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The Late Poet Benjamin Zephaniah with Dr Raj Pandit exposing fraudster Mother Teresa from a clip on the very same BBC that had promoted her years earlier as a saint civlising the Hindu savages on the rampage. Full Debate Does Mother Teresa deserve a sainthood? Does it even matter? Aroup Chatterjee, writer of ‘Mother Teresa [...]

My own wish would be to reclaim Kolkata from Teresa—to sever the automatic connection of the two names as the whole wide world sees it. Kolkata’s image under the yoke of Mother Teresa will take a century to recover. In the last 50 years, the city has lost an unimaginable amount from the loss of [...]

Anyone in Kerala will have a story to tell of a cherished memory with an elephant. It is said that a true Malayali can identify elephants just by looking at it. As a person who grew up in Kerala, I can testify how the intelligent, gentle and majestic pachyderm has been an integral part of [...]

It is deeply regrettable that generations of American schoolchildren have been brainwashed into thinking that Father Junípero Serra was California’s benevolent founding father, a humble Franciscan monk who left a life of luxury on the island of Mallorca to travel to the farthest reaches of the New World and protect the natives from the worst [...]

It can happen to any of us. It does happen to almost all of us. We see a story online that shocks us and seems just true enough. Normally, we check things out before we share them, but this is so unbelievable we need to get the news out as soon as possible. We post [...]

A row has erupted over a priest banning yoga from a church hall because the class was “not compatible” with the Catholic faith. Instructor Cori Withell said the classes she booked for yoga and pilates at St Edmund’s Church building in Southampton were cancelled with 10 days to go. She was told by the booking [...]