M.A. Joe Antony, SJ, is the Editor of Jivan, the magazine of the South Asian Jesuits. He also edits INI, an online quarterly for Jesuits and their associates (www.inimagazine.org). Formerly, he was the Editor of the New Leader, a premier Indian Catholic fortnightly.
God warned Cain, “Sin is lurking at the door.” (Gen 4 : 7) Cain didn’t bother and opened the door. He ends up as the perpetrator of the first fratricide in biblical history. While he is cursed by God, it is evil that triumphs and cackles with glee.
It is easy to see what we can learn from Sonam Wangchuk: empathy that made him spontaneously support the students and his moral courage that made him risk his life for a worthy cause