In Odisha, schools are the dropouts
2018-01-22
Hundreds of government schools, especially in tribal-dominated districts, have been shut down over the past year.Continue Reading
Odisha tribal unaware of rights, entitlement
2018-01-22
By Smita Nayak Jharsuguda: A Catholic priest with tribal roots in Odisha bemoan that his people remain unaware of their rights and entitlement despite technology and digital revolution in India. “Despite all hype of such revolution, tribals of Odisha hardly know about their rights, government schemes and policies that areContinue Reading
All-woman band smashes gender, caste stereotypes
2018-01-19
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
Catholic nuns who advocate for hearing impaired
2018-01-16
The sisters in Kerala have already been doing what the pope had exhorted the church to doContinue Reading
India clings to cash, even as tech firms push digital money
2018-01-09
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
In search of her roots
2018-01-06
Shama visits the Missionaries of Charity in Old Dhaka where she was born as a war baby in 1972Continue Reading
From US with love: Young Santas lift kids’ spirits at Bengal school
2017-12-30
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
Muslim families look after Kolkata synagogues
2017-12-25
The Jews in Kolkata came from Baghdad about 220 years ago Continue Reading
Christmas arrives, riding a KSRTC bus
2017-12-23
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
Nun paints and prints over 1,000 Christmas cards a year
2017-12-18
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