Indian ministers
2016-07-06
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inducted 19 ministers on July 5Continue Reading
Why crime against Lower castes and Tribes is rising ?
2016-07-05
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
Meghalaya teacher completes graduation after 31 years
2016-07-02
Shillong: When there is a will, there is a way – this saying fits in perfectly with the life of a 50 year old mother of 8 children and one grandchild and teacher of Sacred Heart’s Higher Secondary School, Shillong Amavilis Susngi resident of Mawlai Nongpdeng, who after a gapContinue Reading
Stupa points to Maharashtra’s Buddhist roots
2016-06-26
Legend has it that the stupa, supposedly constructed 2,500 years ago by a trader named Poorna,Continue Reading
Mother Teresa helps pro life warrior’s fight
2016-06-21
A deformed girl’s response changed Reggie foreverContinue Reading
Catholic nuns nurse the sick at Hindu festival
2016-06-18
Ujjain: Sr. Alice Purayidom administered an IV drip to Omi Devi, who had suffered severe sunstroke. Devi’s husband, Dariya Singh Donda, stood anxiously near her bed inside a makeshift tent that functioned as a dispensary. At least 50 others waited their turn outside the tin-roofed dispensary set up by theContinue Reading
Odisha festival ‘Raja’ breaks taboo by celebrating menstruation
2016-06-16
Months after social media erupted in rage over Sabarimala temple’s long-held tradition of barring women of menstruating age for being ‘impure’, Odisha is celebrating the biological cycle that many consider taboo. Wednesday was the second day of the annual three-day Raja – pronounced Ro-jo – festival marked with fanfare byContinue Reading
Kerala’s dwindling missionaries
2016-06-13
Recent trends raise questions about the future of missionary vocations from IndiaContinue Reading
Church helps differently-abled at Kumbh Mela
2016-06-09
Church takes dialogue to differently-abled at grassrootsContinue Reading
The lonely struggle of India’s anti-nuclear protesters
2016-06-06
Women are leading protests in Tamil Nadu state against a power plant – yet few people in India know the village they’re from, let alone support their causeContinue Reading