Ezhuthu - January 2021

Jesuits of Kerala has launched an Institute for promoting peace and international relations. In the contemporary context of consumerism, materialism, violence, ethnic conflict and religious fundamentalism, the institute named Loyola Institute of Peace and International Relations (LIPI), hopes to achieve its goals through strategic plans for research facilities, publications, conferring academic degrees, establishing peace forums, seminars and conferences on peace and campaigns to popularize the theme of peace.

The first project of the Institute is the publication of a literary-cultural-scientific magazine in Malayalam titled EZHUTHU: Chinthikkunna Hrudayangalkku which was launched on 1 November 2015. The leading literarians, cultural leaders, scientists, and philosophers contribute to its volumes.