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Eating for Legitimacy

India’s traditional culinary diversity is as vast as the sample space of all permutations of its languages, religions and cultures. Yet the politics of food is increasingly seeking conformity. What

Fr. Gaurav Nair Fr. Gaurav Nair
21 Sep 2026

Politics Through Advocacy of Food Habits

What we eat is increasingly becoming a political statement. From Bengal's fish to Gujarat's shrinking non-vegetarian spaces, India's diverse food traditions are confronting ideological pressure. In a

Ram Puniyani Ram Puniyani
21 Sep 2026

Articles

A diplomatic dinner is more than a meal; it is cultural diplomacy on a plate. India has every right to showcase its magnificent vegetarian cuisine, but excluding its equally rich non-vegetarian tradit

A. J. Philip A. J. Philip
21 Sep 2026

Ageing need not mean becoming a burden. With the right opportunities, senior citizens can remain productive, creative and socially engaged. Kerala's emerging Silver Economy offers the Church and civil

Jacob Peenikaparambil Jacob Peenikaparambil
21 Sep 2026

Congress asked Karnataka's Christians to trust its promise to repeal the anti-conversion law. Three years later, the law remains. Repeated meetings, assurances and memoranda have only served to produc

John Dayal John Dayal
21 Sep 2026

Accountability is travelling from official files to the grassroots. "School Thik Karo" may be satire's latest avatar, but its questions about India's public schools are real.

Pachu Menon Pachu Menon
21 Sep 2026

India's education system is in terminal decline because of short-sightedness and corrupt, incompetent academic leadership. The public education system is practically dismantled. Ever since the Nationa

G Ramachandram G Ramachandram
21 Sep 2026

A major strength of the book is that Menamparampil does not examine these issues merely as political or theological problems. He approaches them through human relationships, collective identities, soc

K. Jose, SVD K. Jose, SVD
21 Sep 2026

I am tired of the Indian theorists MN Srinivas, Bhikku Parekh, Ashish Nandy, Akeel Bilgrami,

Dr Suryaraju Mattimalla Dr Suryaraju Mattimalla
21 Sep 2026

The voter is sovereign. The electoral roll exists for the voter. The election exists for the voter. The government ultimately derives legitimacy from the voter. When crores disappear from electoral ro

Oliver D'Souza Oliver D'Souza
21 Sep 2026

The Bible is filled with rulers who believed they could contain God. Today, their thrones are gone, their empires are history, and many of their names are remembered only because they tried to stop Hi

Robert Clements Robert Clements
21 Sep 2026