17 October International Day for Poverty Eradication
P. A. Chacko Poverty! Yes, a menace. But a man-made one! Our politicians have made it a sales product. They swear by poverty alleviation programs. Wait, not eradication programs! Don’t…
16 October – World Food Day
Jacob Hembrom SJ We human beings can remain alive even if we do not have proper shelter or decent cloth. But without food we cannot survive. Food is one of…
16 October – World Food Day 2021
This day aims at plans to tackle global hunger and striving to eradicate hunger across the world. India has 1.397 billion population. It prides itself to be the second most…
International Day of the Girl Child
Jacob Hembrom Today, we remember the International day of the Girl Child. Why do we have to be reminded of this day or to be made as a special day?…
11 October International Day of Girl Child
Every child sprouting into a mother’s womb has a design in the mind of God. One day old or nine months old, its message is sharp and shrill: “Do not…
4 October – World Animal Day
P. A. Chacko We celebrate World Animal Day to raise our own awareness that we are not alone on this planet. Animals are one vital segment of God’s creation co-travelling…
Gandhi Jayanti
Jacob Hembrom Are the ‘Gandhian’ Principles outdated? In this twenty- first century, where there is a cutthroat competition in every domain, the spirit of tit –for- tat prevails everywhere, where…
02 October – Gandhi Jayanti
A very relevant statement I have learnt from Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the Indian nation is: “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed ”.…