Fishing ban period turns marriage, pilgrimage season
2015-06-15
Like their counterparts in Kerala and Karnataka, more than 15,000 fishermen in the coastal villages like Manakudi and Neerodi in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu will keep away from fishing till July 30.Continue Reading
Gondwana calling
2015-06-10
Chhattisgarh — It’s 11 pm and the LED bulbs cast a dull, white light in the schoolyard in Ilmidi village, Bijapur district. Around 200 villagers—the men, mostly drunk, the women sleepy but excited—stream in and sit down on the bare earth. Young boys perch on the wall and serve asContinue Reading
A nun as a criminal lawyer
2015-06-05
For Sister Joyce, there is no battle between her two callingsContinue Reading
At 37 years, this woman passes Class 12, outshines her son
2015-06-02
Dibrugarh — A mother in eastern Assam’s Dibrugarh district has outperformed her son in the higher secondary exam results announced last week. Nayanmoni Bezbaruah, 37, secured first division with a score of 69.8% in her HS arts exam. She had a letter (more than 80%) in sociology but missed theContinue Reading
Octogenarian nun braves prison term to oppose nuclear weapons
2015-05-23
ROSEMONT, PENNSYLVANIA: Two white-haired nuns stepped forward and embraced each other tightly. One has been living in a convent in a quiet Philadephia suburb. The other has spent the last two years in federal prison, charged with sabotage, trespassing, and destroying government property as part of a peaceful protest inContinue Reading
‘Bangalore Cares for Nepal” reaches out to quake victims
2015-05-20
A newspaper report on the plight of leprosy patents drew the Bangalore team to NepalContinue Reading
Preparing women of fire for Asia, Africa
2015-05-18
More than 5,000 sisters, who, after graduating from Mater Dei, play critical leadership roles in Asia and AfricaContinue Reading