Girl “Mowgli” found in Uttar Pradesh
2017-04-07
She resembles Mowgli of The Jungle BookContinue Reading
Girls help preserve Kashmir’s Sufi music traditions
2017-04-05
Thousands of people in the Muslim-majority region follow Sufism, a mystical branch of Islam whose adherents seek spiritual communion through music and dance at the shrines of their saintsContinue Reading
Meat crackdown hits Jharkhand tribals
2017-04-03
Ranchi: The tribal community, which constitutes nearly 30 percent of Jharkhand’s population, is in a dilemma after meat shops chose to down shutters in the wake of the government’s ban on illegal slaughterhouses. The khasi, as the goat is known in the adivasi heartland, is intertwined with tribals, who practiceContinue Reading
Gaya villagers build temples with liquor fine money
2017-04-03
This was their way of thanking the deities for inspiring the social reformContinue Reading
When nuns tried to kick-start India’s first transgender school
2017-03-28
On a sunlit day in mid-December, humid and ripe as South India winters tend to be, six Carmelite nuns invited the transgender activist Vijayaraja Mallika over for tea. They sat inside the Provincial House of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel (CMC) to discuss Mallika’s new venture: a schoolContinue Reading
Dubai church prepares to celebrate golden jubilee
2017-03-27
St Mary’s Catholic Church parish priest hails spirit of tolerance that has helped the community thrive since the church was inaugurated in 1967Continue Reading
Meet the monks who decided to go green
2017-03-27
By: Matt Hadro. Years before Pope Francis’ ecology encyclical was published, a Trappist monastery in the State of Virginia in USA went back to its spiritual roots by embracing environmental stewardship. “This really is a re-founding,” Fr. James Orthmann of Holy Cross Abbey in Berryville, Va. told Catholic News Agency, aContinue Reading
Jharkhand village names lanes after educated girls
2017-03-21
The village has named its lanes after its educated girlsContinue Reading
Indian Saddam Hussain denied job
2017-03-20
More than 10 years after being executed, Saddam Hussein remains a huge presence in the life of one man.Continue Reading
Why rich, progressive sikkim has India’s highest suicide rate
2017-03-19
Sarita Santoshini A large room in an abandoned government building has been home to Babita (not her real name), 32, her husband and three children for about three years. It is strewn with tattered furniture and personal belongings, clothes drying on the window grille and a few pictures stuck toContinue Reading