Loreto nun brings education to girls on Kolkata streets
2015-11-30
Sr Mooney launched Rainbow dischanted with a system that did not allow poor girls to have access to quality education that Christian institutions offeredContinue Reading
‘Kung Fu nuns’ cycle to India for women’s empowerment
2015-11-28
Nepal’s ‘Kung Fu nuns’ are Buddhist nuns who grow up learning the martial art.Continue Reading
Honor killings passed off as suicides in Tamil Nadu
2015-11-26
Tamil Nadu witnessed 98 honor killings in the past three years that were covered up as suicidesContinue Reading
Salesian builds girl power, brick by brick
2015-11-21
Eleven girls have formed six companies, specialize in building modular kitchens and modern baths in apartment blocks in West BengalContinue Reading
Tears and hope on same bus from Bangla
2015-11-20
Changrabandha — Leaving home can be exciting, but also heartbreaking. Both the emotions Thursday found voice when the first group of enclave residents crossed over from Bangladesh to Cooch Behar. When the bus carrying 67 of them rolled into the Changrabanda checkpost on the Indian side, Swapna Barman could not holdContinue Reading
Love in the time of intolerance
2015-11-15
Bokaro: If it had been a village, a khap panchayat may have convicted them to death for falling in love. If it had been a metro, there might have been frowns but the families would have arranged a reception. But, because it is Bokaro, which falls somewhere in the middle, theContinue Reading
Muslim prisoner uses soaps to craft beautiful idols of Hindu gods
2015-11-11
Agra: Firoz Khan alias Bunty, a hardened criminal who has been awarded life imprisonment in a kidnapping case and is presently lodged in Agra central jail, has proved that anything can be cleaned with soaps, even a prisoner’s conscience. After being depressed in his initial days in jail, the 35-year-old startedContinue Reading
‘Medicine man’ brings pills to the poor
2015-11-10
New Delhi: It’s early morning but already “Medicine Baba” Omkarnath Sharma is pounding the pavement in one of New Delhi’s upscale neighbourhoods, collecting the wellheeled’s leftover pills, capsules and syrups. Like a modern-day town crier, the 79-year-old calls to residents to bring out their medicines, rather than throw them away,Continue Reading
70 rupees a day earner runs an orphanage and a school
2015-10-31
Kolkata : He travels more than 150 kms a day to earn 2,000 rupees per month, working in a social organization. He has almost hit the age of retirement. But for the 58-year-old Abdar Rahman, all this is worth it. The journey and the meagre earnings may break the backContinue Reading
Priests from persecuted land serve global Church
2015-10-27
Their faith was tested by fire during the Kandhamal violenceContinue Reading