Jharkhand tribal village gets first matriculate
2018-06-21
None of the girls from the village had ever appeared for the board examination earlierContinue Reading
Sixty years serving the Lord in Jharkhand hinterlands
2018-06-15
Diamond jubilee of Ursuline Sister Benigna VadassseriContinue Reading
Tuticorin success emboldens Odisha tribe to oppose Vedanta
2018-06-13
Lanigarh: After Tamil Nadu state shut a copper smelter run by Vedanta Resources following deadly protests, the company faces another challenge 1,600 km away, where axe-toting tribesmen and environmentalists have joined forces to demand the closure of an alumina refinery. An alliance of activists and local people have for yearsContinue Reading
Kerala hospital employees help the poor
2018-06-12
It all started with an initiative to build a house for a family in need. Since then, the ‘Zest of Life’ has helped scores more.Continue Reading
Spiritual India Vs Godless China: article on faith
2018-06-10
Satish Kumar China and India are civilisational states having some similarities but they adopted different ways in the last seven decades. China vehemently rejects religion and categorically terms it as an evil thing. On the other hand, religion has got sympathetic treatment in the independent secular India. The way ofContinue Reading
Tribal angst makes Shillong a communal tinderbox
2018-06-07
By Patricia Mukhim Shillong: Shillong was once defined as a pluralistic society. The state of Meghalaya was created without bloodshed in 1972. That was quite an achievement. So the gentry were correct in conjuring images of the Shillong they knew, lived and worked in before 1979 happened. That was theContinue Reading
Goa archbishop’s pastoral letter
2018-06-05
To bear a vibrant witness to our Christian faith, we need to relentlessly and wholeheartedly work for the poorContinue Reading
Buried fortune, buried dreams – tale of Tibetans in Darjeeling
2018-06-03
Ugyen Gyalpo This was one monsoon season, some twenty summers ago, where the hills of Darjeeling were soaked by non stop rain and surprised by sudden break of sunlight, refracting picturesque rainbows and people welcoming the sun-shower with folkloric songs of the foxes marriages. The fresh crystal rain drops fromContinue Reading
Fostering humanity through art
2018-05-31
Five priests, a nun and an art student have come together at an art camp held in Vagamon to portray the need for mercy.Continue Reading
Odisha tea vendor spends half his income on slum kids
2018-05-28
Contributing half his income towards the education of children of rickshaw-pullers, daily wage earners and municipal drain workers in the city was something that this 59-year-old small tea shop owner in Cuttack has been doing for the past 18 years.Continue Reading