SHILLONG: Superstition kills! This very notion which is still very much prevalent in certain pockets of the state has for the past few years instilled a sense of insecurity, the act of which has dragged the term ‘Democracy’ to ‘Demon-crazy’. It may be reminded that issue of Witch hunting orContinue Reading
By providing legal aid, Sister Joicy now helps many tribal families to find their dignity and rights in society.Continue Reading
Panaji: Hundreds of people on May 17 attended the funeral of Father Desmond de Souza, a liberal priest who gave a justice-driven face to the Asian Church. The Redemptorist priest died suddenly three days earlier on an operating table while undergoing an emergency angioplasty. He had suffered a massive heartContinue Reading
Kerala has around 3 million migrant laborers Continue Reading
Nagpur: Music flows through the blood of most of the people from the ‘seven states’ of northeastern India. A Pauline Sister, Caroline Duia from the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya is no exemption. The native of Shillong, capital of Meghalaya, shares with Matters India about her music debut and her contributionsContinue Reading
He was an Indian taught by the Christian Brothers as a student – and now he is their community leader in Kolkata. Br Constantine D’Abreau, 55, is part of the legacy left behind by the Irish Christian Brothers in the Indian city of 15 million people. He was taught byContinue Reading
Kozhikode: “Nalla Manushyar Aanu” – “They are good people.” This is a default comment that you will hear about the people of Kozhikode, Kerala. From its fabled auto drivers who return every penny of change, to its palliative clinic that provides free care for the terminally ill, to simple heart-warmingContinue Reading
Ajmer: A 70-year-old woman, who lived on the alms from neighbours in her last days, died in Nullah Bazaar of Ajmer on Thursday. The neighbours collected money to perform her last rites. Later, when they searched the woman’s room, they found fixed deposit documents amounting to two crore rupees! TheContinue Reading
Gangaloor: Ten years ago, Sr. Ann Mary Chempakasseril faced a tribunal in front of 10,000 villagers, people that her order was founded to serve in the lush Bastar region of India. She and 13 others stood accused of collaborating with the Maoists, Communist insurgents known locally as “Naxalites,” in tryingContinue Reading
Ungarpur: On the mud floor of a hut in Rajasthan’s Dungarpur district, seven women and a man sit in a circle around three community workers. One of the community workers, marker in hand, asks why their children or grandchildren don’t go to school regularly. At first, they are silent. ThenContinue Reading
