By Joanna Slater and Niha Masih New Delhi, March 10, 2020: Hours before Anwar Kassar was shot and burned to death, he was having tea with a neighbor. It was time to leave, the neighbor suggested to him. Violence had broken out between Hindus and Muslims nearby, and rumors flewContinue Reading
By Sukirti Dwivedi New Delhi, March 8, 2020: The violence in northeast Delhi in the last of week of February over contentious citizenship law that killed at least 50 people will remain etched in the memory of locals for a long time. But they will also remember stories of courage,Continue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Belgaum, March 7, 2020: Devaki Vishwanath Gali ekes out a living making bamboo baskets at home and selling them at weekly market. The woman from the outskirts of Belgaum says basket weaving has been her family’s traditional job for generations, but she never received recognition or appreciationContinue Reading
New Delhi, March 5, 2020: Reporting in India has never been without its risks, but journalists say attacks on the media during the deadly communal riots between Hindus and Muslims in New Delhi in the last week of Febryart show the situation is deteriorating. One reporter was shot and survived,Continue Reading
By Vindu Goel Published March 2, 2020 At least, that’s what Google Maps told us. One of India’s oldest and best wineries looked more like a construction site that had been abandoned mid-project: An open-sided building was surrounded by concrete slabs, poles and lumber. My wife spotted a pair ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, March 1, 2020: Pappu Shukla was 7 when he was playing in the street with his older sister. A man who took him to his car and kidnapped him. When he got out of the vehicle, he did not know where he was but was told that heContinue Reading
CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE OF INDIA XXXIV PLENARY ASSEMBLY, ST. JOHN’S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, BENGALURU, 13-19 FEBRUARY 2020 Dialogue: Path to Truth and Charity INTRODUCTION We, the 192 member Bishops of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, assembled for our XXXIV Plenary Assembly at St. John’s National Academy ofContinue Reading
By Archana Masih Aurangabad, Feb 19, 2020: For the past 19 days, Nandini Kumari, 17, has been travelling through Bihar in the Jan Gan Man Yatra against the CAA-NPR-NRC, spearheaded by Communist Party of India leader Kanhaiya Kumar. “People go crazy seeing him,” the teenager says in Hindi over theContinue Reading
Dar es Salaam, Feb: 10, 2020: In Tanzania, studying is still a privilege. Although education is formally promoted by public authorities, it is difficult for boys and girls to attend regular school courses. Among the problems limiting access is that of the scarce presence of schools in the rural areasContinue Reading
Pune, Jan 31, 2020: Vidya Bal, stalwart social activist, feminist writer and journalist, who was a tireless crusader for gender equality, died at a private nursing home in Pune on January 30. She was 83. According to sources, she was unwell for the past month and had been undergoing treatment.Continue Reading
