Young Indian farmers spice up market for organic Himalayan crops
2017-02-15
Last year Sikkim was declared 100 percent organic by the Indian government, while across the country, organic farming is growing rapidly. Continue Reading
20-year crusade for cheap sanitary napkins
2017-02-08
Arunachalam Muruganantham from Coimbatore is the inventor of a low-cost sanitary pad making machineContinue Reading
On pedal to protect environment
2017-02-08
Anbu Charles has visited nearly 20 states and covered approximately about 60,000 km on his bicycleContinue Reading
Interfaith association to serve humanity, nature
2017-01-31
By :Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Having completed twenty years of service among the poor and abandoned in 2016, Maher (Mother’s Love) Founded by Sr Lucy Kurien is starting an Association of interfaith communities and practitioners. “I began to think of this seeing the differences faced by the people in various religions includingContinue Reading
Appeal to Priyanka Gandhi: Heed our cries , heal our wounds!
2017-01-29
By : Valson Thampu Dear Priyanka Ji, We are tribal women from Bastar. Sixteen of us were raped and brutalized last year. We are still waiting for justice. Together with millions of other politically neutral women, we hailed your entry into politics. That was not because you were good looking.Continue Reading
Impressing Popes with paintings
2017-01-25
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
These monks have a calling: making fresh Italian cheese — in India
2017-01-25
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
Caste, religion no bar, youth now want to match psyche
2017-01-23
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
Producing indelible ink for elections in India
2017-01-20
Staff at myLAC working in continuous shifts and on Sundays to meet big demandContinue Reading
India’s spinning mills spin modern slavery: Report
2017-01-18
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