New Delhi, March 1, 2020: Pappu Shukla was 7 when he was playing in the street with his older sister. A man who took him to his car and kidnapped him. When he got out of the vehicle, he did not know where he was but was told that heContinue Reading
CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE OF INDIA XXXIV PLENARY ASSEMBLY, ST. JOHN’S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, BENGALURU, 13-19 FEBRUARY 2020 Dialogue: Path to Truth and Charity INTRODUCTION We, the 192 member Bishops of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, assembled for our XXXIV Plenary Assembly at St. John’s National Academy ofContinue Reading
By Archana Masih Aurangabad, Feb 19, 2020: For the past 19 days, Nandini Kumari, 17, has been travelling through Bihar in the Jan Gan Man Yatra against the CAA-NPR-NRC, spearheaded by Communist Party of India leader Kanhaiya Kumar. “People go crazy seeing him,” the teenager says in Hindi over theContinue Reading
Dar es Salaam, Feb: 10, 2020: In Tanzania, studying is still a privilege. Although education is formally promoted by public authorities, it is difficult for boys and girls to attend regular school courses. Among the problems limiting access is that of the scarce presence of schools in the rural areasContinue Reading
Pune, Jan 31, 2020: Vidya Bal, stalwart social activist, feminist writer and journalist, who was a tireless crusader for gender equality, died at a private nursing home in Pune on January 30. She was 83. According to sources, she was unwell for the past month and had been undergoing treatment.Continue Reading
By Karan Mahadik Mangaluru, Jan 29, 2020: Two overseas travelers were taken aback when they recently visited an indigenous community in the Ankola district of Karnataka state in southern India. The Halakki Vokkaliga tribe of Uttara Kannada lives at the foothills of the expansive Western Ghats. Maximilian Nerling of KasselContinue Reading
By Anuradha Nagaraj Chennai, Jan 29, 2020: A schoolgirl, who won a bravery award after she helped a child escape a trafficker, is to become the inspiration for a new anti-slavery campaign in India, officials have said. Carolyn Malsawmtluangi, from the northeastern state of Mizoram, was honored by the federalContinue Reading
By Amrita Paul New Delhi, Jan 25, 2020: Virginia Woolf had once said, “For most of history, anonymous was a woman.” But when it came to the Indian Independence Movement, women walked shoulder-to-shoulder with men to help India receive its Independence. Here are six women who played a pivotal roleContinue Reading
Kollam, Jan 23, 2020: This bookworm bride demanded books as mehr instead of gold or money. Breaking stereotypes, Ajna Nazim, who married Ijas Hakkim, had asked for 100 books as dowry. The list included Quran, Bhagavad Gita, Bible and the Constitution of India. Mehr is usually a large sum ofContinue Reading
By Haritha K P Chengannur, Jan 23, 2020: After completing her household chores Umadevi Antharjanam gets into her routine walk. The 73-year-old grandmother is the ‘field librarian’ at Kalaposhini Library in Budhannoor village near Chengannur in Kerala. With books stuffed in her shoulder bag and an umbrella in one hand,Continue Reading