Question for a Value Judgement on Our Decisions and Actions (originally posted in ICON on April 14th 2017)

My Respectful Homage to Bishop Raphael Chinathu, retired bishop of Bhubaneswar in Odisha who passed away yesterday. I met him in early 2009 when I visited the sites of Kandhamal violence initiated by RSS-Sangh Parivar volunteers against Dalit Christians. This was part of a study program conducted by the Council for World Mission with which I was associated with for some time presenting papers on child communion and Dalit issues.

Our generation has seen quite a lot of changes in almost all areas of human life. One of the major areas where we experience change during our time is the area of communication. Few decades back communication facilities were quite primitive and methods were in fact crude.

I was in Avadi, Chennai, Tamilnadu for a two day visit to the Church there. When I arrived at Central Railway station Mr. Thambi and two boys received me and took me in a car to Avadi. It took almost two hours by road to reach the destination. My train being a superfast, would not stop at Avadi. I returned on Sunday (14-7-2013) to Kerala by Alappy Express but this train also would not stop at Avadi. So I had to go to Central Station to catch my return train. I told Mr.