“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.” – Hannah Arendt
The first Covid-19 case in India was reported on the 20th of January, 2020 in Kerala, and the first Covid-19 death was reported on the...
Every human society emerging from the dark past have had the courage to shed all of their bruised, worn-out and negative image in pursuit of reinventing themselves into new image befitting the battle of redeeming themselves from the bondage of the dark past. No nation,no society worth the quote...
About two months back, a four-years-old girl lost her father to Covid-19 in North India. Since she did not see her dad leaving home nor attended his funeral service, there is no way for her to understand death.
Her world turned upside down, just in a matter of days. She...
Chinese saying has it said, ‘True love for the children consists in teaching them fishing skills; certainly not in feeding them with ready to eat fish’. Chinese have had it doubled down on the given Truth: (a) if you plan for a year, then plant rice, (b) if you...
The influence of khanong (i.e., the local healers, visioners) can be constructive, but it can also be misleading and fatal to our society, especially in times of crisis. Considering this reality (and the urgency during the Covid situation), we need to review the legitimacy of community decision making as...
In the ongoing journey of any society, there comes along issues time to time which are fundamental to the image and character of the people. For us, at the very present juncture, are the ADC related issues, which for the lack of effective treatment have undeniably exposed how tenuous...
Amid the gloom and doom of life, we can see a glimmer of hope, if we are willing! In the midst of Covid crisis in India, many are seeing that light through the Sikhs.
With the rise in Covid-19 cases, India is struggling with acute shortage of oxygen.
In such a...
To Christians, the world over, regardless of denominations, the only one central meeting point is the most authentic, most authoritative and most unambiguous version is the Lord Jesus Christ declaring Himself as the Way, the Truth and the Life (Jhn 14.6). Denominations are, at best, means to helping lay...
While the country battles against the dreaded Covid Second Wave, the religiosity and sacredness of Mount Koubru (Mount Simtong) has been the topic everyone immerses with in recent weeks. The issue revolves around two communities who have their own points on the ancestrality of the Mount. It becomes a...
A chronic patient down with cancerous symptoms has any chance of reliving normal healthy life only on two conditions: (a) Admitting to truth that he/she is seriously ailing (b) Accordingly, goes for the right treatment.
Contextualised in Tangkhul situation, we would rather pretend and in fact, we have been masking...