Jantar Mantar's denotification may remove a historic stage for dissent, but it cannot erase the demand for accountability. By attempting to silence public protest, the government has driven resistan
Fr. Gaurav Nair
The demand for justice crosses borders when democratic institutions lose public trust and peaceful dissent is criminalised. The London protest against vote chori sends a clear message.
India's youth and civil society are rallying under the tricolour to reclaim Democracy, challenge injustice, and defend rights. Despite arrests, barricades, and repression, a nationwide movement is gai
Cedric Prakash
Protesters face brutality, custodial abuse and even death, while accountability remains elusive. From sexual violence in police custody to the Thoothukudi killings, impunity persists. No uniform, indu
Elsa Lycias Joel
I am very happy to learn that today, October 22, is your 62nd birthday. Please accept my heartiest greetings on this happy occasion. May God grant you the wisdom, discernment and sense of responsibili
A. J. Philip
Facing mounting protests over alleged electoral manipulation, the government invokes the familiar bogey of a foreign hand. Yet these allegations lack credible evidence, while questions about voter del
Jacob Peenikaparambil
A century on, the RSS continues to privilege Hindu cultural unity over constitutional citizenship. Mohan Bhagwat's centenary address casts dissent as a possible foreign conspiracy while evading questi
John Dayal
A mob allegedly brought from Shantipur–Nabadwip, a Hindu-populated area in Nadia district, in mini trucks, along with local RSS-Bajrang Dal and Hindu Jagran Manch members, disrupted a Catholic prayer
Censorship is tightening its grip on Modi's India, targeting journalists, cartoonists, comedians and ordinary citizens who question those in power.
Joseph Maliakan
A democracy cannot treat adults as children whenever their decisions cause discomfort. Citizens elect governments; governments do not acquire custody of citizens' minds.
Robert Clements
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is overwhelming us today! AI, as we all know, is about communication, information, data mining, and much more. It shapes the way we think and even determines our behaviour
Cedric Prakash
The Indian Catholic Press Association, in collaboration with the Mumbai Province of the Salesians of Don Bosco, takes immense pride in conferring the Fr. Louis Careno Award for Excellence in Journalis
ICPA
The Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) proudly presents the ICPA Award for outstanding contribution to the cause of Scheduled Castes and Dalit communities, sponsored by the CBCI Office for Sched
ICPA
The Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA), in collaboration with the Society of St Paul, takes immense pride in presenting the prestigious James Alberione Award to
ICPA
The Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA), in collaboration with the Society of St Paul, proudly confers the prestigious J. Maurus Award upon renowned Jesuit author
ICPA
The Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA), in collaboration with the Central India Province of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), takes immense pride in conferring the ICPA–SVD Swami Devanand Ch
ICPA
We, the members of the Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA), met for the 31st National Convention of Christian Journalists on 19-20 September 2026 at Paalanaa Bhavana, Benson Town, Bengaluru.
ICPA
It was a friend in Houston, Texas, who first alerted me to the news that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 had gone to Navi Pillay, a South African jurist of Indian origin. He also sent me her photograph
A. J. Philip
The controversy over SIR and alleged voter deletions demands a united democratic resistance. Rahul Gandhi's efforts to bring opposition parties, civil society and student activists together are signif
Jacob Peenikaparambil
On September 18, 2025, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi called a press conference in New Delhi and accused the Election Commission of India of facilitating what he called "vote c
John Dayal
Delhi was turned into a fortress to silence peaceful protesters demanding accountability. The State treated its own youth as enemies. No barricade can suppress dissent; the Supreme Court must now rise
Public office is a trust, not a family inheritance or a shield against scrutiny. Accountability must prevail over rank and lineage. No official should stand above the law or escape public scrutiny.
Let affected families receive protection they can actually depend upon. Then let us also find the courage to support a necessary project that serves everybody.
Robert Clements
A question echoing across many platforms and conversations is this: Where are the Catholics in India these days as the nation goes through a crucial phase in its chequered history?
Stanislaus Alla
Dear fellow Indians, friends of India, and all well-wishers: Not often does one get to witness history being written. Before our eyes, we see history happen in the very NOW. We read in history book
Stanislaus Alla
A fundamental distinction must be maintained between carefully examining a case's facts and rejecting an institution's application on that basis, and making sweeping generalisations about an entire re
Adv. Rev. Dr George Thekkekara
Vismaya's public dissent, Riya's demand for justice, and Yashaswinee's defiance of political inheritance are a growing sign that young women are refusing to remain silent spectators. Their courage in
A. J. Philip
The book "Politics, Policy and Predictions: Views from the Front Row of Parliament" by Derek O'Brien, Rajya Sabha MP and leader of the All India Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party, throws light on
As Leader of the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi waves the national Tricolour from atop police barricades, and Union Cabinet ministers celebrate Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dubious silver jubilee—13 years
John Dayal
Gandhi need not return as another Mahatma. He can live through a generation that resists hatred without hatred, confronts injustice without violence, challenges consumerism, defends the marginalised a
Jacob Peenikaparambil
Formation is not merely about producing priests and religious who follow rules, recite the Creed and wear habits. It is about nurturing conviction, maturity and integrity.
What exactly are we celebrating when our festivities leave children gasping, elders struggling to breathe, animals terrified, and the air poisoned? Culture evolves with human understanding. The real t
P. A. Chacko
The press is the voice of the people. It carries the complaint of the pensioner, the cry of the assaulted woman, the anger of the unemployed graduate and the question the powerful would prefer nobody
Robert Clements
Corrective press notes are not substitutes for accountability. This crisis demands independent investigation, judicial scrutiny and reversal of the SIR. Institutional complicity is the gravest betraya
The revelations have shattered public confidence in the Election Commission. Gyanesh Kumar's continuance as Chief Election Commissioner is untenable. Whether through resignation or impeachment, he mus
Cedric Prakash
It was never the powerful, privileged or educated who kept Indian democracy alive, but the poor who queued under the scorching sun to exercise their franchise. Now, the very machinery entrusted with p
A. J. Philip
The Opposition has a historic opportunity to unite against the erosion of electoral integrity and defend citizens' fundamental right to vote. Delayed response, political fragmentation and narrow inter
Jacob Peenikaparambil
India's institutions were supposed to be built on merit, independence and constitutional accountability. Yet, beneath their lofty credentials, kinship networks quietly reproduce privilege, compromise
John Dayal
Article 342 of the Constitution of India empowers the President to officially specify indigenous tribes, tribal communities, or specific groups within them as "Scheduled Tribes," in consultation with
Pachu Menon
I have seen the professional anti-caste intellectual. S/He arrives. S/He speaks. S/He refers to Ambedkar. S/He cites John Rawls. S/He quotes Michael Foucault.
Before recording a crime, obtain written consent from everyone involved
Robert Clements