09 August International Day of Indigenous Peoples
Chacko AnthonyWorld’s indigenous people are at the crossroads of life today. Their identity is being threatened. Centuries-old land and abode are encroached by forces that have no interest in their…
30 July Anti-Human Trafficking Day
Chacko Anthony Human trafficking takes many forms. Anti-social persons make it a business. Brokers make a deal as middlemen. Many helpless people are coerced into it. Many are abducted. Some…
1 July Doctors Day
Chacko Atnony SJ National Doctors’ Day is a day celebrated globally to appreciate the contributions of physicians to our lives. Especially in this Covid pandemic time, they sacrifice their life…
3O JUNE HUL DIVAS
Jacob Hembrom SJ There were clouds of helplessness in the minds of Adivasis. Anger and frustration were the prominent feelings of people all over. There were hardly any rays of…
30 June In honour of Santal Rebellion Martyrs
HUL DIvas Johar
30 June – Santal Rebellion Remembrance Day
Chacko Anthony SJ Sido, Kanhu, Chand & Bhairav! Four brothers of the Murmu family of Barhait Bhognadih village in Jharkhand, eastern India. Phulo and Jhano Murmu, their heroic sisters! These…
23 June – World Day for Widows
Chacko Anthony SJ Widows are humankind. They have their right to life. They have many other rights: for health, for food and shelter, for clothing and recreation, etc. They need…
June 20-World Refugee Day
Jacob Hembrom SJ June 20 is celebrated as the World Refugee Day. Those who never had the experience of being refugees find it difficult to imagine what refugees go through.…
20 June Father’s Day
Chacko Anthony SJ Every Dad is a co-creator with God. Honouring father and mother is a virtue, a value, a noble deed. Hail, fathers of the world! Rejoice as your…
June 20 World Refugee Day
Chacko Anthony SJ We sadly remember those uprooted in life. Like Job in the Bible who became a refugee in his own home, when he lost all his wealth and…