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Anti-Indian Sentiment and the Mirage of Brain Gain

Xenophobia abroad is fueling possibilities for a bold experiment at home. India bets it can turn rejected talent into a national supercharge. But can it deliver the opportunities?

Fr. Gaurav Nair Fr. Gaurav Nair
06 Oct 2025

Indians Unwelcome Abroad

Trump's $100,000 H-1B fee hike has shaken India's tech dreams and is indicative of the deeper hostilities toward Indian migrants worldwide. From Silicon Valley to Sydney, a growing resentment is emerg

G Ramachandram G Ramachandram
06 Oct 2025

Articles

The world today rewards arrogance, violence, and deceit, rewriting the Beatitudes for the powerful. Yet history shows that such triumphs are fleeting. True strength lies in respect, moderation, and co

Thomas Menamparampil Thomas Menamparampil
06 Oct 2025

Twenty-two years from now, in 2047, when India marks a hundred years of Independence, let future generations remember that Shri Bhagwant Mann Ji stood for freedom, not fear; for reason, not repression

A. J. Philip A. J. Philip
06 Oct 2025

Hatred and revenge, amplified by politics, technology, and mass media, are eroding democracies and poisoning societies from America to India. Unless citizens demand accountability and reject divisive

Jacob Peenikaparambil Jacob Peenikaparambil
06 Oct 2025

A farmer in Nashik helplessly watches his onion harvest rot in the open after the rains collapse the roof of the local storage. A group of farmers in Bihar throws tonnes of tomatoes on the road as the

Jaswant Kaur Jaswant Kaur
06 Oct 2025

The Sangh Parivar's march to a Hindu Rashtra is neither accidental nor benign—it thrives on strife, thrives on mobs, and erodes the soul. To dismiss this as alarmism is to ignore a storm gathering on

Mathew John Mathew John
06 Oct 2025

Arunachal's youth turned faith into testimony, not coercion. By living dignity and service, they quietly dismantled a law born of cultural anxiety. Their stories show that evangelisation was never abo

CM Paul CM Paul
06 Oct 2025

By delaying the census and imposing a flawed Special Intensive Review in Bihar, the BJP is weaponising citizenship itself. Ordinary citizens now struggle to prove their very existence, while constitut

Prakash Louis Prakash Louis
06 Oct 2025

As Bengal and other parts of India, where Durga Puja is celebrated, prepare for the immersion of the goddess, the reflection continues to circulate not merely as a viral post, but more as a theologica

IP Sarto, Asansol IP Sarto, Asansol
06 Oct 2025

Please understand, the louder the noise, the less the truth. The calmer the tone, the greater the honesty. But then comes the real question: where do you tune in? Do you continue to feed on the off

Robert Clements Robert Clements
06 Oct 2025

India can learn much from Sri Lanka—discipline on the roads, cleanliness in public spaces, honesty in trade, and humility in politics. These everyday practices demonstrate how small acts of integrity

A. J. Philip A. J. Philip
29 Sep 2025

India's festivals once embodied unity and shared joy. Today, many are hijacked by politics, fundamentalism, and hate. To reclaim their soul, we must return to inclusivity, interfaith harmony, and the

Jacob Peenikaparambil Jacob Peenikaparambil
29 Sep 2025

Durga Puja is not just a celebration, but an integral part of everyday life in Bengal. Through clay idols, local artistry, and community effort, the festival reminds people each year to confront injus

CM Paul CM Paul
29 Sep 2025

"The Emperor is naked!" screamed the little child gleefully! That said it all!

Cedric Prakash Cedric Prakash
29 Sep 2025

India's anti-conversion laws, active in 12 states, shift the burden of proof onto minorities and fuel suspicion despite census data showing Christians remain 2.3%. Cloaked as "freedom," these laws are

Isaac Harold Gomes Isaac Harold Gomes
29 Sep 2025

Saint Devasahayam's story is a reminder that holiness is not confined to pulpits but lived in ordinary lives. As India's patron of lay faithful, he offers an extraordinary witness to perseverance, for

Dr John Singarayar Dr John Singarayar
29 Sep 2025

Shakuni is quite different. He is a scheming villain and cruel strategist. He always plans for my downfall. And I to have to find out the ruse to escape from him. No wonder that he is always on my min

