An all-woman band is shattering stereotypes of gender and caste in a village in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, among the poorest and least developed in the country. The Sargam Mahila (woman) Band in Dhibra village near state capital Patna, was set up about two years ago by SudhaContinue Reading
The sisters in Kerala have already been doing what the pope had exhorted the church to doContinue Reading
By VINDU GOEL and SUHASINI RAJ ALIGARH — Signs and banners for Paytm, India’s biggest digital payments service, festoon Pooran Singh’s cellphone shop, where people drop in all day to add data or talk time to their prepaid phones. Yet few of these people actually use Paytm at the store,Continue Reading
Shama visits the Missionaries of Charity in Old Dhaka where she was born as a war baby in 1972Continue Reading
Piyali (South 24 Parganas): For kids living at a home for financially disadvantaged children, it has never been this good. As the world readies to party and usher in the New Year, the children studying at Piyali Learning Centre (PLC) are enjoying the company of new friends who have broughtContinue Reading
The Jews in Kolkata came from Baghdad about 220 years ago Continue Reading
Kochi: Commuters waiting at the High Court Junction bus stop were surprised when a KSRTC bus pulled in all decked up for Christmas on December 22 morning. A group of passengers who have been regularly using the Kodungalloor-Aroor bus via Vypeen for years thought it would be great to celebrateContinue Reading
By Divya Shekhar Bengaluru: Sometime in the past decade, Sister (Sr) Claire of the Salesian Missionaries of Mary Immaculate (SMMI) in Bengaluru received a unique invitation. Pope Benedict XVI had come across her paintings on the passion of Jesus Christ and wanted her to visit the Vatican to be felicitated.Continue Reading
Amrit Dhillon in Kolkata Kolkata: As a sex worker in Kolkata, Rita Roy had no access to her own money. The brothel madam kept her earnings “safe” – shoving the notes into her bra – and whenever Roy needed money, she would never get the full amount she asked for.Continue Reading
A pall of gloom has descended on Kerala coast after the Ockhi cyclone devastationContinue Reading