Recent positive developments on the immigration front in Ireland give us some reason for cheer. The introduction of a citizenship ceremony and a speeding-up of the naturalisation process are welcome steps – a long way from the dark courtrooms where citizenship
I recently had the pleasure of reading the cleverly titled Upworldly Mobile by Ranjini Manian, an author and entrepreneur. The book – which comes highly recommended – dwells on business and behavioural skills for the new Indian manager.
Democracy is perhaps one of the most sanctified citadels of the civilized world, a word bandied about by the elite social class, but the interpretation of which is often denied to the very class of humanity it is dedicated to – the common people.
At first undisguised curiosity, then rejection in shades ranging from open condemnation to resigned acceptance – Ireland’s immigrants have been at the receiving end of it all. And those that persevered, helped along by rare but strong gestures
It’s done now – the new Government has been voted into power. But will anything really change for the common man?
One day recently I overheard a group of children, including my own, discussing the pros and cons of their respective neighbourhoods. One proclaimed that he hated his estate because the teens there were always setting fire to things. Another said it
Last week’s report by Catherine Reilly on An Garda Síochána’s ‘double standard on faith’ was a very interesting read. It has been mentioned time and again by other writers in other columns, but often it seems religion –
Recently a young child I know had an experience that significantly upset him. In school one day he had asked his teacher what the idea was behind the Christmas tree, and how one could ‘rebuild’ a dead tree with lights and decorations as we see on
The western world can be credited with many positives, but one area that leaves a lot to be desired is its treatment of older people. Somehow, in this fast-paced, materialistic rat race, it appears that the elderly are marginalised and sometimes forgotten.
Is Mahatma Gandhi the Nobel Peace Prize committee’s most famous omission? This year more than most – following US President Barack Obama’s award of the prize, amidst gasps that resounded all the way from the White House – the issue resurfaced
Tentatively at first, then confidently, one after the other, the audience at Trinity College’s front square intoned the hymn on the virtues of righteousness, unable to deny the youthful enthusiasm of India’s former president, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.
A youthful and tech-savvy electorate is making demands like never before, as 400 million Indians go to the polls. PRIYA RAJSEKAR reports
The first time I heard Leo Varadkar’s suggestion that immigrants could be ‘paid’ to leave Ireland, my immediate thought was that the Fine Gael TD does not fully appreciate that leaving is simply not an option for many immigrants.
It’s a hit at the box office, but emigrant Indians are among Slumdog Millionaire’s most vocal critics. PRIYA RAJSEKAR gives her take on a film that’s dividing opinion both at home and abroad.
It started off as a day like any other. Like any other city dweller, I was racing against time to do everyday things like getting breakfast sorted and taking my children to school. On the school run, my attention was momentarily divided by the drone of the radio