The first prize winning short story of the JIVAN Creative Writing Contest (Short Story) 2022. [auth] Sunita gave a yellow polythene bag to Suman with three chapattis and potato ‘bhaji’ and said, “Come back on…
St. Ignatius wrote of the three classes of human beings with different levels of responses to God. This essay explores the role of “Superior” in terms of 3 classes of leadership: Forward, Status Quo, Regressive…
May is known not only for the summer heat. There is also the heat of transfers. Heat and sweat occasion grins and gloom, tears and laughter. Transfers remind me of a beautiful experience. Once, as…
The Jesuit artists of the South Asian Conference - dancers, painters, musicians, theatre, media men - came together to share and discuss on art ministries in the Conference. The annual meeting of the South Asian…
St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata (SXUK) organised a three-day workshop for All India Catholic University Federation (AICUF) State Advisers from 14th to 16th April 2023, on the university campus. Twenty five Jesuit state advisers from…
Re-imagining who one is, who one wants to be…what an exciting idea, what a courageous and radical process to undertake! That was my first thought when I read the theme of this issue of Jivan. …
Gladys Staines is one of India's most celebrated peacemakers. Her life came out purer by the test of fire. Her husband Graham Stuart Staines, her children Timothy Harold Staines and Philip Graham Staines were consumed…
(This Heart Desires For More) Who said youth are only inspired in your Jesuit Educational Institutions? Take me, for example, I was drawn to Jesuits who were in social and youth work. The first time…
When the darkness prevailed,A ghost like man sailedDeep into the deep sea.Blood like sweatFrom head to toe,Caught neither fish nor flesh. [auth] Then the sun arises from the slumberLike a lamp in a dungeon.“Cast your…
AwakeningIn the early years of the 21st century, journalists, print and social media, highlighted violence against children and vulnerable adults in different institutions run by State and Church agencies. Much of this media attention was…