New Delhi: Over the years, recurring droughts and frequent crop failures have driven the farming community of central India to despair. A major part of the region is reeling under drought leading to severe water crisis. Farming communities of Marathwada and Vidarbha regions of Maharashtra and Bundelkhand that straddles MadhyaContinue Reading
Nuns began visiting the villagers nearly a year agoContinue Reading
Roshanara found help from people across religions and political partiesContinue Reading
Justin Chen Where do compassion and empathy come from? What makes life sentient? Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns have grappled with these questions for centuries but, for the first time in their history, they are using science to help find the answers. This summer, as they have the past severalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Raipur: Despite broken hearts, prisoners in Raipur Central Jail, smile, says a Catholic nun. “My idea of prisoners was changed by visiting them regularly. Formerly I thought they have done mistakes and they are punished. And they deserve it. But now I feel compassion for them.Continue Reading
Wearing her veil, congregation’s uniform and sporting a calm smile, Sr Linet Antony SKD would match anyone’s concept of a Christian nun. But once the Kannur native gets on to the stage and starts singing, the listeners can’t help not being pleasantly surprised. For, she can sign a Vathapi GanapathiContinue Reading
In Bhilwara district, in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, sandstone slabs form a makeshift fence around a field, marking the boundaries of a temporary worksite. In the centre, *Seema, a tall young woman, lifts sandstone cobbles into large wooden crates. A firm in Jaipur, the state capital, has orderedContinue Reading
By Pooja Chhabria The sun is at its peak, the heat in the high 40s Celsius. In an urban slum in India’s capital Delhi, Mona [not her real name] deliberately avoids drinking water. She is fearful it will make her need to urinate. “Sometimes, I drink less water because theContinue Reading
“Prem Bhai preached forgiveness and understanding to everyoneContinue Reading
Karachi’s Joseph Coutts was among 14 new cardinals to be created from around the world on Thursday and when Pope Francis presented him with the red hat, he became the fifth person of Goan origin to be appointed to the cardinalate. Coutts, 72, who traces his roots to Aldona andContinue Reading
