India@76: Challenges and Concerns

On 25 November 1949,  the eve of the enactment of the Constitution, in a passionate speech to the Constituent Assembly, Dr B.R. Ambedkar, gave three unambiguous warnings: the need to give up the grammar of…

Blessed Mother and Mother India

Dichotomy to Intrinsic Unity Ancient philosophers Socrates and Plato considered the body as a prison for the soul, while Aristotle taught that they function in a state of unity. Self-flagellation was recommended down the centuries…

Your attention please!

Jivan is our magazine. It is your magazine. So feel free to write for it. Number of words: Please keep in mind that it is the magazine of the entire South Asian Assistancy and so…

Your Attention Please

Jivan is our magazine. It is your magazine. So feel free to write for it. Please keep in mind that it is the magazine of the entire South Asian Assistancy and so if your report…

300 Jesuit School Leaders attend LEAP

LEAP (Leadership Enhancement and Animation Program) programs were conducted in Calcutta, Pune, Pathalgoan, Patna, Ranchi, Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Jamshedpur and Hazaribagh. About 330 Jesuit School Leaders from all over the Conference participated in the programmes.…

Ignatius,lead us on,even today!

Since his birth 532 years ago, the influence of St Ignatius of Loyola on the world and the Church has been truly phenomenal, both directly through his own writings, especially The Spiritual Exercises, and indirectly…

The Mandates that GC 36 Gave to Fr.…

- Interview with Fr. Vernon D’Cunha, SJ [auth] Assistant ad Providentiam (Part 1) Thanks for the interview, Fr. Vernon. You are with Fr. General all the time. Has there been any progress in implementing the…

Burning houses, repeating lies

I was at ground zero. I saw the houses burning and the ‘homeless’ in the camps. Our own jeep was torched by miscreants on the highway for no reason and we were beaten by an…