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
Bengaluru: The undergraduate course gives one an idea as to where their future should be heading and while that’s the case with majority of the students, a group of students from Bangalore, the Southern city of India are focusing on improving the quality of life of few underprivileged students inContinue Reading
Experts are agreed that 2016 has seen an unusually high number of celebrity deaths and say there are a combination of factors which could explain the phenomenon. Prince was the latest of a number of high-profile deaths, all in the past few months. A change in the perception of fame,Continue Reading
First in India-Bangalore Cops pool-in to save accident victimsContinue Reading
Arlindo Jose Victorino raises about 9,800 chickens on his farm in Nampula Province, Mozambique. To care for this flock, Arlindo and his family have historically had to collect up to 3,500 liters of water each day – walking a one-way distance of 660 meters from their chicken coops – usingContinue Reading
Sr. Cyrilla Chakkalakal heads the Franciscan Sisters of St. Mary of the Holy AngelsContinue Reading
