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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 ...

Lokmanya Tilak and Gopal Ganessh Agarkar : Clash between Political, Social reforms The issue of introducing reforms in the society has been tackled by prominent world thinkers in different ways. While it is true that the social, religious political and cultural aspects cannot be bifurcated from one another in any given society, yet at times, social reformists have found themselves in this very controversy due to the popular prevalent nature of the society. Lokmanya Tilak, the ‘father of Indian resentment against the British’ whose death anniversary falls on August 1, was deeply involved in the controversy on the issue of giving priority either to social reforms or political reforms. The so-called religious, social customs had proved to be a major obstacle to the progress of the society at that time while the country was enslaved by the ‘cultured’ British people. Therefore, the problem of giving preference either to social or political reforms had become prominent among the In...