Tucked away in the dusty town of Sardhana, an hour-and-a-half’s drive from Delhi, is the largest church in north India. Now declared a minor Basilica, the church of Our Lady of Graces is a beautiful monument and a tribute to an amazing woman. No one knows the birth name ofContinue Reading
By : Rajan Luthra Sheroes’ Hangout is a heart-warming café run by five acid attack survivors. Coming out with courage, this is a first of its kind initiative in a country where beyond suppression, there’s fierce trauma and a scarred life. You’ve read about them, seen them and heard aboutContinue Reading
Last month, 44 women from south Asian countries met at St Pius College, a Catholic seminary in a Mumbai suburb, to discuss their perspective on climate change and its impact on vulnerable populations. Engagement with environmental issues is not a new thing for the church. More than two decades ago,Continue Reading
By Saramma Emmanuel Ajmer: Sangram Singh is a worried man today. He does not know where to go with his 70-member joint family after his almost 500–year-old ancestral property is evacuated. “We have been living here for generations,” the 36-year-old resident of Rathodon Ki Dhaani, a dusty village on theContinue Reading
By: Sr Dorothy Adaha FSP “There is no better exercise for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up,” said, the famous author.This is exactly what these nuns have been doing over the last few years. Lifting them from nothing and giving them human dignity. For These ‘Mother Teresa’sContinue Reading
The call of a Dalit is neither life-defeating, nor life-negating but life-promoting and life-affirmingContinue Reading
By : Isidore Domnick Mendis Unlike the hustle and bustle engulfing other coastal villages of Goa, Velsao-Pale in Mormugao taluka, comprising seven wards, is pacific in nature. Neither are its white-sand beaches nor the other places of its countryside crowded with tourists. According to the 2011 census, Velsao has aContinue Reading
Muziris Heritage Project team meets St. Sebastian’s Forane Church priestContinue Reading
Last year Sikkim was declared 100 percent organic by the Indian government, while across the country, organic farming is growing rapidly. Continue Reading
Arunachalam Muruganantham from Coimbatore is the inventor of a low-cost sanitary pad making machineContinue Reading
