By Philip Mathew Bengaluru: Sister Marie Claire is a Hindu convert who joined the Salesian Missionaries of Mary Immaculate (SMMI) when she was 17 and running away from an arranged marriage. Pope Benedict XVI had hailed the now-80-year-old nun as a church artist: He was greatly impressed with her paintingContinue Reading
Aarthi Gunnupuri In a monastery tucked away in a quiet back lane of Bangalore, India, Benedictine monks of the Vallombrosian Order are using their European connections to meet rising demand for fresh, Italian-style cheese in this South Asian country. As Western lifestyle and cuisine gain popularity in India, there isContinue Reading
When Sameer Malhotra started looking for a life partner nearly a year ago, the proposals from match-making and matrimonial sites started coming in a dime a dozen. Amid a sea of potential prospects, the 28-year-old was left feeling that something was amiss in the way these sites matched couples. “IContinue Reading
Staff at myLAC working in continuous shifts and on Sundays to meet big demandContinue Reading
New Delhi: More than 90 percent spinning mills in southern India are practicing various forms of modern slavery, a new study says. The India Committee of Netherlands (ICN) that conducted the study recently published the report. It exposes that young girls and women, mostly Dalit, are enslaved by employers whoContinue Reading
BENGALURU: Professor Narendra Nayak, president of Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations, recently conducted a sting to expose an astrologer whose clients were mostly women. Following this expose, a victim has approached the police against the astrologer, claiming he has exploited her. Twenty-four-year-old Vidya (name changed), a BCA graduate was goingContinue Reading
Alok K N Mishra New Delhi: The Bheem Nagar jhuggi cluster in Nangloi, west Delhi, makes a mockery of PM Modi’s ambitious Swachh Bharat Mission. Not only are slum dwellers here forced to defecate in the open, locals claim more than 50 people have lost their lives in the process.Continue Reading
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Thousands of Indian girls and women are saved by NDWM, a nongovernmental organization started by Sr. Jeanne DevosContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi Ghaziabad: At 10 years old, Amrita Kumari has made up her mind: She wants to become a doctor. Her road will not be easy; Amrita is in the first grade, whereas most children her age have attended school for at least five years. But such obstacles haveContinue Reading
