Current Updates | Culture | Luke Sangkima | 15-Jun-2021
Long ago once upon a time, there lived two lovers named Tlingi and Ngama. As lovers, they met each other in some undisclosed locations only known to them. One day they agreed to meet near a hillock which both knew. In those days, their village was at war.....
Current Updates | NE Brief | NECARF Rep | 15-Jun-2021
In what may be termed as a major move by the Catholic Church towards combating Covid – 19, the Archbishop of Imphal, Manipur, wrote to a letter to the Government of Manipur on May, 20, 2021, offering to make several Catholic service centres, including a p.....
Current Updates | NE Brief | NECARF Rep | 15-Jun-2021
In the midst of Covid induced hardships that hit every family, members of the North East Catholic Community, Delhi (NECCOD) collected a sum of Rs. 56, 5061 through generous donations and handed over to the DCA Covid Centre project. The cheque was handed o.....
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Opinion | Articles | Victor Ferrao | 15-May-2021
Coronavirus has put us all into catastrophic and heart-rending conditions. People are dying gasping for breath. But we witnessed in explicable unpreparedness and appalling insensitive on the part of the government, giving priorities to winning elections .....
Opinion | Articles | KL Moses | 15-May-2021
On the evening of 24th March, 2020, Hon’ble Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi addressed the Nation and announced a ‘sumproona’ nationwide lockdown for 21 days, with the objective of preventing further surge of COVID-19 pandemic. The lockdown was total and.....
Opinion | Articles | Joseph M Thohrii | 15-May-2021
For a year and six months the global pandemic COVID-19 has wreak havoc causing systemic tsunami in every phase of our life. Each time we hope for a better day the situation seems to tell otherwise. Have we counted the chicks too early before they were hat.....
Opinion | Articles | Philip Lyngdoh | 15-May-2021
Pandemic life has been tough and we all need a fresh start. Especially as Covid now posits a mortal threat not just for people beyond 45 and with co-morbidities but also for younger people. All this while many - rather most, - liked to brush away Covid a.....
Opinion | People's Edit | Neli Linus | 15-May-2021
“When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today.” This British classical epitaph is seen in many places of war memorials. I saw it first at Kohima war cemetery. This epitaph is attributed to John Maxwell Edmonds (1875-1958.....
Opinion | People's Edit | Tracy Shilshi | 15-May-2021
Even as the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic plays havoc with millions of lives in India, families across the country are already worried about the third wave. Experts have warned that this third wave, which could hit India in September-October, would adv.....
Opinion | People's Edit | Luke Sangkima | 15-May-2021
It is common knowledge that the Covid-19 second-wave upsurge is gripping every part of India and as a result, lakhs of people are infected and thousands others die every day. This gloomy and depressing state of affairs reminds us of what is written in the.....
Opinion | Articles | Chitra Ahanthem | 15-Apr-2021
It begins at a very young age: ‘sit properly, don’t spread your legs’ they tell us when we are small girls. ‘Girls do not laugh loudly’ they tell you. Then it goes to ‘pull in your chest’. It never stops. Rather, more restrictions get added, there are mor.....
Opinion | Articles | John S. Shilshi | 15-Apr-2021
I was not born in a Christian family, but in a pagan family that believed in animistic and the supernatural gods. My father was a Thimpu, in Lamkang dialect, which loosely means a pagan priest. Lamkang Khunthak, the village where I was born being a small .....
Opinion | Articles | Victor Ferrao | 15-Apr-2021
The number theory is profoundly educative. Some of the mathematicians call it as the queen of mathematics. Within the numbers, the Greek identified the prime numbers. Indian mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920), made great contributions to nu.....
In March, a Los Angeles court hearing a petition filed by a 20-year-old woman, Kaley, who was a minor at the time of filing the case, held Meta and Google guilty of coming up with attention-grabbing applications, resulting in minor addiction to YouTube an.....
In a country where cricket is not just a game but considered next only to religion, a spectacle unfolded on March 1 inside the mammoth and iconic Eden Gardens cricket stadium in Kolkata, where the Indian and West Indies teams played the last of the Super.....
