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  • HOW PROFITABLE IS PERSECUTION?

    This is indeed a strange title. It is borrowed from the Vatican II document “The Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the Modern World”. Let me quote it. “The church admits that she greatly profited and still profits from the antagonism of those who oppose or persecute her” (GS 44). Perhaps “benefit” would have been…

  • CRY MY BELOVED COUNTRY

    An Open Letter to the Prime Minister Hon’ble Sir, For the last ten years we have been listening to your “Mann ki Baat” (A piece of your mind) on the radio. However, not once in all these years did you deem it appropriate to hold a Press Conference. Hence you could not hear the “Dil…

  • QUO VADIS INDIAN CHURCH?

    A sequel to the previous episode “The Persecution Conundrum”

  • THE PERSECUTION CONUNDRUM

    Raising more questions than it answers

  • CANCER OF COMMUNALISM

    It’s our duty as citizens to vote judiciously

  • VOTING, A CHRISTIAN DUTY

    It’s that time of year when we head to the hustings for the great Indian tamasha, the Lok Sabha elections 2024. The present regime at the Centre is so confident of a third term in office that it has invited representatives from various world political parties to observe the unfolding spectacle. This confidence, or possible…

  • HAPPY GOOD FRIDAY!

    Come Good Friday and some dear soul invariably calls or messages a “Happy Good Friday”! 2024 was no exception. It puts me in a quandary. How do I acknowledge the greeting without offending the sensibilities of the sender/ caller? It is equally odd when people in church gushingly start wishing each other a “Happy Easter”….

  • INTERVIEW WITH DIDI VIJAYA RAMACHANDRAN

    Social and human rights activist and daughter of former President of India R. Venkatraman

  • MISSING MARY?

    The untold story of the Resurrection