Samuel Thambusamy
Samuel Thambusamy is a PhD candidate with the Oxford Center for Religion and Public Life.
Christian missionaries primarily engaged in translations to make the Bible accessible to local communities. However, as Bible translators began to study Indian languages, they appreciated them and rediscovered their rich cultural heritage. Incidentally, Bible translation provided a perfect opportunity...
They are like trees growing beside a stream, trees that produce fruit in season and always have leaves. Those people succeed in everything they do. (Psalm 1:3)
Our definitions of success are greatly influenced by Media, and now increasingly by...
Forced displacement of people is a huge global crisis. According to UNHCR estimates, the number of displaced people worldwide is around 82.4 million. With 3.5 million refugees, Afghans make up one of the largest refugee populations. Their sordid saga...
We can take courage from God's Word. The God of hope enables us to abound in Hope.
The second wave of the Pandemic has been particularly harsh. The enormity and the suddenness of the crisis have fragmented our lives disastrously. Everyone has lost something, of course, some more than others.
COVID-19 and its virulent mutants continue to...
The Great Moghul Emperor Akbar (1556 – 1605) invited the Jesuits from Goa to explain the Christian faith. Akbar’s initial curiosity about Christianity was primarily due to his discussions with the Portuguese.
Not surprisingly, the Emperor’s invitation spiked interest among...
In Philippians chapter 3, Paul talks about his goal: All I want is to know Christ and the power that raised him to life (v10). We all need goals in life. Our goals determine what we want to achieve and how...
A few years back, several Musicians in Tamilnadu were trolled and threatened with a boycott for singing Christian Carnatic hymns and participating in musical events organized by churches. However, the use of ragas (Indian melody types) in Church devotionals is...
These are challenging times. Covid-19 and the many repeat lockdown restrictions have exacerbated hunger and poverty around the World.
Our World is falling apart!
Never did we imagine an invisible tiny-little virus would wreak havoc across the World! Eighteen months...
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Dowry is the marriage gift (in cash or kind) that a bride brings to her husband’s family. Although the primary function of the dowry is to serve as a form of protection, the violence against women for...
