The Church, which has been desecrated by all the wrong things viz splintering into denominations, avaricious greed for the moolah, and devious sexuality among priests and nuns leaves well-meaning Christians wondering if the Church has forsaken Christ to lose its way.
Today’s youth bred on bed of roses succumb and ‘quit’ when required to sleep on bed of thorns. A student from Kerala defies life’s odds to and decides to take them by their horns
Doctors working in ICUs are torn between patients whose days are either numbered due to advanced diseases, or are emotionally wreaked who are better treated in the midst of their family in the hospital rooms than in ICUs to ensure ‘clinical stability’ through monitoring. Evidently intensivisists have tough decisions to make
A girl’s family abducts and murders her husband, belonging to a ‘lower caste’ in Kerala to recover lost ‘honor’, in the process leaving the murderous family dishonored before a shocked nation, and a shamed state.
When Nipah Virus infection turned Calicut into a ghost town, with people succumbing to it, one person dared to take the situation head-on. A nurse, who gave her life to tend to those infected by a deadly virus.
Rightwing hoodlums take their skewed version of ‘nationalism’ to the country’s prestigious campuses, turning the hallowed halls of learning into factories of hate and division- a dangerous preposition.
As we observe the ‘World Environment Day’ on June 5th, we forget that the rabid and rapid ‘development’ we are striving for, for our comfort comes at a huge price- that of denting the environment, the health of which and it’s sustenance is entirely our responsibility.
Kerala, which boasts of health standards comparable to that of developed nations, has had her share of fevers of assorted kinds. These epidemics have people of this Southern Indian state shiver, denting Kerala’s reputation in the health front. The latest fever to have Kerala shiver, is that caused by an unfamiliar Nipah Virus.
Women in ‘modern India’, irrespective of age are at the receiving end of Rape and molestation of assorted kinds. Only a state that has lost its very soul can prioritize loopholes for the perpetrators to get away scot-free over justice for the victim, bruised in body and spirit, and often killed.
Writer By Chance. 