade of Guards. The ADC was recently married, and his young wife was also at the dinner. She was an absolute…

So now we have it. While “Independence Day” was releasing in cinema halls across the country, the Brexits were celebrating their very own Independence Day on the 24th June, the day the results were declared. By now we know that the financial markets across the globe (except for America) crashed. Political analysts were left gasping…

Pachu Menon seems to have committed an Himalayan blunder in his article “Transcending Barriers – Ending prejudices against Transgenders” (IC 30/5/16 – 6/6/16). He does not seem to have transcended the difference between a transgender person and one of neuter gender. So I did a bit of research before writing this piece. Menon refers to…

(Based on a presentation at Mumbai organised recently by the Bombay Catholic Sabha on the “Present Political Scenario and our Christian Response to the same”)  Dr Ram Puniyani, staunch secularist and activist that he is, has painted a lucid picture of the present political scenario, with specific reference to the Minorities in India. I have…

Did they or didn’t they?  Did they cross the Indo-Myanmar border? Did they kill several terrorists? Had they informed the Myanmar Government in advance about their actions?  Were those allegedly killed actually the same group that had attacked the 6 Dogra Regiment of the Indian Army in Manipur; and killed 18 of our brave soldiers? …

Kidnapping, ransom, murder, suicide, and sexual exploitation – all the ingredients of a B grade Bollywood movie. Except that this is real not reel life. And it is all happening in the holy, apostolic, Catholic Church. It reminds me of the line from an old song – “Shame and Scandal in the Family”. The latest…