Saharanpur, Sept 4, 2020: The board outside the Nirgan Shah Graveyard at Numaish Camp at Saharanpur town in Uttar Pradesh state reads, “Iqbal, Qabr Khodney Waley” (Iqbal – The Gravedigger). The board also has a phone number where the gravedigger Iqbal can be reached. The graveyard is spread over 8Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Latehar, Aug 26, 2020: A Montfort educationist, who has spent four decades among the poorest of the poor in eastern India, has won the best teacher award given by an NGO. Brother K J Markose works at Birsa Munda High School Janho-Barwaiya, Manika, Latehar district, Jharkhand.Continue Reading
Vadodara, Aug 22, 2020: Jesuit Father P D Mathew, the first Catholic priest to become a lawyer in India, has recently celebrated the golden jubilee of his religious life as a Jesuit. His is an inspiring story of empowering thousands of our citizens through his mission of legal aid. FatherContinue Reading
By Frank Fitzpatrick Philadelphia, Aug 20, 2020: When they glimpse her through the fog of approaching death, her cherubic face encased in a gleaming white habit, terminally ill patients at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, US, sometimes mistake Sister Jocelyn Edathil for an angel. They are not entirely wrong. TheContinue Reading
By Madhuri Pethkar Nandurbar, Aug 14, 2020: As India celebrates the 73rd anniversary of its independence, Matters India is happy to tell the story of Rajendra Bharud, a Bhil tribal from the Dhule district of Maharashtra. When Bharud became an Indian Administrative Service officer in 2013, he proved to theContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Berhampur, August 4, 2020: A cancer survivor woman from Berhampur, Odisha, who has made a mark in online business, has been given an award for social entrepreneurship by a leading newspaper company. Saraswati Singh, 43, has been selected from 6,000 women participants in India for the TimesContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 31, 2020: Jesuit Father Francis Gonsalves takes over as the new president of Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth (JDV), a pontifical institute in Pune, western India, on July 31, the feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus. Appointed by Rome-based JesuitContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, July 28, 2020: Archana Soreng, who has been named by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to his new Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change, says her guiding principle is Jesus’s call to love other people. The Catholic young woman from Odisha also says she is thrilled toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kottakkal, July 27, 2020: Jayasurya means victorious sun and the son of migrant Tamil parents in Kerala has scripted victory with grit and courage. Philanthropists now flock to the young construction worker after television channels in Kerala flashed the news of the son of a bed-riddenContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, July 25, 2020: The sudden announcement of a nationwide lockdown on March 25 hit millions of most vulnerable people, especially migrant workers who survive only by moving. While most state governments showed apathy to the migrants’ suffering Kerala in southern India became a model of handlingContinue Reading