Clean leads to safe, a coke plant shows the way
2016-01-24
Coal town entrepreneur to get award on R-Day for green initiatives at Govindpur factoryContinue Reading
Loyola lad brings colour in Kuiani
2016-01-22
NGO helps village women earn money by hand-dyeing fabricContinue Reading
Truth, controversies, secrets of Sabarimala light
2016-01-17
What is Makara Jyothi and Makaravilakku ? A celestial star known as Makara Jyothi is seen every year on 14th January. On this day, every year thousands of pilgrims from all over the country visit Sabarimala. The Government of Kerala receives huge revenue from these pilgrimages during their visit toContinue Reading
Boys who chased missionary dreams 50 years ago meet up for first time
2016-01-17
Kochi – A group of boys in their early teens who set out to chase their missionary dreams caught up with each other for the first time after 50 years, 16 January 2016 at Pachalam. Twenty one batch mates, among them six priests, took part at the meeting. They were recruitedContinue Reading
Where Portuguese interfuses seamlessly with Marathi
2016-01-14
Walking through narrow bylanes of Marol village in Andheri East, one can hear the evening service in progress at the village church. As Hallelujahs fills the air, you suddenly realise that barely a few hundred metres from busy roads and honking traffic in one of Mumbai’s busiest suburbs, the villageContinue Reading
Lord Ayyappan – Birth & History
2016-01-12
The members of Pandya dynasty ousted by Thirumala Naicker the ruler of the erstwhile Pandya Empire spanning Madurai, Thirunelveli and Ramanathapuram lived in places like Valliyur, Tenkasi, Shengottah, Achankovil and Sivagiri. They had also established their supremacy in parts of Travancore, and some of them belonging to Chempazhanattu Kovil inContinue Reading
Why is India’s wealthy Parsi community vanishing?
2016-01-10
Udvada is an obscure hamlet in India’s western Gujarat state which houses the holiest fire of India’s Parsi community. Legend has it that it was consecrated some 12 centuries ago on the nearby Sanjan beach, landing point of a boatload of refugees who had fled the Arab conquest of PersiaContinue Reading
Bhajans in Worship of Christ
2016-01-07
Bengaluru: The green campus of United Theological College has lush lawns and is a serene escape from urbanisation. The administrative building is the oldest structure and was built in 1912. The solid stone walls have survived the World Wars and witnessed the struggle for independence and other historic events overContinue Reading
Kerala’s house of hope
2016-01-04
Sisters of the Sacred Heart nurture children with special needsContinue Reading
Assam children forced into labor, prostitution
2016-01-02
At least 4,754 children in Assam have gone missing since 2012, of whom 2,753 are girlsContinue Reading