Wearing her veil, congregation’s uniform and sporting a calm smile, Sr Linet Antony SKD would match anyone’s concept of a Christian nun. But once the Kannur native gets on to the stage and starts singing, the listeners can’t help not being pleasantly surprised. For, she can sign a Vathapi GanapathiContinue Reading
In Bhilwara district, in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, sandstone slabs form a makeshift fence around a field, marking the boundaries of a temporary worksite. In the centre, *Seema, a tall young woman, lifts sandstone cobbles into large wooden crates. A firm in Jaipur, the state capital, has orderedContinue Reading
By Pooja Chhabria The sun is at its peak, the heat in the high 40s Celsius. In an urban slum in India’s capital Delhi, Mona [not her real name] deliberately avoids drinking water. She is fearful it will make her need to urinate. “Sometimes, I drink less water because theContinue Reading
“Prem Bhai preached forgiveness and understanding to everyoneContinue Reading
Karachi’s Joseph Coutts was among 14 new cardinals to be created from around the world on Thursday and when Pope Francis presented him with the red hat, he became the fifth person of Goan origin to be appointed to the cardinalate. Coutts, 72, who traces his roots to Aldona andContinue Reading
By P. A. Chacko On June 19 some armed men wearing masks abducted at gunpoint the members of a street play team at Kochang village in Khunti district (South Chotanagpur), some 100 km from Jharkhand’s state capital Ranchi. They were taken to the forest. While the male members were keptContinue Reading
Kamakhya, atop Nilachal Hills in Guwahati, is one of 51 shaktipeeths or seat of Shakti followersContinue Reading
None of the girls from the village had ever appeared for the board examination earlierContinue Reading
Diamond jubilee of Ursuline Sister Benigna VadassseriContinue Reading
Lanigarh: After Tamil Nadu state shut a copper smelter run by Vedanta Resources following deadly protests, the company faces another challenge 1,600 km away, where axe-toting tribesmen and environmentalists have joined forces to demand the closure of an alumina refinery. An alliance of activists and local people have for yearsContinue Reading