Viewpoints

Points to Ponder on Synodality

Dr Nishant A.Irudayadason Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune. The preparatory document for the next Synod of 2023 on Synodality (and Collegiality) in the Church was made public by the Vatican on Tuesday, 07 September 2021. Its stakes are considerable because it carries the seeds of a double Copernican revolution for the Church. […]

JEKYLL AND HYDE

Ponmala A few literary works have become part of the language and are used as vernacular phrase, because they accurately describe certain category of people or are prophetic in nature. One of the oldest in this category is the Greek mythological story of Narcissus. It tells the story of a handsome youth who loved no […]

The Emergence of a Mass Movement in Support of the Farmers

Dr Nishant A.Irudayadason Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune. The “Bharat Bandh” which began in November 2020 following the promulgation by the Modi government of a liberal reform of India’s agricultural market, continues to mobilize strongly. According to the Indian Express newspaper of 29 September 2021, there is no indication that farmers could back down […]

COMMUNAL SCAREMONGERING

Ponmala The camaraderie of Christians and Muslims who joined hands for the dismissal of Kerala’s first Communist government led by EMS Namboothiripad has got ruptured recently. Paradoxically, the drifting apart of Kerala’s Muslims and Christians commenced at a point when they collaborated to destroy the life of a Syrian Catholic, Prof T.J. Joseph, in 2010. […]

Disruption of the World between 9/11 2001 and 9/11 2021

Dr Nishant A.Irudayadason Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune. To pay tribute to the 2,977 people who died in the deadliest terror attacks in the history of the United States twenty years ago, solemn ceremony was held on September in the presence of President Joe Biden at the very impressive memorial in Manhattan, New York, […]

NATION BUILDING

Ponmala Twenty years of occupation. Two trillion dollar investment. And finally, a humiliating withdrawal. This is the tragic story of America’s effort at nation building in Afghanistan, a country that is divided by tribal affiliations and united solely by a common religion – Islam. The Americans handed over the country back to the Taliban from […]

Pegasus: privacy in the sphere of compliance?

Dr Nishant A.Irudayadason Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune The consortium of journalists Forbidden Stories and Amnesty International on Sunday 18 July 2021 revealed the Pegasus scandal. This software, designed by the Israeli computer company NSO, would allow, from a simple phone number, to access all the content of the owner of the phone, his […]

WANING DEMOCRACY

Ponmala In the beginning was the void. And from the void, creation evolved to the present stage in 13.8 billion years. The trajectory of that evolution was marked by periodic quantum leaps. The Big Bang was the first such leap. The formation of physical forces and a cocktail of particles, the formation of stars and […]

Eviction-facing Indian Catholics to fight Muslim charity’s claims

Goans oppose tourism project near 16th century basilica