Author: R L Francis

Church Should Publish a White Paper on its Busines

Sunday, December 9, 2012
Catholic and Protestant churches, across the country, is celebrating December 9, 2012 as 'Dalit Liberation Sunday'. Catholic Bishop Conference of India (CBCI) and National Council for Churches in India (NCCI) have suddenly become worried for their Dalit brothers. Both of these churches work under V ...

Reveals the pain and agony of Dalits and Tribals after the conversion into Chris

Tuesday, February 28, 2012
New Delhi, February 28, 2012: Letters can be a great instrument to showcase the socio-political landscape of any society and culture and many people have used this as a great tool to express their feelings both sorrow and happiness. Letters written by Dalit priest Father William Premdass Chaudhar ...

Read between the lines as what appears may be deceptive

Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Union Minister Jairam Ramesh speaks to his heart and he has mastered the art of calling spade a spade. He even invites some controversy unwillingly because of his nature. Recently, while addressing a gathering of bishops, fathers, catholic nuns in a golden jubilee celebration of Caritas India, an or ...

A divisive law for the society

Monday, October 17, 2011
The way allied parties opposed bill on communal violence; government should have recalled it to set the things right. However, government is firm to pass the bill ignoring views of Trinamool Congress and Biju Janata Dal. Union Minister Veerappa Moili has given firm indication about the tough posture ...

Wind of change in the Christian society

Friday, May 20, 2011
The Christian society has been at the receiving end due to the ongoing bitter fight between Hindu and Christian organizations for the last one decade. Church has used them as a safety jacket and despite lot of problems it has not deviated from the core agenda. Foreign grant to the Church has eno ...

Dalits and Tribals are at the receiving end in the post-Globalization scenario

Thursday, March 24, 2011
The discussion and debate on the Dal Scam, Mining Scam, NREGS Scam and all the controversial industrial projects including Posco in Jagatsinghpur and Vedanta in Niyamgiri, the ethnic-communal violence in Kandhamal along with the micro-finance institution (MFI) loans is not confined to within the sta ...

Constition dictates governance and not religion

Monday, March 7, 2011
Supreme Court has dealt a body blow to central government by quashing the appointment of P. J Thomas. Catholic Church is highly perturbed from this verdict. Same Catholic Church had termed appointment of Thomas as matter of pride for them. When opposition leader Sushma Swaraj had put a dissent no ...

Special on Valentines Day: Draw a bigger line than Macauly

Thursday, February 17, 2011
Media and market have become busy in marketing of Valentines Day. Economic experts believe that market has crossed Rs 1200 crore in India and the growth rate is 20 percent every year. It is to be noted that half of the population of the country is youth. The supporters of Valentines Day portray-the ...