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
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
Legend has it that the stupa, supposedly constructed 2,500 years ago by a trader named Poorna,Continue Reading
A deformed girl’s response changed Reggie foreverContinue Reading
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
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
Recent trends raise questions about the future of missionary vocations from IndiaContinue Reading
Church takes dialogue to differently-abled at grassrootsContinue Reading
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
In a matter of minutes, a flash mob pops up and melts into the bowels of Sarai Kale Khan village, a slum in front of a bus terminal by that name on Ring Road in Delhi. Two makeshift blue-coloured tin shelters allotted for the homeless by the government on theContinue Reading
