By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Diocesan pastoral centers must conduct programs to educate Christians in “interfaith literacy,” asserts Jesuit Father Victor Edwin, the elected secretary of the Islamic Studies Association (ISA) that has fostered Christian-Muslim cooperation in India or more than four decades. The 54-year-old teacher of Islam in Delhi’sContinue Reading
New Delhi: Mithilesh Pandey finally caught an acting break this year. The 22-year-old is playing the deity Lord Ram in Ramlila, a yearly folk dramatisation of the Ramayana, a two millennia-old epic revered by Hindus. Ram is the hero of this enduring tale of familial obligations, loyalty, hardships and sacrifice.Continue Reading
By Abhish K Bose Kottayam: The Jesuit congregation is hopeful that the case against 83-year-old Father Stan Swamy will be shattered in the court, as there is no evidence to establish that he was in some way connected with the violence against Dalits at Bhima Koregaon. The imprisoned priest’s closeContinue Reading
By Deborah Thambi Kochi: Koonammavu a tiny village, located 27 km north of Kochi, Kerala’s commercial hub, has produced and exported an item considered integral to the Catholic faith across the world: rosaries. For nearly 150 years, Koonammavu residents, mostly women, have been engaged in the business of stringing prayerContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Raikia: A Hindu woman, who once opposed Christianity, now finds the Rosary a great source of peace, joy and happiness. “I always spoke ill of Christians and Christianity, not knowing Christian values in my life,” says Sunita Patra, who lives in the Kandhamal district of Odisha, theContinue Reading
By Nazish Hussain Ranchi: Jaggarnath Mahli of Hesal village, situated 20 km from Ranchi city, makes bamboo articles for a living. Due to the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown, his livelihood has been hit badly. Before lockdown, he worked two jobs for livelihood. He lost his job as a security guardContinue Reading
By Vivek Trivedi Bhopal: As the coronavirus pandemic struck every facets of life globally, many concerned citizens stood up as Covid-19 warriors helping out those in distressed and reaching those in need. Mahima Singh, a seventh grader from Singrauli’s Baidhan along with her teachers started running a library on wheels.Continue Reading
Varanasi: Mahima Bhardwaj is determined to become the first-generation learner in her family. The 18-year-old girl from Sarai Mohana village of Varanasi in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh belongs to Dalit community. The village, 9 km away from Varanasi, Hinduism’s holiest city, is sits on the bank ofContinue Reading
Kamthana: On a recent muggy afternoon in southern India, Earappa Bawge hacked at the ground with a pickax, his white shirt pasted to his back. Each dull thud reminded him of how far his hopes had fallen. Just months ago, the 27-year-old engineer was poring over project files in anContinue Reading
Shillong: On September 28, the Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians (MSMHC), the first indigenous congregation of northeastern India, will close a yearlong celebrations of the 125th birth anniversary of its founder Venerable Stephen Ferrando, a Salesian prelate. The year was launched on September 28, 2019, by current superiorContinue Reading
