Thousands of people in the Muslim-majority region follow Sufism, a mystical branch of Islam whose adherents seek spiritual communion through music and dance at the shrines of their saintsContinue Reading
Ranchi: The tribal community, which constitutes nearly 30 percent of Jharkhand’s population, is in a dilemma after meat shops chose to down shutters in the wake of the government’s ban on illegal slaughterhouses. The khasi, as the goat is known in the adivasi heartland, is intertwined with tribals, who practiceContinue Reading
This was their way of thanking the deities for inspiring the social reformContinue Reading
On a sunlit day in mid-December, humid and ripe as South India winters tend to be, six Carmelite nuns invited the transgender activist Vijayaraja Mallika over for tea. They sat inside the Provincial House of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel (CMC) to discuss Mallika’s new venture: a schoolContinue Reading
St Mary’s Catholic Church parish priest hails spirit of tolerance that has helped the community thrive since the church was inaugurated in 1967Continue Reading
By: Matt Hadro. Years before Pope Francis’ ecology encyclical was published, a Trappist monastery in the State of Virginia in USA went back to its spiritual roots by embracing environmental stewardship. “This really is a re-founding,” Fr. James Orthmann of Holy Cross Abbey in Berryville, Va. told Catholic News Agency, aContinue Reading
The village has named its lanes after its educated girlsContinue Reading
More than 10 years after being executed, Saddam Hussein remains a huge presence in the life of one man.Continue Reading
Sarita Santoshini A large room in an abandoned government building has been home to Babita (not her real name), 32, her husband and three children for about three years. It is strewn with tattered furniture and personal belongings, clothes drying on the window grille and a few pictures stuck toContinue Reading
By Ancie Wilfred and Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Nagpur: Lakshmibhai Kotpalliwar is a familiar sight at the gate of St Francis School in Nagpur. The 75-year-old woman has been selling sweets from the same spot for the past 50 years, whether sun or rain, winter or summer. Her admirers include thousands ofContinue Reading