Berhampur: Simanbadi, a panchayat headquarter in Kadhamal district s Daringibadi block shows rare communal harmony while celebrating the Dusshera festival. Sadhu Nayak, a Christian and the president of the 22-member Durga Puja committee, is busy arranging for day-to-day ritual for the festival, while other members extended their helping hands. HeContinue Reading
What has become problematic of late, however, is not religion in itself, but how people belonging to the majority faith in any country impact the lives of religious minorities in this part of the worldContinue Reading
Kolkata: As a teenager, Uttam Shaha says he used to watch scornfully from his bedroom window as men in brown shorts performed martial exercises in a car park below. Like many Indians then, he viewed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as a fringe group. Now 43, Shaha is a recentContinue Reading
Cosmetic giants such as Estee Lauder and Chanel have recently joined a scheme to help fund the education of children going back to schools, working alongside Satyarthi’s NGOContinue Reading
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Mumbai: The famous Dalal Street, home to the Bombay Stock Exchange, always looks like a place that’s in a hurry to go somewhere. Tall and old buildings mark that street and the area surrounding it. Regardless of the age, there is one thing common among all of them – flourishingContinue Reading
Some 8 million people took part in Kumbh Mela this yearContinue Reading
The street in front of an abortion center can be a place of prayer … a place of conversation … a place of conversion. Here’s a story from one 40 Days for Life team that shows how all of these things can take place when the love of Christ isContinue Reading
‘Releasing dam water for a holy bath is the most unholiest thing to do.’Continue Reading
