From child labourers, girls turn into hockey players
2016-02-17
Student captaining Bengal Under-14 team wants to become policewomanContinue Reading
‘Tea lady’ inspires people to give up opium cultivation in Arunachal
2016-02-15
The foray of a resident of a village in Arunachal Pradesh into tea plantation inspired scores of people in the area to follow her example with many of them giving up growing opium. Affectionately called ‘tea lady’, Basamlu Krisikro, a resident of the remote Wakro village in Lohit district, startedContinue Reading
2 billion meals for schoolkids, this IITian shows the way
2016-02-10
Bengaluru: Its 12 noon at the government school in DJ Halli, northeast Bengaluru. Hundreds of little faces are fixed on the van that has carried their lunch. For 15 years, every afternoon, the Bengaluru headquartered Akshaya Patra Foundation (APF) has been bringing smiles on faces of 1.4 million children. AndContinue Reading
Caring for ostracized community
2016-02-05
Thundathil, an Augustinian nun, set up the enclave for leprosy patients at Sendhwa, a village in Barwani district in the central Indian state of Madhya PradeshContinue Reading
Serving god through education
2016-02-02
Charismatic priest CR Prabhu looks back at 50 golden yearsContinue Reading
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