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Light in the Darkness Celebrating Faith through Justice, Compassion, and Hope!

Christmas is not merely a religious festival marked by lights, carols, and seasonal celebrations. At its core, it carries a powerful socio-political message rooted in simplicity, humility, and radical

Dr S. Rajasekaran Dr S. Rajasekaran
22 Dec 2025

Scrapping a Lifeline

A landmark rights-based employment law rooted in the Directive Principles is reshaped into a discretionary scheme in the name of reform. As funding rules change and control is recentralised, questions

Fr. Gaurav Nair Fr. Gaurav Nair
22 Dec 2025

Articles

GRAMG replaces a constitutional right with a capped dole. It seeks to shift costs to poorer states, punish those states where the BJP doesn't rule, centralise power in Delhi, and convert demand-driven

Joseph Maliakan Joseph Maliakan
22 Dec 2025

The Modi government, even in its 12th year, is on a name-changing spree, including that of MGNREGA, trying to erase the legacy of the Congress-era projects.

Dr Suresh Mathew Dr Suresh Mathew
22 Dec 2025

Gandhi is garlanded, branded and renamed into oblivion, while his ideas are quietly dismantled. Hindutva venerates his image abroad and empties his legacy at home. It is consistently replacing moral c

A. J. Philip A. J. Philip
22 Dec 2025

Christmas is celebrated everywhere, sold endlessly, and consumed noisily—yet its soul is simple: God in every human being. Beyond markets, rituals and identities, Christmas calls us to choose humanity

Jacob Peenikaparambil Jacob Peenikaparambil
22 Dec 2025

When God, our Creator, created the world, the Holy Bible tells us he said, "Let there be Light... sky, water, earth, fish, animals..." He finally created man (Adam and Eve). Looking from above, he tel

Cedric Prakash Cedric Prakash
22 Dec 2025

We are still taking censuses, still building walls, still deciding who belongs. And Christmas still comes every year, quietly asking if we have left any room, if we are willing to see God in unexpecte

Dr John Singarayar Dr John Singarayar
22 Dec 2025

Periyar, you preached reason and self-respect, You fought caste, oppression, and Brahminical dominance. You challenged the sacred scriptures, the rituals of the oppressors, You raised your voice fo

Dr Suryaraju Mattimalla Dr Suryaraju Mattimalla
22 Dec 2025

Hindon airport shows how no-frills regional hubs can democratise flying. As aviation booms, India must back low-cost airports and diversified infrastructure, not metro congestion and monopolies, if af

Pachu Menon Pachu Menon
22 Dec 2025

India bankrolls rivals through dependence, brandishes self-reliance as a slogan, humiliates neighbours and minorities alike, and mistakes bravado for strength. History warns that nations weakened by r

Thomas Menamparampil Thomas Menamparampil
22 Dec 2025

Climate change is hitting India hardest—weakening agriculture, deepening poverty, worsening health risks, and driving unsafe urban migration. Building resilience, enforcing climate justice, and aligni

Fr. John Felix Raj & Prabhat Kumar Datta Fr. John Felix Raj & Prabhat Kumar Datta
22 Dec 2025

This smog will lift only when we voters force political leaders to choose humility over hubris, truth over triumph, fairness over fear, and accountability over applause.

Robert Clements Robert Clements
22 Dec 2025