When the Government asked all educational institutions and other establishments to close down, one of our KG girls went back home happily. Her mother asked her why she was so delighted to come home before…
We consider the present COVID-19 pandemic as the ‘Cross of Christ’, which to humankind is folly but to God is wisdom. Amidst such an unprecedented crisis when the entire world is reeling under the spell…
A few months ago as we were planning for the summer, elaborate Holy Week services were included as a highpoint in our plans. No one, in our wildest dreams, would have imagined a Holy Week…
Pondering over the uncertain interval between two regimes of ancient Rome, Antonio Gramsci wrote from a Fascist prison in 1929, “The old world is dying and the new world struggles are yet to be born.…
As the global curve of COVID-19 appears to show signs of flattening and as we prepare to exit the lockdown, even if partially, we do spot a ray of hope in the far horizons. The…
“Kill us; we will become ghosts and writeof your killings, with all the evidence.You write jokes in court;We will write ‘justice’ on the walls.We will speak so loudly that even the deaf will hear.We will…
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Br. Joseph C. Kochukunnumpuram, SJ, fondly called as KC, was born in Inchur, Kerala. He was the eldest son of Mr. Chacko and Mrs. Rosamma. After completing his initial education in Kerala, KC joined the…
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,…
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…