New Delhi: They may be some of the most backward states in the country, but when it comes to women empowerment these states have topped the charts and are well ahead of their more prosperous counterparts like Gujarat, Punjab, Goa, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. One of the parameters to judgeContinue Reading
Despite western onslaught India has its unique Christmas celebrationsContinue Reading
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
Nepal’s ‘Kung Fu nuns’ are Buddhist nuns who grow up learning the martial art.Continue Reading
Tamil Nadu witnessed 98 honor killings in the past three years that were covered up as suicidesContinue Reading
Eleven girls have formed six companies, specialize in building modular kitchens and modern baths in apartment blocks in West BengalContinue Reading
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
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
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
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
