BY CHARMY HARIKRISHNAN Cow is meat, not mother. For many Malayalis, this is the delicious, deep-fried truth. We swear by it as we wrap a piece of warm, flaky parotta around dark spicy beef ularthiyathu that gets coated in black pepper, whispers of curry leaves and rubs against white cubesContinue Reading
By Participant Hong Kong — This year Pentecost Sunday has fallen on June 4th. For Hong Kong Catholics and Christians this coincidence is full of meaning. June 4th is the day when more than a 100,000 Hong Kong people every year make memory of the young victims of the TianContinue Reading
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Satyasundar Barik Bhubaneswar: In dozens of nondescript tribal villages in Odisha’s Rayagada district, every time a woman of the Saura tribe cooks rice for the family, she puts aside a handful of raw rice, which is collected for a community fund from which ‘special’ teachers draw their paltry remuneration. WhatContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Darjeeling – A diocesan social service society in North Bengal orgainsed a 3-day disaster management training in Darjeeling. The Darjeeling Diocesan Social Service Society (DDSSS) Anugyalaya held the training programme on Child Centred Disaster Risk Reduction at Central Heritage Hotel, Robertson Road, Darjeeling from June 1 – 3.Continue Reading
S.R.Praveen Beef, peacock and a heartless Major Gogoi were mere diversions from some really damaging news for the Sanghi Government in the past few weeks. These are some of the things they diverted your attention away from ******************* 1. Major slow down in Indian economy thanks to the dicktator’s hare-brainedContinue Reading
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New Delhi: Meghalaya has figured among the top 10 states with the highest percentage of child marriages among both boys and girls.‘Statistical Analysis of Child Marriage in India’, a report compiled by Young Lives, an NGO, in collaboration with the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), lists Meghalaya,Continue Reading
Bengaluru: Though she is a person with disability, having suffered from polio at a tender age, 69-year-old Prema is a living testimony of a successful physically challenged tailor in Nyamati area of Karnataka’s Shivamogga district. Her story is that of resilience and determination, after she lost her legs – whatContinue Reading
Ranchi: More than 37,000 students, marked as failed in this year’s matriculation in Jharkahand, have now cleared the examination. This happened after Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) revised the pass percentage from 59.91 to 67.91 on its website late on June 1, citing a tabulation gaffe. This surprise occurred as theContinue Reading