On 19th December 2018, over 80 ex-bureaucrats wrote an open letter to Adityanath Yogi asking him to resign as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the following reasons: the killing of a police officer by…
Need for more Social Scientists among Jesuits and…
When we look for a list of social scientists in CBCI, R.C Dioceses and Jesuit Directories in India or on the internet we get a curious mix of scientists of natural sciences: physics, astrophysics, chemistry,…
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…
Reiterating our perspective on Adivasi studies
For several decades academic studies on Adivasis in India were clouded by a perspective promoted by a prominent right-wing nationalist and academician G.S. Ghurey who, motivated by his Hindu nationalist sentiments, had stated that the…
Papal Seminary: Home of Love
Last year Papal Seminary, Pune, India, entered the 125th year of its service in forming and moulding priests for the Universal Church, especially the Church in India. It is the formation house for about 190…
CHRISTMAS with a difference
It is indeed the ‘Christmas’ story of 2018. While India was celebrating Independence Day on 15th August, a new-born baby was found in a Chennai gutter, wailing loudly. The umbilical cord was around his tiny…
TARUMITRA: Empowering students and teachers for a Green…
Tarumitra meaning “Friends of Trees” in Sanskrit and Hindi is a forum for students to protect and promote a healthy environment on the Earth. It was started by students in Patna in 1988 and has…
ECO-FEMINISM: Voices of Women for Mother Earth
I am the woman who holds up the sky The rainbow runs through my eyesThe rainbow runs through my eyesThe sun makes a path to my wombMy thoughts are in the shape of cloudsBut my…
Dhartari, Kansari and the Warli Woman
“I am a firm believer that the way women of colour are treated within society is a reflection of the way we treat our precious home, the earth.”1 [auth] The Warli tribes of Palghar District…