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
We celebrate the feast of Nativity of Our Lady on September 8. The birth of Our Lady is celebrated by the Catholic Church all over the world. Churches do so under different invocations of Mother Mary. For example, in Goa and Vailankanni in Tamil Nadu it is celebrated as theContinue Reading
Assam : Several of Britain’s biggest tea brands, including PG Tips, Tetleys and Twinings, have said they will work to improve the tea estates they buy from in India after a BBC investigation found dangerous and degrading living and working conditions. Harrods has stopped selling some tea products in response,Continue Reading
