Cover Stories

Raking Up Conversion Bogey

Looking for a black cat in a dark room that is not there.’ This analogy comes to mind when one reads the recent Supreme Court observation on ‘forced religious conversions.

Dr Suresh Mathew Dr Suresh Mathew
21 Nov 2022

Bogey of ‘Forced’ Conversions

India is going through its worst ever phase in its ’75-plus’ years of freedom. On possibly every front, global indicators and surveys show that India has reached a spectacular low -- a new nadir.

Cedric Prakash Cedric Prakash
21 Nov 2022

Articles

The benefits of reservation are denied totally to the Dalits among the Christians. If a person who does scavenging to make a living accepts Jesus as his saviour, he will lose reservation.

A. J. Philip A. J. Philip
21 Nov 2022

On 28 November, perhaps, the country may learn why exactly conversions out of Hinduism pose a threat to national security.

John Dayal John Dayal
21 Nov 2022

The quest for secularism and secular identity in India has a long history. It is moral and Constitutional.

Dr. Pius V Thomas Dr. Pius V Thomas
21 Nov 2022

The conviction rate has been abysmally low at less than 40 percent! The pendency of court cases has increased considerably. All this questions the claim of speedy trial and justice delivery.

Jaswant Kaur Jaswant Kaur
21 Nov 2022

Distress migrants are those who migrate due to extremely depressing condition at home. They also end up doing the most menial and difficult jobs where they migrate to.

Prakash Louis Prakash Louis
21 Nov 2022

There were people who say that democracy is not meant for India because of rampant corruption. The whole world knows about the state of affairs in India.

Bishop Alex Dias Bishop Alex Dias
21 Nov 2022

Pope Francis says that every change needs an educational journey, to rebuild the fabric of relationships, bring to maturity a new universal solidarity, and give life to a more welcoming society.

Sunny Jacob Sunny Jacob
21 Nov 2022

Autocratic leaders may consult others, but they take decision and impose them on the people. Often consultation is a sham. Servant leaders value everyone’s opinion and regularly seek out opinions.

Jacob Peenikaparambil Jacob Peenikaparambil
21 Nov 2022

People going into online dating should bear in mind, as unromantic as it seems, the genuine risk of fraud inherent to the process.

Aarti Aarti
21 Nov 2022

A recent cartoon says it all. It has gone viral on social media depicting Prime Minister Modi being humbly requested by a poor man who says, ‘Sir, I don’t want anything.

P. A. Chacko P. A. Chacko
21 Nov 2022

Last week, India was decimated by England in the semi-final of the T 20 World Cup in Adelaide, and predictably, the country was shrouded in a blanket of gloom.

Mathew John Mathew John
21 Nov 2022

The value, power, length, breadth, height, depth, and capacity of the human heart is unfathomable. Human heart is the whole creation in miniature

P. A. Joseph P. A. Joseph
21 Nov 2022

In the island of Lilliput, the people were unhappy; they wanted to change from the gods of their forefathers to another God. “He’s a living God!” they said.

Robert Clements Robert Clements
21 Nov 2022