One morning, as I paddled from 66 into 67, a warm cup of tea brought surprising clarity. I realized that this phase of life is not about counting years but about finally understanding them. After…
The Pandemic and the Big Challenges
Are we equal to the tasks? The Pandemic is not primarily about a virus, or a family of mutating deadly viruses. It is fundamentally about us! [auth] The first wave of the Pandemic (2020) wreaked…
Farmers on the Roads: An Opportunity for the…
As the world’s attention is riveted on the ‘largest protest in history’ that is being played out on the streets leading to the political Capital of India, there is a churning happening. Indian democracy is…
The True Peace of the Prince
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Elections 2019: Jesuit response to a stunning verdict
If Election 2014 was about the ‘Modi wave’, then Election 2019 is definitely about the ‘Modi tsunami’ (tsuNaMo). PM Modi, who led the BJP and the NDA from the front, has ended up being recognized…
Social Sciences in Bombay Province – A Brief…
Bombay Province has had Jesuit intellectuals who taught the social sciences, chiefly in St Xavier’s College, Mumbai. They encouraged their students to go beyond the classroom and do ‘action-research’ that familiarised them ‘social analysis’. This…
Swami Agnivesh: A prophet for our times
The dastardly assault on Swami Agnivesh has rightly been described as a direct attack on democracy and the freedom of expression - a frontal attack on the rule of law and on human dignity. It…