By Apoorva Mandavilli April 23, 2019: Three years ago, Siddamma’s mother-in-law developed pale patches on her arms. But Siddamma, 32, did not get along with her, and did not pry. A year or so later, she noticed that her husband had similar marks on his back — but he wasContinue Reading
By Bill Gates Can goats empower women? In one of the poorest areas of India, they already are. This is thanks to a new team of health workers who are training rural women how to gain financial independence by raising healthier goats. The health workers are goat nurses known asContinue Reading
By Kai Schultz New Delhi, April 16, 2019: Winston Churchill called the 1919 massacre of Indian protesters “monstrous.” Queen Elizabeth said it was “distressing.” Prime Minister David Cameron went with “deeply shameful.” But did they apologize? Not exactly. British leaders have always stopped short of making an apology for theContinue Reading
By Niha Masih New Delhi, April 16, 2019: Nearly 900 million Indians are eligible to vote in national elections that started on April 11, an exercise so big that it will take six weeks to complete. The contest involves many political parties, each with a symbol — and the symbolsContinue Reading
By Anju Agnihotri Chaba Jalandhar, April 8, 2019: A series of events that began unfolding in the night of March 29 has put a spotlight on the private businesses being run by some priests of the Jalandhar Catholic diocese. That night, a team of Khanna police claimed to have recoveredContinue Reading
By Danuska Da Gama Panaji, April 7, 2019: The tenth successor of Don Bosco, Rector Major Ángel Fernández Artime was in Goa. The head of more than 15,000 Salesians the world over spent time with youngsters while visiting the Panaji Province. It wasn’t the first time Father Artime visited India.Continue Reading
By Philip Mathew Puducherry, March 29, 2019: Sister Irudayam Augusta watches closely as some 40 women move their hands to create exquisite embroidery on clothes in a historic 1774 building. Augusta, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, and two of her sister colleagues manage the ClunyContinue Reading
Shimla, Mar. 29, 2019: When Shyam Saran Negi exercised his franchise in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district in 1951, he created history by becoming Independent India’s first voter. More than 60 years on, he is a VIP of sorts as there is full media glare whenever he goes out to vote.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Berhampur, March 24, 2019: As a child, Sukria Nayak had struggled with a nagging doubt, “Can I compete with others?” The reason: He was a Dalit who lived in a remote village in Odisha, eastern India. “Coming from a village, studying in a school and thenContinue Reading
RAKHI BOSE Satna, Mar. 25, 2019: Even as the fate of her community’s future hung in the balance, Sijaran Pardhi defied the dread and the cold, and made her way to Mahatma Gandhi College in Satna at Madhya Pradesh. A little older than most in her BA-first year class, sheContinue Reading
