By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Sept 27, 2019: Sister Martha Mondal is the founder of the Helpers of Jesus Sisters in Mumbai. She spoke to AsiaNews about her experience ahead of October’s Extraordinary Missionary Month. In 1999 she founded the Sneha Sagar (Ocean of Love) Society in East India, a suburbContinue Reading
Guwahati, September 28, 2019: Even in the topsy turvy world of Indian religion, Motibar Rahman stands out as a Muslim looking after a Hindu shrine, as his family has done for centuries – on the orders of Lord Shiva himself. Like his forefathers, Rahman sweeps the Burha Gosair Than shrineContinue Reading
By Adrija Bose Kathmandu, September 24, 2019: In 2015, when an earthquake hit Nepal, killing 9,000 people, women started to disappear. The survivors soon found without much choice, but to trust the promises of overseas work and education, that turned many into victims of trafficking. To their rescue came aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mananthavady, September 23, 2019: A community radio has played a crucial role in helping Kerala’s Wayanad constituency to register record polling in the last Lok Sabha elections. “Radio Mattoli” made relentless efforts to spread the message of the Festival of Democracy, a project of the ElectionContinue Reading
Chennai, September 19, 2019: In 2000, Prabhu Deva and Parthiban acted as railway porters in a movie titled ‘James Pandu.’ It was an era when porters thrived as the railways became more affordable and accessible to everyone. But 19 years later, despite the growth of the railways, porters have beenContinue Reading
K Kamalathal, the 80-year-old woman behind the viral video on social media, whose indomitable spirit helped her run a business single-handedly, is now offered complimentary LPG connection from the union government. She hails from Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore district and sells idlis for one rupee to the lesser privileged people. TouchedContinue Reading
By Saji Thomas Goeka Baria, September 6, 2019: Until a decade ago, Hatu Devi could not even think of going to a grocery shop near her house. The resident of Jalimpura village of Banswara district in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan had to depend on her husband or otherContinue Reading
By Saji Thomas Mananthavady, September 6, 2019: The Franciscan Clarist Congregation, a 130-year-old indigenous congregation in India, a month ago dismissed Sr. Lucy Kalappura, a member, for violating the vows of poverty and obedience. It gave her 10 days to appeal to the Vatican against the order, which she did.Continue Reading
Kochi, August 30, 2019: Supriya Debnath, 24, a migrant from Odisha’s Kendrapara district, sat in a blue and white salwar kameez in a corner of the upper primary government school in Edappally, in Kerala’s Ernakulam district. A thin vertical streak of vermillion reached the horizontal dash of sandalwood paste onContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ranaghat, August 29, 2019: Until recently, Ranu Mandal was singing for her livelihood at Ranaghat railway station of Nadia district in West Bengal. Now the 59-year-old woman has become a celebrity in social media. The person who was instrumental for her overnight limelight in social mediaContinue Reading
