"Post" Phenomenal Arcades

Indians like kinship than honesty

Vincent Kundukulam Experts in various Social sciences, human empowerment and motivational formation have seriously studied the question why Indians, in spite of the higher rate of education, sound Constitutional measures and zealous instructions from different religions, don’t succeed in building up an India without corruption, caste discrimination and religious extremism. Their findings show that rules […]

The Fall of Humanity

Ann Ben On the Monday following Easter, every other block of concrete-walled houses, belonging to those of the minority Christian community, situated about 20 miles away from the seaside capital of Colombo, had transformed into funeral parlours. The entire stretch of the long, narrow road, leading to St Sebastian’s Roman Catholic Church, Negombo took to […]

Allegory of the Cave

Fr Joseph Pallattil The beloved disciple of Socrates and the famous Greek philosopher, Plato narrates a story in his famous book “Republic,” i.e., allegory of the cave. In this allegory, Plato likens untutored people to prisoners chained in a cave. They are unable to turn their heads. All they can see is the wall of […]

Hindu Assertiveness

One factor that has changed in our country and which subsidises inter-caste and inter-religious violence in our day-to-day life is the Hindu entitlement. The neo-Hindu philosophers had interpreted Indian-ness in terms of a meek, humble and docile manhood. Lord Rama who gave up the kingship and disappeared into the forest to lead the life of […]

Unity in Diversity: Pioneers’ Lesson

Fr Joseph Pallattil The pioneers of western philosophy were early Greek philosophers. Since they were living before Socratic age, they are known as pre-Socratic philosophers. The basic thrust of these philosophers was to screen out the basic element of the entire universe. What is the basic substance of this world? What is the one, single, […]

Let Us Ask Questions

Questioning is the capacity which human beings only have through which human being finds meaning in life. This urge to know is the starting point of knowledge, information, philosophy etc. When people were wondering about the supernatural powers in the nature, they started to ask questions regarding those realities beyond their understanding. Socrates, as the […]

Mission as Accompaniment

Accompaniment may be one of the latest models of evangelization getting rooted in the Indian Church. One of the adverse effects of urbanization and globalization is the state of alienation and frustration in which millions of individuals are condemned to live. A considerable percentage of youngsters live in indifference and some of them lack even […]

We want war to end the war

Fr Justine Kaiprampadan Madhumita Ray, a professor of the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, sacked for saying on TV ‘India should not go to war with Pakistan.’ She appeared on channel discussion on the Pulwama attack and stated that India should not go to war with Pakistan. On a News discussion, along with retired Indian […]

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