Saharanpur’s new schools raise Dalit hopes
2017-06-18
Violence in June seems to overshadow the Bhim Army’s grassroots education project for DalitsContinue Reading
Dhyan Kutir — Inter-Spiritual-Dialogue Point
2017-06-15
Dhyan Kutir provides a place for interiority and integration in a world of conflictsContinue Reading
Noida’s “lioness” nun brings hope to rickshaw pullers
2017-06-14
By Rita Joseph Noida: An unusual commotion outside her school in 2005 brought Sr. Celine Arikkat out of her principal’s office. What the Franciscan Clarist Congregation nun saw appalled her. Some people were thrashing a cycle-rickshaw taxi driver while a crowd, including the man’s friends, watched. No one dared toContinue Reading
Life on hold for Myanmar’s Kachin women
2017-06-13
The Kachin violence has displaced more than 100,000 peopleContinue Reading
Nun treats 3,000 babies with motor challenges
2017-06-07
By Philip Mathew Thrissur: In early February, Sajeena Ahmed took her 7-month-old boy to a Catholic hospital in Thrissur, in the southern Indian state of Kerala, to meet Sr. Merlin Joseph. The child was born with Down syndrome, a genetic condition causing low muscle tone, small stature and low toContinue Reading
Toiling for a toilet
2017-06-03
The 90-billion-rupee scheme aims to achieve an Open Defecation-Free (ODF) India before October 2, 2019Continue Reading
‘Golwalkar told Kurien that it was actually just politics’
2017-06-01
Saba Naqvi Pushpa M. Bhargava is the founder-director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad and is seen as the architect of modern biology in India. The former vice-chairman of the National Knowledge Commission was summoned to give evidence before a committee set up by theContinue Reading
Learning experience for tribal children at Podiyam
2017-05-29
R.K. Roshni Thiruvananathapuram: At the forest check-post at Kottoor, nearly an hour-and-a-half from the city, Kingini, a tribal youngster who appeared for his higher secondary examinations this year, sits behind the wheels of a four-wheel drive. Kingini lives at Podiyam, a settlement of the Kani tribespeople inside the Agasthyarkoodam forests.Continue Reading
Donating breastmilk to save little lives
2017-05-27
Chennai: For the past few months, Sharanya Govindarajalu has been helping save lives in a way only a new mother can – by donating her breast milk. Five days a week, the 32-year-old mother of a seven-month-old sends 100ml to 150ml of her breast milk to a neonatal hospital soContinue Reading
Kerala installs India’s first sanitary napkin vending machines
2017-05-25
Lack of awareness about menstrual hygiene is a major cause of concern in IndiaContinue Reading