When Himanta Biswa Sarma exited his parent party, the Indian National Congress, in 2015 and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, not too many eyebrows were raised since such leapfrogging from one political party to the other was nothing new in Indian politi.....
A German Lutheran pastor, Martin Niemöller, was against the Communist ideology and also against Semitism. His distaste for them made him a natural ally and supporter of Rudolf Hitler. When Hitler ultimately assumed power and insisted on the supremacy of t.....
India is fortunate to have given birth to three outstanding sons, Rabindranath Tagore, Swami Vivekananda, and Mahatma Gandhi, who inspired generations not only in India but across the world. Apart from their liberal thinking, their thoughts on religious f.....
On the intervening night of November 2nd and 3rd, the Indian women’s cricket team created history by winning the ICC Women’s World Cup for the first time at the DY Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai. They defeated South Africa, a team dubbed by many cricketing.....
Many ordinary people who are not connected to music and art might not have even heard of Zubeen Garg, despite being an iconic artist and a person who cared for others. However, after his unfortunate and untimely demise on September 19, 2025, social media.....
During the monsoon session of the Parliament in July 2025, Union Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar informed the house that student suicide cases accounted for 7.6 per cent of all suicide cases reported across India in 2022, showing a slight.....
The dictionary meaning of ‘persecution’ reads as ‘unfair or cruel treatment based on race, religion, or political belief’. Therefore, persecution can occur through racial discrimination or political exploitation and is not necessarily limited to the relig.....
Prior to June 27, 2025, not many people in this country and elsewhere would have heard of Chengu@Sudharsan@Chandu Hansda, who at the age of 13 turned into a murderer when he joined the mob that brutally burnt alive an Australian missionary, Graham Stewart.....
India is a country that boasts staggering diversity—a colourful mix few in the world have the privilege of sharing. Since independence and the enactment of the constitution, freedom, liberty, and equality before the law has always been our treasured right.....
This time, 1.39 billion Catholics across the globe were fortunate to see the white smoke come out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on the second day as Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected by the cardinal conclave in the fourth round of voting, one less than .....
Opinion | Articles | Isaac Harold Gomes
According to Anandabazar.com (24.10.2025), the Election Commission of India (ECI) is on the verge of finalising its preparations for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the Voters’ List of West Bengal which goes to polls (Assembly Elections) in 2026......
Current Updates | Culture | Luke Sangkima
Once upon a time there lived a man called Chemtatrawta. One day he went out for hunting and reached a small stream where he found a suitable whetstone. Upon the whetstone, Chemtatrawta sharpened his dao along the length of the river. While he was sharpeni.....
Opinion | Articles | James Pochury
A reflection for the Church in Northeast India The recent unease surrounding curricular changes in a Catholic school in Dimapur — particularly the introduction of AI-related initiatives — has stirred discussion across our region. Some parents have felt.....
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Attacks Against Christians Increased by 500% Since 2014: Rights Groups New Delhi: On November 4, Christian rights activists assembled at the Press Club of India to release a report about an alarming and sustained annual surge in incidents of violence a.....
Opinion | Articles | A. Kazhiini Mao
Introduction Every race, tribe or community has a set of beliefs, tales, legend, myth, proverb or sayings which plays a significant role in indicating the uniqueness of their group and their social cultural identity. The Mao, one of the major tribes of t.....
Opinion | Articles | Cedric Prakash
It is late evening, the day after Uttarayan (15 January), traditionally called ‘vasi uttarayan’. It has been a dull, cloudy day; the wind has been fairly good though. Since yesterday thousands have been on building –tops, flying their kites and many other.....
Current Updates | NE Brief | NECARF Rep
In an effort to continue engaging its members with online activities during the Covid-19 Lockdown, the North East Catholic Community, Delhi (NECCOD), conducted a Bible quiz, Painting and Essay writing competitions, which received massive response from the.....
Opinion | Articles | M L Satyan
These days there is a lot of discussion, debate and writings on the types of liturgies – which one to follow and which one not to follow – all quoting the life and sayings of Jesus of Nazareth and referring to various traditions of the church. In this con.....
