By Nikhil George Joseph New Delhi, Jan 14, 2020: Jesuit Father Job Kozhamthadam is an award-winning historian and philosopher of science, who acknowledges the role of religion in the development of modern science and technology. The 74-year-old priest is in the breed of scholars who specialize in the history andContinue Reading
New Delhi, Jan 10, 2020: Chhapaak (Splash), a Bollywood film released on January 10, draws social attention to victims of acid attacks who are forced to live as outcasts. The Hindi-language film, directed by Meghna Gulzar and produced by her as well as Deepika Padukone in collaboration with Fox StarContinue Reading
New Delhi, Jan. 10, 2020: Every night, 75-year-old Noornissa braves the freezing cold to help block one of the main roads into the capital of India, in a protest that is at the forefront of a rising challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. For nearly four weeks, Noornissa and moreContinue Reading
By Poorvi Gupta New Delhi, Dec 27, 2019: Nearly 70 percent Indian mothers have used smartphones to raise their children, according to a survey by YouGov, an Internet-based market research and data analytics firm. The firm has also found that eight out of 10 mothers feel that technology has madeContinue Reading
New Delhi, Dec 27, 2019: Countries around the world have promised gender equality by 2030, but in 2019 a new index showed that even the most advanced nations weren’t doing enough to reach that goal. Women are still paid around 20 percent less than men and make up fewer thanContinue Reading
By Rajiv Theodore New Delhi, Dec 23, 2019: Precisely 48 years ago, on December 16, Pakistan surrendered to India at Dhaka’s Ramna Race Course, the largest military surrender after World War—11. One of the shortest wars that lasted for 13 days had ended with the chief of the Pakistani forces,Continue Reading
By Mohua Das Mumbai, Dec 23, 2019: “And oh, for Christmas dinner/Don’t you think it would be swell/ If by some good luck or fortune/ Or by some magical spell/ We would find ourselves in Goa/ With a bottle of cajel/ And toddy-leavened sannas/ To go with Sorpotel/ Sorpotel sorpotelContinue Reading
By Rajiv Theodore New Delhi, Dec 22, 2019: Long before Christianity reached many parts of Europe, it came to Kerala along the thriving spice trade routes crossing the Arabian Sea. Today, about 7 million people, a fifth of Kerala’s population, call themselves St. Thomas Christians after Jesus’ apostle, who manyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 20, 2019: It may take 71 years to bridge the gender gap in South Asia, says World Economic Forum (WEF). The forum publishes the Global Gender Gap Index every year. The index for this year – the 14th edition — was published onContinue Reading
By Rajiv Theodore New Delhi, Dec 19, 2019: HIV-AIDS has been controlled to an encouraging degree because of a sustained but focused multi-pronged strategy, claims the head of the program to contain the dreaded disease in the country. ‘’It seems today, we are in the last lap of containing thisContinue Reading
