Viewpoints

The Vertiginous Fall of the Adani Empire

Dr Nishant A. Irudayadason Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune. The Adani conglomerate continued its descent into hell on the Bombay Stock Exchange. Shares in six of the group’s nine companies continued to plunge, with Adani Transmission losing 10% with the worst performance. In two weeks, Adani’s market valuation has shrunk by $120 […]

CRIMINALS GET A HALO

Ponmala During World War II there was an American military unit of the 101st Airborne Division consisting of demolition specialists. It was named the ‘Filthy Thirteen’. There was also an offer at that time by 44 prisoners serving life sentences to go on suicide missions against the Japanese. Perhaps, these inspired writer E M Nathanson […]

International Year of Millet 2023

Dr Nishant A.Irudayadason (Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, Jnana-DeepaVidyapeeth, Pune) As global agri-food systems struggle to feed an ever-growing world population, resilient cereals like millet are an affordable and nutritious solution. It is therefore important to redouble our efforts to promote culture. This was the message addressed at the opening ceremony of the International Year […]

A SACRILEGIOUS X’MAS GIFT

Ponmala “They spat on him, and took the stick and hit him over the head. When they had finished mocking him, they took the robe off and put his own clothes back on him. They led him out to crucify him’ (Mt 27: 30,31). A re-enacting of this was what exactly happened in Ernakulam’s St […]

Merry Christmas for a Synodal Church

Dr Nishant A.Irudayadason Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune. In the first centuries, the Church functioned synodally and collegially. From the Middle Ages and the Council of Trent, because she had to position itself in front of political power and then in reaction to the Protestant Reformation, she adopted a more hierarchical and […]

THE LOWLY CRIB

Ponmala The Magi interpreted the sighting of a unique star as a sign of the birth of a king who would rule over the world. They followed the star in search of the new-born king. Thinking like ordinary humans, they expected the star to lead them to a kingly palace. So they went into the […]

Animality in Human, Human in Animality

Dr Nishant A. Irudayadason Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, Jnana-DeepaVidyapeeth, Pune. Can humans already detect themselves in animals, but above all, how does animality remain inscribed in humans? We know today that the hypothesis of the three brains of McLean is today highly contested, namely the one based on a stratified and hierarchical model linking […]

RAHUL’S LONG WALK

Ponmala In an effort to revive its flagging fortune, India’s 136-year-old ‘grand old party’, The Indian National Congress, recently embarked on two major initiatives. The first was a 3,570-km-150-day long walk covering the entire length of India from Kanyakumari to Srinagar by Rahul Gandhi, and the other was the election of a new president, which […]

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