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Papal visit to Bangladesh and Myanmar brings hope for minorities Camil Parkhe Saturday, 25 November 2017 The tour of Pope Francis to Bangladesh and Myanmar next week has raised hopes of Catholics as well as other communities in these two nations. The visits are taking place at a time when both nations are witnessing strife in the form of the Rohingya crisis. The tour of Pope Francis to Bangladesh and Myanmar next week has raised hopes of Catholics as well as other communities in these two nations. The visits are taking place at a time when both nations are witnessing strife in the form of the Rohingya crisis. Pope Francis will visit Myanmar from November 27 to 30 and will tour Bangladesh from November 30 to December 2. A large number of Catholics in both countries are expected to attend the religious services and other public functions. In Myanmar, the Catholic Church has been making ...

The legacy of Indira Camil Parkhe Saturday, 4 November 2017 The then Union Home Minister, Chaudhary Charan Singh, ordered her arrest on corruption charges on October 3, 1977. This is referred to as the first political blunder of the Janata Party government led by Morarji Desai. Gandhi exploited this blunder to her great advantage and this marked beginning of her journey in her comeback to power. Indira Gandhi is one of those political leaders about whom people are either most critical or all praises about her. Gandhi, who was the country’s prime minister for a total 17 years, is most remembered for the 18-month long dark period of internal Emergency, the 1971 war with Pakistan and creation of Bangladesh, the Blue Star Operation she ordered to flush out the terrorists holed up in the holy Golden Temple in Amritsar, nationalisation of private banks, her triumphant comeback post-Janata Par...