Capt. Eddie Viegas

The Merchant Navy: A rewarding Career on the Sea

Opinion | Articles | Capt. Eddie Viegas | 09-Aug-2026

Though the Merchant Navy is one of the attractive career options for young students with a science background, it is not adequately explored and understood by many, except in states where shipping as a career is traditionally prevalent and widespread. In.....

Youth: A Time to be Educated

Opinion | People's Edit | Capt. Eddie Viegas | 16-Nov-2025

“‘Tis Education that forms the common mind: Just as the twig is bent, the tree’s inclined.” (Alexander Pope) Indeed, if you ask any of the youngster in schools or colleges, “What is education?” You will get a plethora of replies ranging from getting a.....

Youth- A Time to Focus.

Opinion | Articles | Capt. Eddie Viegas | 25-Aug-2025

In our Solar system, the largest body is the Sun. It has a diameter of 1,392,000 Km.i.e. it is 109.3 times the size of the Earth. It has an effective temperature of 5,740º K. enough to melt the hardest materials several times. Yet Life on Earth survives .....

Youth- A Time to Hurry.

Opinion | Articles | Capt. Eddie Viegas | 22-Jul-2025

One day a little Black Lad was watching a balloon vendor. The little boy saw that the vendor had balloons of all colours. As each balloon was filled with gas, the balloons would rise high into the air. There were balloons of white, green, blue, red, yello.....

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Care for the Creation

Opinion | Editorial | John S. Shilshi

Before Pope Leo announced a five-week ‘Season of Care,' the world witnessed two instances of human suffering caused by the fury of nature. In the middle of August, Mon district headquarters in Nagaland were flooded, resulting in loss of lives and property.....

Two strategic pullbacks by the BJP

Opinion | Articles | John Dayal

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s two pullbacks in August of high-profile bills it had every intention of passing may have seemed a rainbow in a sky otherwise made dark and gloomy by unabated acts of violence and systemic persecution of Christians in sta.....

I AM MALALA!

Opinion | Articles | Cedric Prakash

I am Malala: I was born on 12 July 1997 as Malala Yousafzai in the Swat District of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. My family was lower–middle class. It was certainly not easy to make both ends meet. My father was an educationist and.....

Quantum of Sorrows

Opinion | Articles | Chhotebhai

August has been a rather depressing and distressing month for me, despite my telling others that we should never give up hope. But this last month could best be described as “My cup of woes brimmed over”......

CEDOK extends relief to Mon Town

Opinion | Articles | Benjamin Chang

A relief effort of this kind relies heavily on coordination, trust, and local partnership. CEDOK’s success in Mon was deeply amplified by the active presence, support, and collaboration of key administrative and civil society bodies. The organization exte.....

The Conversion Fraud

Opinion | Articles | Chhotebhai

Can the Christians of India, who constitute barely 2.3% of the population, force Hindus to convert, more so when almost all authorities, from the local police constable, the Executive, Judiciary right up to the President of India, belong to the majority.....

The Society of St. Pius X: From Archbishop Lefebvre's Vision to Its Current Canonical Status [A continuation…]

Opinion | Articles | Thou Ngaoni Paul

From the perspective of Catholic theology and canon law, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre’s fundamental error was not simply that he questioned aspects of the Second Vatican Council, but that he chose disobedience to the Church’s legitimate authority. While the.....

Why the proposed Amendment to the FCRA is matter of concern

Opinion | Editorial | John S. Shilshi

The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 has created a sense fear among the Charitable and Social organisations. It is widely suspected that the bill was intended to target minority faith-based NGOs working for the poorest of the poor in.....

From Catechism to Catechesis (Corollary to “From Catechism to Atheism)

Opinion | Articles | Chhotebhai

The previous article was just a brief commentary on another person’s testimony, about the gross inadequacy of Sunday School/catechism classes that largely focused on stories about what happened, rather than why things happen......

Prime Minister Modi’s ‘Sapta Dhara’ call from the Red Fort

Opinion | Articles | Isaac Harold Gomes

In his address from the Red Fort on India’s 80th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon all Indians to embrace of ‘Make.....