Cover Stories

Are We Truly Free?

Seventy-eight years on, the flag still flies. But for whom? There are still freedoms denied, battles unfinished, and people at the margins of the nation’s long, restless midnight ... waiting for the

Fr Joshan Rodrigues Fr Joshan Rodrigues
11 Aug 2025

The Indian State Under Siege

As India marks 79 years of independence, the Constitution lies bruised, its founding ideals betrayed. With institutions compromised, dissent silenced, and democracy hollowed out, the dream of 1947 tee

G Ramachandram G Ramachandram
11 Aug 2025

Articles

The BJP's rule has enriched its faithful and exhausted the rest. As regional identities rise in resistance, India stands torn between imposed uniformity and a pluralistic past. What began as a promise

Thomas Menamparampil Thomas Menamparampil
11 Aug 2025

The tricolour may rise, but justice lies fallen. In this 78th year of freedom, India stands as a nation that has forgotten its covenant of equality. Freedom without dignity is no freedom at all.

Fr Soroj Mullick, SDB Fr Soroj Mullick, SDB
11 Aug 2025

In contrast, consider the Bible. It is the world's best-selling book, not because Jesus spoke Aramaic, but because the Bible was translated into every major language. Translation is the oxygen of reli

A. J. Philip A. J. Philip
11 Aug 2025

When two ASMI nuns, Preeti Mary and Vandana Francis, were released from jail in Durg, Chhattisgarh, after being granted bail by an NIA court, representatives of different political parties from Kerala

Jacob Peenikaparambil Jacob Peenikaparambil
11 Aug 2025

The Indian Constitution has granted the right to vote to all citizens of sound mind above the age of 18, irrespective of an individual's caste, religion, social or economic status. Voting is not a fun

M L Satyan M L Satyan
11 Aug 2025

What's clear as day is that so long as Feku is around, Bholisthan can never recover its democratic essence or its humanity. But then, hope can spring from the most unexpected quarter! There are confir

Mathew John Mathew John
11 Aug 2025

To Gandhi, Swaraj did not mean replacing British rule with Indian rule. Political independence was not an end in itself. Swaraj was, above all, about individual autonomy, involving self-respect, self-

Ninette D'Souza Ninette D'Souza
11 Aug 2025

India's youth bulge was meant to be our greatest asset. But without jobs, dignity, or direction, it's fast becoming a ticking time bomb. The demographic dividend we celebrate may well turn into a demo

Jaswant Kaur Jaswant Kaur
11 Aug 2025

While we take to global platforms to thump our chests and roar our greatness, back home in a quiet police station in Chhattisgarh, a woman named Jyoti Sharma walks in with all the arrogance of someone

Robert Clements Robert Clements
11 Aug 2025