Cover Stories

Vilification, not Vikaas

What happens when those who serve the nation are treated as threats to it? In an atmosphere thick with fear and selective outrage, India inches toward a reality where compassion is suspect and equal

Fr. Gaurav Nair Fr. Gaurav Nair
13 Apr 2026

Indore Police Detain Nuns on False Charges; Why Are Accusers Not Arrested?

In a disturbing incident raising concerns over profiling and due process, two nuns and eight candidates of the Visitation Sisters were detained and interrogated by Railway Police at Indore Railway Sta

Sujata Jena Sujata Jena
13 Apr 2026

Articles

On April 9, I was in Karnal as a resource person at the 2026 Delhi Province Assembly of the Indian Missionary Society (IMS), an indigenous order of the Catholic Church. One thing that attracted me to

A. J. Philip A. J. Philip
13 Apr 2026

The proposed FCRA Amendment Bill, 2026, has sparked fears that expanded state powers to seize NGO assets may bypass constitutional safeguards, disproportionately affect minority institutions, and shri

Jacob Peenikaparambil Jacob Peenikaparambil
13 Apr 2026

A comforting myth of Congress–Christian affinity masks a harder truth: when justice required administrative fixes, the state acted; when it demanded constitutional courage for Dalit Christians, it hes

John Dayal John Dayal
13 Apr 2026

The Supreme Court of India affirmed marriage as a partnership of equals, ruling that a wife's refusal to perform chores is not cruelty. By declaring "wife is a life partner, not a maid," it reinforces

Jessy Kurian Jessy Kurian
13 Apr 2026

Public Interest Litigation transformed access to justice in India, empowering courts to defend the marginalised. As calls to curb it emerge, the debate centres on balancing concerns about misuse with

Joseph Maliakan Joseph Maliakan
13 Apr 2026

Amid the fallout from the Iran war, India's LPG shortage exposes a widening gap between official assurances and lived reality—fuel scarcity, rising prices, and migrant distress reveal a fragile energy

Frank Krishner Frank Krishner
13 Apr 2026

The Strait of Hormuz remains a volatile global lifeline, where Iran's "Hormuz Gambit" leverages geography to wield outsized influence—threatening energy flows, unsettling markets, and forcing major po

Fr John Felix Raj & Dr Sovik Mukherjee Fr John Felix Raj & Dr Sovik Mukherjee
13 Apr 2026

In the muddy piece of a Hindu land, Where caste was stitched into human skin, And untouchability carried chains heavier than iron, A child was born beneath a fractured sky Not to inherit the Hindu

Dr Suryaraju Mattimalla Dr Suryaraju Mattimalla
13 Apr 2026

Amid escalating Middle East conflicts, petrodollar power and Zionist geopolitics frame a world gripped by conflict, moral crisis, and competing national visions. Unchecked ambition, ideological absolu

Peter Fernandes Peter Fernandes
13 Apr 2026

nobody calls a selfish person aunty with affection. That title, in our country at least, comes with invisible expectations. To care. To guide. To smile even when the knees protest.

Robert Clements Robert Clements
13 Apr 2026