By Irudhaya Jothi Kolkata: Catholic priests and nuns in West Bengal have been engaged with a multipronged approach to curtail the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The second wave of the virus surged in the eastern Indian state March-April when it was going through an election process. Archbishop Thomas D’SouzaContinue Reading
Irudhaya Jothi SJ Unokoti: Women of a tribal community in the northeastern Indian state of Tripura show the way to Aatmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India). They take a fist full of rice before putting it in the cooking pot, and this rice is collected and shared with the poor in theContinue Reading
Bangalore: For an hour, Mr Preetham Rodrigues, 42, pondered over the text message he had seen in a WhatsApp group. “A four-year-old possibly asymptomatic child (orphaned by Covid) needs to be transported to Bangalore today… This person needs to be able to take care of a 4-year-old, feed him, maybeContinue Reading
By Soumya Muttappillil Changanacherry: A team of youngsters in Kerala has taken up a unique mission: Bury Covid victims. Arun Joseph Nedumparambil, one of the team members, narrates how it all began with a telephone call last year. “My 23-year-old son has died. Will you come and help in buryingContinue Reading
By Sami Ahmad Patna: Tabassum Ali is among the most visible faces in Patna, capital of Bihar state. A normal day in the 41-year-old woman goes like this: On April 13 morning, the social worker met with National Cadet Corps’s (NCC) group commander Brigadier Vinesh Rana at Patna. Soon after,Continue Reading
Kohima: Nagaland Prayer Centre Church at Tsiemekhuma near Botsa under Kohima district was dedicated by Rev Dr DL Sanchu, president, Apostolic Ministries on April 25. Speaking on the occasion, Rev Dr Sanchu was hopeful that this Nagaland Prayer Centre will become a “prayer city” one day. He said Nagaland PrayerContinue Reading
“BIRTHDAY GREETINGS, DEAR FR. STAN!” Dear Stan, It is rather unusual and certainly not normal to wish someone who is in prison “A Happy Birthday!” One’s birthday cannot be ‘happy’ in prison; however, in wishing you – we celebrate your life: your mission and your message and above all,Continue Reading
Gaya: Dhiraj Kumar came to Jaipur to work in a bangle factory after an agent promised his father a regular income. The man also paid 3,000 rupees as an advance. That was in March 2019. In Jaipur, the 14-year-old school dropout from Dula Bigha village in Bihar’s Gaya district GayaContinue Reading
By Saji Thomas Bhopal: Two Catholic nuns and two postulants were forced out of a train March 19 and paraded to a police station in Jhansi, a town in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. They were interrogated for five hours for allegedly violating a state law against forcibleContinue Reading
Guwahati: Some time in March, feminist-activist Kamla Bhasin posted a Facebook message saying she had bought a cycle in time for her 75th birthday. She was looking for women her age to bike, and the group would be called Cycling Feminist Aunties in their Seventies. She also asked Hero CyclesContinue Reading