Opinion | Articles | Chitra Ahanthem
It begins at a very young age: ‘sit properly, don’t spread your legs’ they tell us when we are small girls. ‘Girls do not laugh loudly’ they tell you. Then it goes to ‘pull in your chest’. It never stops. Rather, more restrictions get added, there are mor.....
Opinion | Articles | Cedric Prakash
On 26 November, the nation will once again observe ‘Constitution Day’! There will be the usual plethora of speeches (ad nauseam!) of ‘how important the Constitution is for all of us’, ‘why it is important to safeguard it’, the fact that we have the best C.....
Opinion | Articles | Felix Jajo
The whole world still continues to fight a pandemic and the fight seems to have taken a longer period than expected. But with the vaccines rolling out, there is a ray of hope amongst the people. It has been almost a year since the first nationwide lockdow.....
Editorial Pick | Editorial team | 09-Apr-2026
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Editorial Pick | Editorial team | 31-Dec-2025
Hon’ble Smt Draupadi Murmu, PRESIDENT OF INDIA Rashtrapati Bhawan New Delhi presidentofindia@rb.nic.in 31st December 2025 Respected Rashtrapatiji, Sub: Christmas attacks on Christians Namaskar! I respectfully place before you some of the.....
Editorial Pick | Editorial team | 06-Nov-2025
Attacks Against Christians Increased by 500% Since 2014: Rights Groups New Delhi: On November 4, Christian rights activists assembled at the Press Club of India to release a report about an alarming and sustained annual surge in incidents of violence a.....
NE Brief | NECARF Rep | 16-Oct-2025
October 14, 2025: Sr Rose Paite, an MSMHC nun from Mizoram, received the prestigious National Award from the Catholic Mental Health Ministry (CMHM) at the World Mental Health Day Conference in Kerala. The prestigious award was handed over to the recipie.....
Editorial Pick | Editorial team | 24-Sep-2025
Synodality: Why No, and Why Yes Some have hoped that our new pope would ease up a little on this matter of synodality. Instead, Pope Leo has expressed a strong desire to continue along the path of synodality. For example: “Synodality becomes a mindset, .....
NE Brief | NECARF Rep | 09-Sep-2025
The North East Catholic Committee of Delhi (NECCOD) accorded a warm welcome to their new members who had joined them in the Delhi NCR region with spiritual and a social gathering worthy of the colours mix of the region they come from. This was the 33rd oc.....
Editorial | John S. Shilshi | 26-Apr-2026
In March, a Los Angeles court hearing a petition filed by a 20-year-old woman, Kaley, who was a minor at the time of filing the case, held Meta and Google guilty of coming up with attention-grabbing applications, resulting in minor addiction to YouTube an.....
Articles | John Dayal | 16-Apr-2026
The state government, the ruling BJP, and its non-state actors show little sign of concern, much less contrition Odisha is the land where, in the 3rd century BC, Mauryan Emperor Ashoka gave up violence, vowed to follow Gautam Buddha, and took Buddhism al.....
Articles | Joseph M Thohrii | 04-Apr-2026
The greatest romance is falling in love with Jesus, The greatest adventure is seeking Jesus and; The greatest achievement is finding Jesus. Can you ever imagine how the first Easter would have been like – A morning when women and the apostles saw the.....
Articles | Isaac Harold Gomes | 30-Mar-2026
Easter is the most important religious festival of 2.6 billion Christians all over the world. On this day they commemorate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day of His being put to death on the cross. Christ’s Resurrection forms the crux of t.....
Articles | Cedric Prakash | 19-Mar-2026
On March 4, 2026, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released in Washington its Annual Report 2026. The USCIRF website( www.uscirf.gov) states that, “The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is an.....
Articles | Joseph M Thohrii | 07-Mar-2026
“I want every girl to know that her voice can change the world”. (Malala Yousafzai) India's women have made significant progress since the days when they had to endure severe exploitation and conform to well-defined societal norms. In the last few decad.....
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