Fr Cedric Prakash SJ
Embracing Non-Violence
Embracing Non-Violence
Today, 2 October is Birth Anniversary o Mahatma Gandhi (Gandhi Jayanthi ); and also 'The International Day of Non-Violence. Let Us All Embrace...
Rohingyas Are Human Too!
Rohingyas Are Human Too!
‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ meaning ‘the whole world is one family’, is an ancient Sanskrit phrase found in the Maha Upanishad, one of...
Give Peace a Chance!
Give Peace a Chance!
In a powerful speech to world leaders on September 19th, Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, kicked off the...
Long Live Gauri!
Long Live Gauri!
The celebrated German playwright, poet and fierce anti-Nazi critic Bertolt Brecht once wrote: “In the dark times, will there also be singing?...
Nine Eleven (9/11) and More!
Nine Eleven (9/11) and More!
It is 9/11 today! Grim news continues to come in about ‘Hurricane Irma’, as the catastrophic storm leaves behind it...
Mother Teresa: The Epitome of Compassion
Sept 5 is death anniversary of Mother/Saint Teresa
Mother Teresa was the epitome of compassion. If ever one would dare to give a core competency...
Hail Indian Judiciary!
Hail Indian Judiciary!
Ahmedabad-Gujarat: The Indian Judiciary (at least a good section of it) seems to come of age: objective, faithful to the letter and...
Let My Country Awake at 70!
Let My Country Awake at 70!
Mangaluru: Exactly seventy years ago, it was freedom at midnight for millions of Indians, as the country made her...
Trafficking: Crime Against Humanity
Trafficking: Crime Against Humanity
In 2010, the UN General Assembly adopted the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, urging Governments worldwide to...
Snippets from Syria
Snippets from Syria
Beirut-Lebanon: ‘Why’? Is the one question that is uppermost in one’s heart and mind? Why the violence and war? the death and...
