Patna: A task that should have been initiated at the level of the government or NGOs operating in the region is being implemented by grooms. Grooms in Bihar have set off on a mission to save the environment, and they’re using various innovative ideas. This was clearly on display onContinue Reading

By Santosh Digal Sister Cynthia Mathew, a member of the Congregation of Jesus, is working as NGO representative at United Nations, New York, since November 2017. Earlier, she practiced as a lawyer in the High Court of Patna and District Court of Buxar in Bihar state. She also directed anContinue Reading

With the sun perched firmly above his head, 10-year-old Shahjahan is busy scrounging for bottles and plastic on the top of the several metres high Ghazipur landfill site. He goes to school, he says, but is here because it is a holiday. This monstrosity of a garbage dump, that getsContinue Reading

By Ariel Sophia Bardi Chandigarh: A few years ago, Tanu Sharma’s father was planning to marry her off as soon as she completed her high school studies. Now, that she has completed her high school, Suresh Kumar wants her to pursue her education and supports whatever she decides to become.Continue Reading

By Philip Mathew Chennai: Sr. Josephine Amala Valarmathi was not surprised when she got a telephone call around midnight in the last week of October 2016. On the other end was a fisherman who goes by the name Veerghese. He was among 15 fishermen from the southeastern Indian state ofContinue Reading

Kochi: “I saw a light engulfing the world, and within this light I found answers to questions which have been haunting me for years,” said Betty Alex, as she lay blindfolded in a conference hall. It may sound crazy to some. But people who have a spiritual bent of mind,Continue Reading