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A Sanctuary of Silent Service

India, Oct. 27 -- As children, we held a complicated view of the nuns who taught us in the village school - a blend of fear, distance, and even casual dislike, a sentiment that transcended our varied ... Read More


Called 'To Mission'

India, Oct. 27 -- 'The Mission' is a 1986 British period drama film about the experiences of a Jesuit missionary in 18th-century South America. The film is rather complex, though compelling and spirit... Read More


Furbi Indiani The Shadow Syndicate of Scam and Counterfeit

India, Oct. 27 -- Four decades ago, I arrived in New York City as a scholarship student at Fordham University, Bronx-wide-eyed, hopeful, and determined to earn an MA degree in Mass Communication and J... Read More


Film Fanaticism - A Cultural Obsession for Youth

India, Oct. 27 -- The following news sent shock waves all over the country: On September 27, 2025, at least 41 people were killed and around 100 others were injured in a crowd crush during a political... Read More


Iran, India and Hypocrisy!

India, Oct. 27 -- I read today that Iran, the same country where women are beaten, jailed and even killed for not wearing the hijab, witnessed quite a spectacle. The daughter of one of its senior defe... Read More


Celebrating Regression

India, Oct. 27 -- After years of slow but persistent progress toward cleaner celebrations, Delhi has fallen back into its old habits. The lifting of the cracker ban this Diwali marked the collapse of ... Read More


Festival of Crackers Assault of Sound and Smoke

India, Oct. 27 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi once made a remark that revealed more about his attitude towards climate change than perhaps he intended. He said that people were feeling colder with ea... Read More


Patience is Passion Tamed

India, Oct. 20 -- The eminent Greek philosopher Socrates cracked a joke when his disciples sat around him on the pyal of his house. Nobody knows to this day what joke it was that set the house rocking... Read More


Rising Impact of Right-Wing Politics

India, Oct. 20 -- Advocate Rakesh Kishore hurled his shoe at the Chief Justice of India, Mr Gavai. The background was that while delivering his verdict on a PIL filed by the advocate seeking the resto... Read More


Religions Commercialised

India, Oct. 20 -- Just recently, I hired an autorickshaw in Bengaluru. While travelling in the autorickshaw, I noticed a printed caption above the driver's seat. It read: "Price the Lord." My mind tol... Read More