Fr. A. Albert Muthumalai, S. J. Image: OC Gonzales Oriyur is an isolated village in Ramanathapuram district along the sea coast of the Bay of Bengal in India. It is about 450 K.M. down south east of the metropolitan city of Chennai and at the ‘Pambar River’ bordering Pudhukottai district…

Dr. Padma V Mckertich Image: Roland Varsberg One of my favourite songs is the 15th century mystic and poet Kabir’s song “Paani mein meen piyasi, mohe sun sun aave haasi”. Roughly translated, it says, “The fish feels thirsty in water; it makes me laugh”. The song goes on to berate…

Sr. Alosiya SJL Image: Deepak Kumar Migration is a universal Phenomenon. Migration is inevitable. It is an ongoing process. People move from place to place for various reasons. Economic, social, cultural and political factors play an important role in the decision to move. People migrate to establish a new permanent…

Benjamin J. Israel Image: Sebastian Leonh The story of the Jews of India has on the whole been a happy one, unlike that of their co-religionists in many other lands. It is true that now and then in the Diaspora Jews have, in one land or other, enjoyed periods of…

Ashkhen Khachatryan Image: Balaji Srinivasa Information about the Armenian-Indian relations can be found in the works of Xenophon (from 4th to 5th centuries BCE), Movses Khorenatsi (5th century), Procopius of Caesarea (6th century). Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia is a unique country with an interesting history. It is a…

Tasneem Akbari-Kutubuddin Image: Sebastian Goldberg Emigration, travel, or hijra is an important part of the Islamic Faith. Prophet Mohammed’s landmark hijra or migration from Mecca to Yathrib (Medina) upon invitation in order to escape persecution has been an example for Muslims all over the world to travel to new places…

Dr. P. Dayanandan Image: Deepak Kumar My story of migration begins in a part of the world we call the African Continent. My story is your story too. There was a time when not a single Modern Human like us (Homo sapiens) lived anywhere except in Africa. It is the…

Dr. R. Balakrishnan IAS (R) Image: Partha Narasimhan My book Journey of a Civilization starts with the words of Juan Goytisolo. The novelist and poet clarify that these notions are born from a belief that Man, like the vegetable, is a product of the land of some timeless coordinates whose…

Anand Amaladass S.J. Editorial Image: Sid Arya The Star of Bethlehem guided the Three Kings and in later centuries countless faithful were lured to their Holy Land. Thus pilgrimage became a Christian institution and paths of faith would become path of discovery. By the fifth century there were two hundred…