Maina Waruru Following what are widely regarded as racist attacks on Nigerian students in India in March, there are concerns that the violence could contribute to making the country a less attractive destination for African students seeking higher education outside the continent. According to the Association of African Students inContinue Reading
By Swapnaneel Bhattacharjee April 21, 2017: Even as the government has taken various initiatives to prevent trafficking of women in the country, the existence of an organised red-light area in the heart of Silchar town, the headquarters of Cachar district of Assam state, explicitly reveals how prostitution over the yearsContinue Reading
The first school was a bamboo shed with no electricity or running waterContinue Reading
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
Chandrika Digal and two sons became Catholics on April 12Continue Reading
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
She resembles Mowgli of The Jungle BookContinue Reading
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
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
This was their way of thanking the deities for inspiring the social reformContinue Reading
