By Philip Mathew Kottayam: Kochurani Abraham, a feminist theologian, left a congregation of women religious to lead an independent religious life in her home state of Kerala, southern India. Her name, “Kochurani,” means “little princess.” Although born in a traditional Catholic family, she said religion did not attract her whenContinue Reading

By Trophy D’Souza Auckland: Stand First: Our Report in the last issue (Indian Newslink March 15, 2017) announcing the conferment of ‘The Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice’(‘For Church and Pope’) on Aucklander Wenceslaus Anthony evoked widespread worldwide response. News of the Award, a Decoration of the Catholic Church by Pope FrancisContinue Reading

By Bhanupriya Rao Melamarungoor, Sivagangai district (Tamil Nadu): Mazharkodi Dhanasekar has a radiant smile and is keen to talk about her achievements, which, as it emerges, are considerable: Building 650 toilets and making her panchayat in southern Tamil Nadu free of open-defecation. Dhanasekar’s fame has spread across the district asContinue Reading

In one of the world’s most remote regions, surrounded by snow and ice, Maggie McDonnell is changing the lives of her students and transforming her community. The winner of the Global Teacher Prize Winner 2017 lives and works in Salluit, an Inuit village deep in the Canadian Arctic. The villageContinue Reading