Blog Editor, Author at Theological Research and Communication Institute

Understanding and Responding to Job Loss during the pandemic: Where do we stand?

by Blog EditorCMS, News September 28, 2022October 27, 2024No Comments

The Covid-19 crisis has been unprecedented in the way it has completely disrupted countries, economies, companies and every person’s life on this planet. The scale of disruption has varied, but undoubtedly this is an undeniable marker in modern history and has irrevocably changed the way in which we look at life and how we operate. …

Pandita Ramabai (1858-1922)

by Blog EditorBlog, Traci September 13, 2022November 13, 2024No Comments

Ramabai was born as the sixth child to Anant Shastri Dongre and Lakshmibai. Her father earned his living by rendering Vedic recitals in temples, teaching and narrating Puranas in public platform and other similar activities as performed by a devout Brahmin. The family lived under severe economic strain. with famine sweeping the region the economic …

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Christmas Vignettes

by Blog EditorBlog, Traci September 13, 2022November 13, 2024No Comments

For the last several weeks and months, every morning I open the newspaper to read that the economy is doing badly; that the Indian economy grew by less than 5 percent in 2019 and that perhaps worse is yet to come. Newspaper headlines come to life in other ways; at the market, a lot of …

REBUILDING A RESILIENT COMMUNITY

by Blog EditorBlog, Traci September 13, 2022November 13, 2024No Comments

In a competitive, profit-mongering and greedy world when everything comes to a halt, it is natural for people to be panicky and become desperate and seek for alternatives. If this is in the midst of a pandemic where pain, death and grief are so common and immediate, it would be so chaotic both in our …

Treasuring Up

by Blog EditorBlog, Traci September 12, 2022November 13, 2024No Comments

With Christmas round the corner, carols cannot be far behind. In an old BBC programme on Christmas carols that I was listening to the other day, the anchor asked the singers what Christmas meant to them. The response usually was, ‘It is a time to be with family and friends.’ The season resonates with such …

The Message Of Mission: Two Missionary Principles

by Blog EditorBlog, News, Traci September 12, 2022November 13, 2024No Comments

I would like to share about the two missionary principles that the Lord entrusted his church, which sadly we have forgotten. They are both found in John’s gospel. The first is in John 12: 24 “Truly, Truly I say to you that unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies it remains …

Whom Has Education Failed During Lockdown

by Blog EditorCMS September 27, 2021October 27, 2024No Comments

Let me begin with an acknowledgement that this has been a hard time. Everyone is trying to navigate the pandemic and its uninvited challenges the best we can. Stresses of the pandemic have been felt by everyone alive – including every child, student, teacher and parent. However, this paper will focus on challenges in India’s …

Did We Fail Fr. Stan Swamy: Carrying His Legacy Forward

by Blog EditorCMS August 26, 2021October 27, 2024No Comments

Introduction The 84 year old, Fr. Stanislaus Lourduswami SJ, fondly known as Stan Swamy, was arrested by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) from the Jesuit social center he founded, Bagaicha, Ranchi, on 8 October, 2020, and sent to Taloja jail, near Mumbai. He was charged with sedition, supporting the banned Maoist organization, waging war against …

Personal Data for Profit: A Christian Response to Digital Capitalism in the 21st Century

by Blog EditorCMS August 17, 2021October 27, 2024No Comments

Dr Timothy Stoneman and Dr Ashok Maharaj Introduction There is a high probability you had agreed to a set of terms and conditions that you never read while downloading an app this month. I recently did, with a clear knowledge, that whatever I signed up is watching me. A virtual panopticon in motion only that …

Putting Justice at the Heart of Faith: Reflecting on Ecumenism from an Asian Perspective

by Blog EditorNews July 21, 2021October 27, 2024No Comments

Introduction: This presentation seeks to answer the question, what does it mean to speak of faith and justice from an Asian perspective? What is uniquely Asian about an Asian Faith? And to perhaps reflect on how Asians have imagined faith and contributed to the larger ecumenical discourse. If one were to speak about Asian ecumenism …