I watched the teens running with friends along the riverFlowing from the snows of the Himalayas,They jumped into the water, they collected pebblesThat captivated their eyes and their senses.They ate, they drank, they made merry…
Br. Arockiasamy Sebastian, SJ (MDU) 1947-2020
Br. Arockiasamy Sebastian left us quite unexpectedly on January 19, 2020. He died in a tragic road accident in Madurai city. His body was brought to his IDEAS community before being shifted to St. Mary’s,…
Br. Thomas Rama (KAR) 1951-2019
Born in 1951 in Mudianur, a village bordering Tamilnadu and Karnataka, Thomas had his early schooling in the village school. Fr. Patrick D’Mello was then the missionary there. Thomas was one of the boys he…
Slumdog hero of slab school
Parents in Delhi slums work in the fields and their children remain uneducated since they have no time to drop and pick up the children from school. But an informal school started by Satyendra Pal responded…
Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Kohima Jesuit Region
Fifty years in the life of a Mission is indeed a momentous milestone and a splendid occasion to celebrate. As the Kohima Jesuits celebrate five decades of their presence and service in Northeast India, they…
The story of an incomplete dream
This book written on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the arrival of three Jesuits from Karnataka to Northeast India is built around the theme of a dream. The Nagaland Mission began on April…
Grassroot Environmental Experiences
Environmental care and concern is spreading across the world. We are faced with global warming, climate change, floods and droughts, natural calamities of various types and intensities. People are beginning to see the ‘cause and…
A Noble People, A Resilient Culture
This path-breaking book is the fruit of Nishaant’s living with the Musahars (“rat-eaters”) of Bihar for a ten-month period in 1989-90. He acknowledges the love and respect he received from them. In his foreword, Prof.…
Fifty years of Jesuit Presence in Northeast India:…
At fifty, one feels like ‘Janus’ (the Roman God of beginnings and transitions, usually depicted with two faces, one looking behind at the past, and the other looking ahead to the future). The theme of…