Quarter century of educating Arunachal’s remotest villages
2017-04-21
The first school was a bamboo shed with no electricity or running waterContinue Reading
Quenching Christ’s thirst through counseling
2017-04-18
Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Sr. Lissy Vallippalam became a counselor in 2003 when she left teaching to join a retreat center in Kerala, southern India. Since then, the 61-year-old member of the Sisters of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament has become a solace for people of various ages and professions. She tookContinue Reading
Odisha’s new Catholic converts ready for martyrdom
2017-04-14
Chandrika Digal and two sons became Catholics on April 12Continue Reading
Vocational skills training in India
2017-04-08
By: Santosh Digal. Bangalore-based Functional Vocational Training and Research Society (FVTRS) is a broad framework for Vocational Training for the benefit of the unorganised sector in India. It was instituted by Misereor- a German Funding Organisation – following the realisation that non-formal vocational training was a critical need in India,Continue Reading
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