Universal education's moment of truth

For nearly seven decades of a tumultuous century, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has served as a beacon of hope worldwide. But some of its finely crafted provisions have come back to haunt us in the form of some shocking new statistics.Article 26 of the declaration states explicitly that...

The evolving ritual of Christmas and the virtue of religious tolerance

The recent visit of Pope Francis to Bangladesh and the interest taken by the Christian community with regard to the travails being faced by the Rohingya Muslim community in Myanmar have prompted this writer to trace the evolution of Christmas celebrations in different parts of the world - particularly with...