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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

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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

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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

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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

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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