By C M Paul Siliguri: A biker priest from Kerala on a country wide bike mission to spread peace has arrived at Siliguri in West Bengal state. Father Prashant Palakkappilly, who set out from Kochi in Kerala on August 10, arrived on September 4 in Siliguri, with the slogan “DiscoveringContinue Reading
By Philip Mathew Ambalavayal: Sister Rini Rose was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when she was 26. As a result, she has become physically weak, which limits and slows down her movements. Rose made her first profession at the age of 20 as a member of the Sisters of the AdorationContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Neyyanttinkara: An altar girl presented her parish priest with a pair of sandals after Bishop Vincent Samuel of Neyyanttinkara blessed their renovated church on India’s Independence Day. Parishioners and others in the church watched with moist eyes as Father Aneesh Albert slipped his feet into the sandals.Continue Reading
Palakkad: At a nondescript hospital in Agali, in the tribal hamlet of Attappadi, people wait patiently to see Doctor V Narayanan. A pediatrician by specialization, the 47-year-old doubles up as the physician for the people there. And the fee is for the patients to decide. Having started serving those inContinue Reading
By Shalini S Chennai: Karthick Annan’s neighbors in the housing board were curious about the parai – a type of frame drum – reverberating under the open sky. They haven’t seen him play for the past two months as he took to sanitation work during the lockdown and shelved allContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Mohana: The digital campaign of Catholic youth against social evils and needs in the eastern Indian state of Odisha has won both kudos and threats. Sugyan Sagar, a member of St. Peter Parish in Mohana under Berhampur diocese, seeks the support of politicians, social and human rightContinue Reading
By Anju Ann Mathew Jaipur: If somebody had told Prashant Gade in 2014 that he was going to impact thousands of lives, he would have probably laughed it off. As the founder of Inali Foundation, Gade has helped more than 3,500 people with prosthetic arms. Gade’s father wanted to ensureContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: From her cocoon of anonymity, when life forced Anie Siva, then an 18-year-old woman to sell lemonade and ice cream to tourists in Kerala’s Varkala, she never thought she would one day be a police inspector of the same town. Congratulating her for her success, the Kerala Police tweeted,Continue Reading
Baroda: Although she was born into the Wankaner royal family and married the Maharaja of Baroda, Radhikaraje Gaekwad eschews the notion that her life has been extraordinary. Her father, Maharajkumar Ranjitsinhji of Wankaner, was the first in the family to give up his title and become an officer in theContinue Reading
By Aparna Karthikeyan Sivagangai: “Look out! There goes the miracle bike, driven by a sack of vegetables!” That’s a common shout from young men each time Chandra takes the produce from her farm in Melakadu village to the market in Sivagangai, 15 kilometers away, on her moped. “That’s because whenContinue Reading