By Verghese V Joseph – As the world’s largest religious group, Christians had the most births and deaths of any group between 2010 and 2015.
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Category: Offbeat
If My Friends and I Were Mary and Elizabeth at the Visitation…
By Susanna D – In those days Sue set out after procrastinating for a few weeks, obsessively checking ‘what to expect in your first trimester
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Karnataka Drama Was No Soap Opera; It Was for Real!
By Fr. Cedric Prakash, SJ – The ‘natak’ in Karnataka, since the results of the recently-held elections to the State Assembly were announced on 15
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Battleground Karnataka: The Soul of India!
By Fr. Cedric Prakash – The ‘soul’ of India is in essence everything that makes up the greatness and wealth of India! From ancient history
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Earth Village: Reinventing Unity and Peace
By Leon Bent – On October 1, 1517, Martin Luther defiantly nailed a copy of his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle
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300 Youth Join Hands to fight Drug Menace in Arunachal Pradesh
By Felix Anthony – Longding: A group of 300 youth from the 51 villages of Longding district came together at De Paul School, Tissa from
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The ‘Joseph’ in Francis
Fr. Cedric Prakash, SJ – Exactly five years ago, on 19 March 2013, Pope Francis began his Pontificate. It was the Feast of St. Joseph,
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Get Anchored to the Absolute Aadhar
By Fr. Francis Gonsalves, SJ – I’ve been loyally linking everything—from my mobile number to my I-T returns and bank account—to that all-encompassing Aadhar card
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Why #MeToo is Not Enough
By Fr Joshan Rodrigues – Ever since the Harvey Weinstein abuse scandal broke out last year, I have wanted to write about it. But I haven’t. Partially
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‘Bucket in Order’ Challenge, Anyone?
By Jacqueline Colaco There have been innovative bucket challenges introduced during 2014 like the Ice Bucket Challenge followed by the Rice Bucket Challenge. Following them,
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Still Dreaming…
By Fr. Cedric Prakash, SJ – It was Martin Luther King Jr Day in the United States yesterday. Many will truly celebrate his memory and
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New Year’s Resolutions for the Motivationally Challenged
By Susanna D – You’re trying to avoid it, but you just can’t. Why yes, it is indeed that ‘New year, new me’ time when
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7 Totally Awesome New Year’s Resolutions
By Fr Joshan Rodrigues – Here’s one of my favourite stories that will give you a hint of what I’m trying to get at. A
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New Year, Old You!
By Venita D’Souza – I wonder if I’m actually getting old when I no longer feel the urgency to rush home immediately after mass to
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Noah’s Pet Mosquitoes
By Jane De Suza A bout of malaria hit my family when I was little and provoked the mutter, ‘Must be the monsoon – those
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