By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, June 30, 2020: While Covid 19 challenges the rest of the world; the people of West Bengal suffer also from the aftermath of Amphan super cyclone. To their help has come the social service wing of the Calcutta Jesuit, ‘Udayani Social Action Forum.’ Along withContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, September 9, 2019: Jesuit social activist Father Irudaya Jothi has received this year’s “Nation Builders Award 2019” The event on Sept 7 at Rotary Sadan took place a day ahead of the celebrations of the International Literacy Day. Father Jothi received the award, along withContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Feb. 2, 2019: The vision of B R Ambedkar, father of the Indian Constitution, continues to inspire women from India’s marginalized sections. Ambedkar’s call to “Educate, Organise and Agitate” was realized on January 28 and 29 with the opening of two independent Dalit (formerly “untouchables”)Continue Reading
By Elizabeth Sangeta Paul Kolkata, Nov. 13, 2018: Young people from Ireland who came to provide eye care to the poor in an eastern Indian state say they have gained much more than what they could give. “It was indeed a life time experience for me to reach out theContinue Reading
By Irudaya Jothi SJ Kolkata, October 26, 2018: A Jesuit NGO has given birth to a women’s movement in Kolkata. “I am extremely happy and confident to run this movement and ready to take over the responsibility of running a NGO,” Basanti Saren, secretary of “Nari Mukti Chetna Sangatan.” “NariContinue Reading
Udayani so far has organized five such competitions in JuneContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata: Until the other day these women were just ordinary village girls or housewives of “bhodro” (respectful) Bengali or Santali families, but today they are ‘women of light.’ A group of village women is able to earn their living and prove their worth after they wentContinue Reading
WSF is the largest gathering of civil society in the worldContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata: Women from many villages in West Bengal resolved to be messengers of peace and reduce distress migration. ‘Now is Time: Press for Progress’ was the theme the women decided to have for this year as they marked the International Women’s Day on March 8. “ThereContinue Reading
The latest awards have made Udayani activists and women beneficiaries “extremely happy” and proudContinue Reading