P. Raja P. Raja
29 Sep 2025

Dear leaders, before you unleash another wave of hate speeches or whisper another divisive law, pause. Think of that IT professional or student being sent home from America, of that trader struggling

Robert Clements Robert Clements
29 Sep 2025

Mohan Bhagwat's rhetoric has lit communal tinder. His statements urging Hindu claims to Muslim sites while disavowing institutional involvement, yet permitting cadres' action, signal a likely mass tem

Mathew John Mathew John
22 Sep 2025

India's lived reality resists propaganda: Nirankaris painting Bible verses, Muslims performing Hindu rites, Christians caring for the abandoned. Anti-conversion laws and bulldozer threats cannot erase

A. J. Philip A. J. Philip
22 Sep 2025

The Gen Z uprising in Nepal is a warning for India. With rising unemployment, inequality, corruption, and digital repression, young people can swiftly transform discontent into revolt—igniting change

Jacob Peenikaparambil Jacob Peenikaparambil
22 Sep 2025

A city that boasts modernity denies its daughters the right to be born. Delhi's sex ratio is a national betrayal. We must demand more than slogans and schemes. There are thousands of missing daughters

Jaswant Kaur Jaswant Kaur
22 Sep 2025

Historical revision must pursue truth and scientific objectivity. It must correct biases without replacing one-sidedness with another. Credit colonial-era scholarship where deserved, expose caste-ed p

Thomas Menamparampil Thomas Menamparampil
22 Sep 2025

Progress is often hailed as inevitable, yet history warns that unchecked change without moral direction can breed violence, corruption, and inequality. Actual progress demands not just science and tec

Peter Fernandes Peter Fernandes
22 Sep 2025

The louder the music at a leader's birthday, the weaker the message of democracy becomes. The bigger the cut-outs, the smaller the confidence. It is almost as if the candles on the cake are meant to d

Robert Clements Robert Clements
22 Sep 2025

Close at the heel of our other neighbours, Nepal's journey has swung between hope and betrayal. The monarchy fell, the republic faltered, and now its youth demand dignity, justice, and a future free f

A. J. Philip A. J. Philip
15 Sep 2025

The recent Vice-Presidential election has exposed deep cracks in India's democracy. Cross-voting, intimidation, abstentions, and invalid ballots have raised serious doubts. It ultimately begs the ques

M L Satyan M L Satyan
15 Sep 2025

September 11 carries memories of violence and division, but also of Gandhi's Satyagraha and Vivekananda's call to end fanaticism. In a world scarred by war, injustice, and hate, 9/11 must challenge us

Cedric Prakash Cedric Prakash
15 Sep 2025

India may soon become the world's third-largest economy, but its low per capita income, unmitigated inequality, weak healthcare, and fragile education system reveal a different truth. GDP milestones a

Jacob Peenikaparambil Jacob Peenikaparambil
15 Sep 2025

Modi's long-delayed visit to Manipur are mere optics. After two years of silence amid ethnic cleansing, displacement, and inhumanity by the Meiteis, what peace, protection of minorities, and restorati

Dr Manoj Kumar Mishra Dr Manoj Kumar Mishra
15 Sep 2025

Umar Khalid, the Jawaharlal Nehru University scholar who has spent more than five years in jail, on Thursday, September 11, told a Delhi court that the larger Conspiracy case in connection with the 20

Joseph Maliakan Joseph Maliakan
15 Sep 2025

Looking back at the 100 years of Medical Mission Sisters, there was a pioneering spirit to begin health care facilities for the less privileged, openness to look at themselves critically to make their

Sr. Mary Pullattu, MMS Sr. Mary Pullattu, MMS
15 Sep 2025

Though declared a secular republic in 2008, the nation's legal and cultural frameworks remain steeped in Hindu-majority sentiment. Nepal's National Penal Code of 2017 criminalises religious conversion

CM Paul CM Paul
15 Sep 2025

To be a "Carmelite on the street" is to unite deep prayer with public courage. We must build interior castles yet opening their gates, carrying contemplation into classrooms, farms, protests, and parl

Gisel Erumachadathu, ASI Gisel Erumachadathu, ASI
15 Sep 2025

In today's India, more than flyovers or metros, what we desperately need are bridges. Bridges between communities. Bridges between faiths. Bridges strong enough to carry us into the future without col

Robert Clements Robert Clements
15 Sep 2025