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War on Iran Epic Fury Turns Epic Folly

India, March 23 -- Three weeks ago, the United States military looked invincible as President Donald Trump assembled what seemed the greatest concentration of force ever deployed in waters around Iran... Read More


Passive Euthanasia: Law, Medicine, and Human Dignity

India, March 23 -- The judgment delivered by the Supreme Court on March 12, 2026, in the Harish Rana case (Harish Rana v. Union of India) once again strongly reaffirms the Court's position that the ri... Read More


Human Life is Sacred: A Note on Euthanasia

India, March 23 -- The recent Supreme Court Judgment in the case of Harish Rana, a comatose or persistent vegetative state (PVS) patient for over 13 years, permitting his parents to withdraw all life ... Read More


Landmark ruling on Passive Euthanasia

India, March 23 -- The Supreme Court of India, on March 11, 2026, passed a landmark judgment permitting passive euthanasia. A Bench comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan directed that "t... Read More


The Twilight Zone of Dignity and Death

India, March 23 -- Although we humans tend to jump straight to conclusions and our judgements are generous, gratis and more often than not unsolicited, the domain for such an exercise is surprisingly ... Read More


Ten Years On: Martyrs of Charity Amid Yemen's Chaos

India, March 16 -- The morning of March 4, 2016, began, as it often did, with the Eucharistic celebration at the Missionaries of Charity nursing home in Aden. The Sisters, strengthened by prayer, move... Read More


Be Judicious in Your Search for Truth

India, March 16 -- Alberuni (973-1050), an Islamic scholar, greatly admired Indian wisdom, but was frank enough to admit that much of it was buried under a whole lot of rubbish; one had to be extremel... Read More


The Bared Claws of Imperialism

India, March 16 -- The joint attack by Israel and America on Iran has been devastating. Like most wars, it is inhuman to the core. The pretext for the war has been that the Ayatollah Khamenei regime h... Read More


Sowing the Wind

India, March 16 -- At the beginning of the year, shortly after Trump invaded Venezuela, I had written: "As Thick as Thieves." I re-read it before writing this piece. I had then warned that the Venezue... Read More


Civil society groups raise alarm over Maharashtra's proposed "Dharma Swatantrya Adhiniyam, 2026"

India, March 16 -- A coalition of close to 30 civil society organisations, women's rights groups and constitutional rights advocates will hold a joint press conference on March 11, 2026, in Mumbai to ... Read More