Cover Stories

Faith Crushed : The Hypocrisy and Mismanagement Behind Kumbh Mela Tragedies

Amid broken families and crushed hopes, the jubilation of the administration and the leaders is grating. This Kumbh Mela is yet another story of negligence, hypocrisy and mismanagement.

Fr. Gaurav Nair Fr. Gaurav Nair
24 Feb 2025

Make India Maha Stampedes and Shameful Deportation

Amid apathy from the top, the common people pay the ultimate price for their faith. Festivals become arenas of despair for them while the privileged take their token baths surrounded by guards.

Prakash Louis Prakash Louis
24 Feb 2025

Articles

[Open Letter to the RSS Chief]

A. J. Philip A. J. Philip
24 Feb 2025

The BJP continues to wield the flag of religion potently. Religious events have turned into political spectacles. There are blatant attempts to divert attention from governance failures and deepen com

Jacob Peenikaparambil Jacob Peenikaparambil
24 Feb 2025

USAID's abrupt suspension of operations has disrupted critical programs and halted healthcare, education, and development funding. Despite the PM and his party saying otherwise, this decision threaten

Jaswant Kaur Jaswant Kaur
24 Feb 2025

The Supreme Court's refusal to hear challenges to the Places of Worship Act 1991 reiterated secularism as a constitutional principle. The Court has halted legal attempts to alter religious sites' char

Joseph Maliakan Joseph Maliakan
24 Feb 2025

The screams are silent. The bruises fade, but the scars fester. On 12 February, an uncomfortable truth came to light. For three harrowing months, a group of first-year nursing students at a Kerala col

Sai Anand Sai Anand
24 Feb 2025

Since Independence, many women have served as Chief Ministers in India, shaping state politics with resilience, innovation, and controversy. From trailblazers like Sucheta Kripalani to disruptors like

John Dayal John Dayal
01 Jan 1970

Allow me a sweeping generalisation about sporting success and failure: For today's governing elite, only success matters and when it happens, the grasping presiding deities rush to bask in reflected g

Mathew John Mathew John
24 Feb 2025

Wow! Haven't we as a nation mastered the art of pretending normalcy?

Robert Clements Robert Clements
24 Feb 2025