As I said in the Editorial, the push came from Kevin Sullivan’s unexpected article on addiction to pornography. Kevin, a wonderfully loving husband, father and grandfather—as well as a smart and experienced lawyer—is deeply disturbed by the impact of this phenomenon on marriages, youth, the treatment of women, and commitments in general. As I started looking around for people who can contribute relevant material for our readers, I also noticed that Indian press has been looking at this issue.
During walks, I stop at bookshops and newsstands. I check what seems to be the main topics engaging our most widely read magazines. Most of the cover stories about politics and politicians, or about business and money. Among the magazines laid out on the rack, I was surprised to see these two cover stories: Outlook, the Delhi-based news weekly, had “Looking at Porn” as the cover theme of their August 16, 2021 issue. The Week, the popular magazine published by the Malayala Manorama group, had on its September 5, 2021 cover: “Porn During the Pandemic: India becomes the world’s top consumer of adult content. And our children become even more vulnerable.” Indians accessed pornography on a large scale during the lockdown. This happened in other countries, too. But India topped the increase.
Shouldn’t we be at least as concerned about our children, the safety of women, and the stability of marriages, as these secular magazines seem to be?
Fr Joe Mannath SDB
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