By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji: Delisha Davis says nothing is impossible for those willing to learn and confront inconveniences. The 23-year-old woman with a Master’s degree in Commerce, holds a license to drive Heavy and Hazardous Goods tanker from Kochi to Malappuram, 300 km, five days a week. “Practice makes usContinue Reading
By Sr Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji: Sister Crina Cardozo of the Goa-based Sisters of Holy Family of Nazareth has been visiting tribal people in the hilly areas of the western Indian state for the past six years. The 38-year-old nun walks miles to visit the houses, which are situated far apartContinue Reading
Pathanamthitaa: M S Sunil, a retired zoology professor from Catholic College, Pathanamthitta in Kerala, is known for her compassion in providing shelter to the deprived and underprivileged. She developed the passion while working as the National Service Scheme (NSS) program officer at her college. She came to know that aContinue Reading
By Moin Qazi Nagpur: For Pyare Zia Khan, the best Zakat or charity during the holy month of Ramadan is to help his pandemic-ravaged city get oxygen. He has arranged more than 20 oxygen tankers for Nagpur at his own expense as the Orange city grapples with shortages of life-savingContinue Reading
By Sr Lissy Maruthanakuzhy An Ashram in the midst of a modern cosmopolitan city like Mumbai sounds an anomaly. In the digital era of speed in every aspect of life, particularly communication; silence of an ashram resounds strangeness. However, Dhyan Kutir (House of Meditation) at Gyan Ashram Campus, Andheri andContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi: A hermit nun’s mission deep inside the Girnar mountain range in western India’s Gujarat state has a new successor. “I had no plan or desire to lead an ascetic life, but God called me to continue the Mathaji’s mission,” says Father Christanand who moved intoContinue Reading
Today, Dominique Dawes is a three-time Olympian and Olympic gold medalist. But back in 1996, she was a teenage girl feeling the weight of the world on her shoulders. “Before the 1996 Olympic games, all of us, we were known as the Magnificent Seven being the first women’s team toContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Longding: The Vincentian Congregation has elected Father John Kandathinkara, a missionary priest working in Longding District of Arunachal Pradesh as their new superior general. The 66-year-old priest was elected April 14 during the Kerala-based congregation’s general chapter held at Edappally in Kochi. Father Kandathinkara is currently workingContinue Reading
New Delhi: Sohan Singh says protesting at Delhi’s Singhu border is his last battle. The 92-year-old man from Ferozepur has been a part of the farmers agitation since the beginning and believes this “to be the last battle” after having witnessed the 1947 Partition and 1984 riots. Sohan Singh wasContinue Reading
By Shalini S Kozhikode: Fifteen-year-old Noora Zaineb just finished her ninth-grade annual exams but promotion to the next grade is not the only thing she is looking forward to this year. Noora has made planting trees her mission. With the help of her father, Zaineb is on a mission toContinue Reading