Cover Stories

The Bengal Tagore Would Not Recognise

From missionaries who built schools, hospitals and printing presses to priests now threatened with eviction, Bengal’s story was one of service, sacrifice and coexistence. Today, saffron intimidation

Fr. Gaurav Nair Fr. Gaurav Nair
17 Aug 2026

Saffron Shadows Over Bengal's Churches

As godmen in disguise stalk village chapels and police stations look the other way, West Bengal's Christians are asking a question no minister will answer: who will speak for us?

Fr Soroj Mullick, SDB Fr Soroj Mullick, SDB
17 Aug 2026

Articles

Bengal once welcomed missionaries who built schools, hospitals and presses, enriching the region's education, healthcare and reform. Today, priests are told to leave their parishes. The irony is devas

CM Paul CM Paul
17 Aug 2026

With Christians constituting barely 2.3 per cent of India's population, the charge of mass forced conversion defies logic. Yet anti-conversion laws pivot charity into "allurement," suspicion and crime

Chhotebhai Chhotebhai
17 Aug 2026

Dr RB Sreekala's work brings out something beautiful in Koodashappana: how a German Jesuit, Kerala's Malayalam tradition and Sanskrit learning came together to tell the story of Jesus in the language

A. J. Philip A. J. Philip
17 Aug 2026

Eighty years after Independence, the question is whether Indians remain free. With increasing threats to citizenship, dissent, faith and liberty, Swaraj demands a second struggle to defend freedom for

Jacob Peenikaparambil Jacob Peenikaparambil
17 Aug 2026

The Old Testament is insistent on this point almost to the point of severity. When Moses approached the burning bush, he was told, "Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on

Dr K. M. George Dr K. M. George
17 Aug 2026

Nehru's Cabinet was surrounded by persons who did not share his ideology. They were retained mostly out of a sense of loyalty to old colleagues, persons who fought side by side for Independence.

G Ramachandram G Ramachandram
17 Aug 2026

You think I am a forbidden fruit, unworthy of your love. But I never think You are a forbidden fruit, Even though India forbids your Nagalim.

Dr Suryaraju Mattimalla Dr Suryaraju Mattimalla
17 Aug 2026

The truly confident leader does not need ridicule. He does not humiliate opponents or turn every speech into a performance about his own greatness. His strength is visible in restraint, fairness, humi

Robert Clements Robert Clements
17 Aug 2026