To their credit, the British were good at recording every minute thing they saw even if these things were seemingly-useless. They wrote in long hand about the colour of mud, number of leaves fallen on the ground, size and shape of stones and pebbles, clusters of bushes and such other useless detail. In the long [...]

This was published today in the Pioneer. My piece talks about the scandalous new book by Sister Jesme and the double standards and filth in the media and Church apparatus in Kerala. Read and comment. Sex, lies and the cloister Sandeep B Sister Jesme’s Amen: An Autobiography of a Nun points to the larger issue [...]

If you were wondering why I was away for so long, fear not! Work is breaking my back and promises to do so for a few more days. Before I resume my normal blogging activity, here’s something I’d like to share. The videos of the seminar on conversions held in Bangalore are now available online. [...]