My friend Rev Jose Maliekal SDB [Salesian of Don Bosco] brought me a sad news this morning. Bishop Jerome Dhas Varuvel SDB is no more. Maliekal had informed me a few months back about the bishop emeritus’s deteriorating condition and so the news was no surprise. In a way, it was a consolation because I wouldn’t want him to lie in bed totally incapacitated for too long. Death is a welcome deliverance sometimes. My personal association with Bishop Jerome was confined to just a y...