Photo Courtesy of TIME At the outset In the 19th Century a French sociologist Emile Durkheim coined the acronym ‘anomie’ to describe the then growing absence of norms in society. Today, global…
Photo courtesy of the New Indian Express The Mahara prison violence has shocked the nation and stirred feelings of disbelief and indignation. A wide cross section of people and groups – class,…
Image via Deccan Herald, by AFP. Last year, suffering and death struck with the arrival of Easter, to plunge us back into Good Friday. Thousands who lost loved ones and limbs were…
Image from Flickr “Try again; fail again. Fail better. “- Samuel Beckett Last year at Easter, sudden acts of violence spread immense fear, injury and death, within a matter of moments. A…
With Freedom (Independence) Day in sight we should be reflecting on how best our freedom gained, is to be consolidated and what new freedoms are to be secured. As change occurs, our…
Photo courtesy Mountain Catholic The run-up to the birth of Jesus was punctuated with pauses. Mary’s pause After the Angel visited her, Mary could not say what she would have liked to…
Before and after the election Concerns for physical security secured a foremost place in people’s expectations and influenced the way many voted. An ‘enemy’, among us but not us, had to be…
Photo courtesy Iromi Perera’s Flickr album on 2018 constitutional coup When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan. (The Bible; Proverbs 29. 2.)…
Photo courtesy CNN. “Give peace within her borders, ‘twixt man and man goodwill, The love all unsuspicious, the love that works no ill[1]. “ Real stories-real racism A Colombo taxi…
Photo courtesy Quartz The message The worship had just reached the Anamnesis, the affirmation of God’s intervention in history, when the police arrived. The officer was courteous but firm. The service had…
A stable message The birth of Christ ushers a promise of peace for the world. In the fullest teaching of the Bible, peace is the ethos of stable, just and reconciled…
Photography by Frank Augstein/WPA Pool/Getty Images, via Bloomberg Any intelligent discourse must offer memory its rightful place. This is because, memory has present potential, to take us to happenings of the past, so…
Photo courtesy Article 14 This statement is being issued by a multi-religious group of Sri Lankan citizens, including several religious leaders, with no vested interests. We have been compelled to come together…
The current political crisis has descended to very worrying depths. In a matter of days we have observed an alarming cycle of vindictive politics charged with scheming and aggression. Political rhetoric is…
Image courtesy Al Jazeera Religion and authority Three recent pronouncements caught the attention of the media and dominated conversations. Advisors to President Trump quoted the Bible in defence of the separation of…
