Kolkata: For members of Fatima Shrine Youth, Judith D’Souza has always been a picture of enthusiasm, ever smiling and affectionate. An animator with the organization associated with the Shrine Of Our Lady Of Fatima Church on CIT Road from 2012 to 2015, Judith was a regular fixture at the meetingsContinue Reading

Gondia: It’s the beginning of May in the central Indian city of Gondia, and despite the crushing heat, it seems like the entire town has come to the train station. Doctors, nurses, journalists and politicians all gather under a tent to await a very unusual arrival: the Lifeline Express. ThereContinue Reading

Champaran: A woman from Champaran has decided to plant 700 saplings on Thursday, the day she gets married, to make her wedding a memorable one. Kiran (25) wants to gift her village – Majhar village in East Champaran’s Turkaulia block, around 170km northwest of Patna – a clean environment. “GirlsContinue Reading

In the prosperous district of Kannur in one of India’s most prosperous states, Kerala, Eramangalathu Chitralekha, 39, was the first Dalit woman to drive an autorickshaw in 2005. Her new profession immediately angered the upper castes, who taunted her and threatened violence. One day, that year, her autorickshaw was setContinue Reading