Rev J N Manokaran

AI technology now allows for digital “resurrections” of deceased individuals, enabling loved ones to interact with virtual versions of the dead through tools like Replika and StoryFile. They are called ghost bots, death bots, grief bots, generative ghosts, AI ghosts, and AI afterlives. These AI-driven grief bots stimulate conversations or even video interactions based on

One worship leader explained: “Experience is important. People who come to the church should see colors displayed uniquely, there should be a sweet light fragrance, and there should be smoke. Then the Holy Spirit could work, and people would feel great.” He asked his associates to go and see the concerts done in dance bars,

In Rajasthan an elderly man used to collect plastic bottles and waste and sell it for a living. He had a handcart on which he would keep all the stuff. Police said he was being mocked by some youngsters of the Lohawat village who also made his videos and shared them on social media. Hurt

The Christian life is not a bed of roses. The Lord Jesus Christ invited His followers to take up the cross. Which means to embrace danger, sorrow, pain, suffering, and death. (Matthew 16:24-26) Yet, it is a journey of victory over victory. Tears: Suffering could bring tears, as well as the disobedience of the people

Change may be the only unchanging fact about the world. However, the postmodern generation faces Uncertainty amid changes. In the book The Twenty-Something Dr. Meg Jay writes: The Twenty-something who grew up in the shadow of the 9/11 terrorist attack on Twin Towers, violence in schools especially in the USA, Lockdown, and frequent job changes,

Britain’s richest family spent more money on their pet dog than they did on one of their servants, paid a pittance, and made to work for 18 hours a day for seven days a week. The passports of servants were confiscated, and freedom was curtailed. Their salary was sent to family members and did not

The entomologist, Edward O Wilson, once calculated that if a leafcutter ant were a 1.8-meter-tall human, it would run a km in two minutes 20 seconds, and keep up that pace over a whole marathon. Then it would pick up a load weighing 150 kg and run back at the slightly slower speed of a

There was a technological fair in Europe a few decades ago. There were many new inventions were displayed. One foreman from Switzerland had developed an electronic watch. It was rejected by Swiss watch producers as a stupid thing as it did not have a mainspring, wheels, escape wheel…etc. One Japanese entrepreneur who visited the exhibition

An aspirant to become a doctor appeared in the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET), but there was a systemic failure. The question papers were leaked, grace marks were given to some, few got perfect scores which was not possible, and answer sheets were tampered. She said: “I didn’t fail the exam, the system failed me.”

One person had a big personal shrine, which was popular and was open to the public. As it is near an educational institution, students come there, especially during their exams. Now, he had become rich and was respected as a godman in the community. His story was that he was poor and unable to afford