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Stars ‘Grounded’

“Our wrestlers make us proud,” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi when they won medals at the World Wrestling Championship at Belgrade a couple of years back.

Dr Suresh Mathew Dr Suresh Mathew
29 May 2023

Justice for Women Wrestlers

A report published in the year 2021, “Dangers lurking for sportspersons in India”, says that there could be around 200 perpetrators and 10,000 victims across 53 sports in India.

Jaswant Kaur Jaswant Kaur
29 May 2023

Articles

Narendra Modi is a leader who can make a spectacle of anything and everything. Anyone who visits Delhi would be astonished by the preparations being made for the G-20 Summit

A. J. Philip A. J. Philip
29 May 2023

Plenty are the signs and proofs that point to the fact that India is drifting towards authoritarianism and dictatorship.

Jacob Peenikaparambil Jacob Peenikaparambil
29 May 2023

The greatness and nobility of human existence are that men are endowed with reason and free will, which makes humans a unique creature in this universe.

Peter Fernandes Peter Fernandes
29 May 2023

Fifty years of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) and its contribution deserved to be celebrated.

Felix Wilfred Felix Wilfred
29 May 2023

The prophetic words conveyed by Journal of the American Health Association, a peer-reviewed International Journal, way back in 1892 were indeed a wake-up call and an eye-opener.

Dr. Pauly Mathew Muricken Dr. Pauly Mathew Muricken
29 May 2023

International Earth Day is celebrated on June 5. It is established for promoting international peace, development and equality.

P. A. Joseph P. A. Joseph
29 May 2023

Two upsetting news stories during the last fortnight have brought into sharp focus about the need to build awareness in order to uproot the menace of human trafficking

Aarti Aarti
29 May 2023

Watching the terrible atrocities committed against Christians in Manipur left me shocked; churches burnt

Robert Clements Robert Clements
29 May 2023

Ethnic cleansing was first tried out in Bosnia (1992-95) when the Serbs used it against Bosnian Muslims and Croats.

A. J. Philip A. J. Philip
22 May 2023

The Church needs prophetic communicators today -- communicators who are free, frank and fearless, grounded in the person and message of Jesus.

Cedric Prakash Cedric Prakash
22 May 2023

Plurality cannot be sacrificed for the sake of ideology. Real education recognizes and promotes diversity in all areas in people’s life

Sunny Jacob Sunny Jacob
22 May 2023

The Assembly elections in Karnataka and the Municipal polls in U.P. are done and dusted. I had written about their significance in my earlier piece, “Andh Bhakts Abound"

Chhotebhai Chhotebhai
22 May 2023

Responding to the massive victory of the Congress party in the Karnataka Assembly elections, Rahul Gandhi said, “Shops of hatred are closed and the market of love is opened”.

Jacob Peenikaparambil Jacob Peenikaparambil
22 May 2023

At a time when ‘fascist nationalism’ tendencies are on the rise, the ‘BJPgovernment-Mukt’ South India sends out a clear message to the rest of India

Mathew John Mathew John
22 May 2023

As the consequences of consuming illicit liquor are exponentially greater, efforts should be made to help those addicted to spurious alcohol quit the habit.

Aarti Aarti
22 May 2023

Wellness is the well-being of the whole person taken as a whole. This enables me to reflect upon my own integral self.

P. A. Joseph P. A. Joseph
22 May 2023

The chief minister for Karnataka has finally been chosen, but for a few crucial days after the elections, a tale of two ambitious men holding tightly to the chief minister’s Chair, unfolded!

Robert Clements Robert Clements
22 May 2023

Manipur is being turned into yet another laboratory for testing the Hindutva agenda, successfully tried in States like Gujarat

P. A. Chacko P. A. Chacko
15 May 2023

It was the day of investiture ceremony in one of the battalions in an Army unit in Srinagar. The whole area for the prestigious programme was well-guarded by army officers

P. A. Joseph P. A. Joseph
15 May 2023

India has been termed as ‘a country of particular concern’ for its ‘severe violations of religious freedom’ by a US committee

Dr. M. D. Thomas Dr. M. D. Thomas
15 May 2023

The people of Karnataka have spoken loud and clear. Their verdict is like a ray of light and hope for the future

Cedric Prakash Cedric Prakash
15 May 2023

The first 11 days of May have, in many ways, been a defining period of Indian history. Plenty has happened in a rapid-fire stream of events.

Cedric Prakash Cedric Prakash
15 May 2023

The gruesome manner in which 23-year-old house surgeon Vandana Das was fatally attacked by her 42-year-old patient, Sandeep, a suspended school teacher

Aarti Aarti
15 May 2023

The church in India is gripped by sloth and sluggishness as it grows and expands. In order to re-explore the above mentioned existential reasons, the Church needs a wider vision and fresh dedication.

Jose Vallikatt Jose Vallikatt
15 May 2023

As per the official records, in five years, over 41,000 women are missing in Gujarat

Prakash Louis Prakash Louis
15 May 2023

If the Church leaders fail to counter the growing fundamentalism within it and outside, they will take the Church to the Middle Ages

Jacob Peenikaparambil Jacob Peenikaparambil
15 May 2023

The real issues being faced by women across the country get ignored while sensational ones get portrayed by the film industry

Jaswant Kaur Jaswant Kaur
15 May 2023

The Mayhem in Manipur did not happen out of the blue. It was in the making for sometime, but for some strange reason the government did not act decisively to contain it

Albert Thyrniang Albert Thyrniang
15 May 2023

Very lately at around eleven in the morning, which is an hour or more after breakfast, and two hours before lunch, I’ve been having a small bottle of coconut water.

Robert Clements Robert Clements
15 May 2023

The Tamil Nadu government made a clear-headed and bold statement in the Supreme Court of India on 30 April 2023.

Dr. M. D. Thomas Dr. M. D. Thomas
08 May 2023

The Karnataka Assembly Election is about the Constitution of India…it is about the soul of India… it is about the future of India

Cedric Prakash Cedric Prakash
08 May 2023

When I first heard about the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to build the world’s largest statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to overlook the Sardar Sarovar Dam

A. J. Philip A. J. Philip
08 May 2023

On May 1, 2023, Media One, the Malayalam television channel which was banned by the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB ) on January 31, 2022

Joseph Maliakan Joseph Maliakan
08 May 2023

The latest victim of weaponization of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) is environmental lawyer Rtiwick Dutta and the NGO promoted by him

Jacob Peenikaparambil Jacob Peenikaparambil
08 May 2023

Bishop Isidore Fernandes, the Bishop of Allahabad from 4 August 1988 to 31 January 2013, passed away on April 26 due to massive heart attack.

Manoj Stephen Manoj Stephen
08 May 2023

The WHO recommends a daily intake of utmost 25 grams (5.75 tea spoons) of sugar per person for improved health.

Aarti Aarti
08 May 2023

We have become victims of speed and in a way one can say that speed matters and controls everything

P. A. Joseph P. A. Joseph
08 May 2023

They were exceptionally good skits, all done using ChatGPT! I watched the actors working on their dialogues and noticed their lines were all geared towards solving addiction problems.

Robert Clements Robert Clements
08 May 2023

The situation in Manipur is grim and every one is tensed. Is it the result of some stray fight turned into a full-blown civil unrest or well planned and executed Pogrom?

IC Correspondent IC Correspondent
05 May 2023