By Piyush Srivastava Lucknow, September 19, 2019: If the Danish child who swam against the adult tide to speak the truth about the “Emperor’s New Clothes” is reborn in India, he will probably look like Ayush Chaturvedi. Ayush’s face is now familiar to many social media users, thanks to aContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, September 12, 2019: Vincent D’Souza is a veteran journalist who has contributed substantially to the concept of neighborhood journalism. Twenty five years ago, he resigned his well-paid job as a special correspondent to the “The Week” magazine and BBC, and started “Mylapore Times,” a neighborhood magazine.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Malkangiri, September 9, 2019: Odisha’s Malkangiri district has another reason to draw media attention. The Maoist-infested backward district has produced the first commercial pilot from the tribal women of the eastern Indian state. Anupriya Madhumita Lakra, who will join Indigo Airlines as a co-pilot in theContinue Reading
By Ria Das Mbombela, July 29, 2019: Vidisha Baliyan was just crowned Miss Deaf World 2019, held in Mbombela, South Africa. Thus, the 21-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh’s Muzzafarnagar has become the first Indian to win this crown. Baliyan, who is a modeling student of Asian Academy of Film andContinue Reading
By Jay Nies Father Angelus Minj begins his second quarter-century of priesthood as well as a challenging new assignment with a song in his heart. It is a hymn of praise and thanksgiving for 25 years of Priesthood and a promise to remain faithful to his calling, wherever that mayContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena New York, July 23, 2019: Claretian Father Lord Winner is engaged in spreading the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) among Catholic religious around the world. Pope Francis on March 8 affirmed the importance of SDGs approved by more than 190 nations in 2015. The Indian priestContinue Reading
Kochi, July 15, 2019: A deep love for books and reading has prompted a 12-year-old girl from Kochi to set up a library in this Kerala city and lay claim possibly to the title of the ‘youngest librarian’ in the country. Yashoda D Shenoy runs “Yashoda’s Library” with a collectionContinue Reading
July 8, 2019: When deliberating over whether or not to become a priest, Kinley Tshering – an extremely rare Catholic convert in his native Bhutan – asked God for a sign. The sign came on an ensuing airplane flight when he discovered he was sitting next to Mother Teresa (nowContinue Reading
By N. Niranjan Nikam Mysuru, June 29, 2019: Joseph Mar Thoma, the 21st Malankara Metropolitan and the current Primate of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church, was in Mysuru recently to open a new building of St. Thomas Institutions, a school. The 88-year-old metropolitan shared with the Star of Mysore aboutContinue Reading
By Ria Das Mangaluru, June 28, 2019: Eighteen-year-old Tanvi Jagadish is on a high. With six consecutive international medals in her kitty, the Mangaluru girl is now looking to make a mark at the Paris Stand-up Paddling Crossing, to be held in December. She is India’s first female professional stand-upContinue Reading