Paradip: Priests of a 1000-year-old temple in Odishas Jagatsinghpur district have stopped performing puja of two wheelers if the riders are not equipped with helmets. The management of the temple of Goddess Maa Sarala abiding by police instructions started implementing the ?no helmet-no puja? policy a month ago by refusingContinue Reading

Monalisa Das Bengaluru: For the past three months, members of Maraa, a Bengaluru-based media and arts collective, have been going around with a purse collecting stories of sexual harassment from students in the city. Called ‘Radio in a Purse’, the initiative gives youngsters a platform to their share experiences, testimonials,Continue Reading

India’s Save The Girl Child campaign seeks to end the barbaric practice of femicide in India. According to The New York Times, over the past several decades, 300,000 to 700,000 female fetuses have been selectively aborted in India each year. In support of the initiative to end this widespread abuse,Continue Reading

Kochi: Sabu Caiter’s dwelling at Edappally is more than just a home for his family. It houses a slice of 83 countries across the globe, a rare record, which made his the way to the Limca Book of Records. His collection of rosaries numbering 50,000 has set a world record.Continue Reading

By Smita Nayak Jharsuguda: A Catholic priest with tribal roots in Odisha bemoan that his people remain unaware of their rights and entitlement despite technology and digital revolution in India. “Despite all hype of such revolution, tribals of Odisha hardly know about their rights, government schemes and policies that areContinue Reading