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By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, May 10, 2022: India’s classical music world on May 10 plunged into grief when Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, veteran santoor maestro, died of cardiac arrest in Mumbai. The 84-year-old was also suffering from renal ailments. A family source said Sharma “had a severe heart attack atContinue Reading

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By Matters India Reporter Kayamkulam, May 9, 2022: A young woman on May 9 gave up her attempt to die by suicide after a swarm of wasps attacked her atop a mobile tower. A video on social media shows an unnamed woman, dressed in salwar-kameez, climbing the tower with aContinue Reading

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By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, May 9, 2022: People in Karnataka began from May 9 to get up at 5 am to pray, sing or curse. Muslims in the southern Indian state start their day with Azaan announced through loudspeakers fit atop mosques. Hindus, on the hand, use the public addressContinue Reading

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By Francis Gonsalves Pune, May 8, 2022: Since its launch in all dioceses worldwide in October 2021, the synod 2021-2023 entitled ‘For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, Mission’ has evoked mixed responses ranging from excitement and optimism to indifference and cynicism. The Synod inaugurations in the Indian dioceses of theContinue Reading

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By Felix Anthony Ziro, May 7, 2022: Itanagar diocese in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh May 7 ordained its first priest of indigenous origin Bishop John Thomas of Itanagar ordained Father Roshan Bamin Peter, a member of the Apatani tribe, at Mary Immaculate Church, Hapoli, Ziro, his homeContinue Reading