Matters India Reporter Raipur, August 3, 2025 — On August 2, the Chhattisgarh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sparked outrage by posting a controversial cartoon on its ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) account. The post, which was quickly deleted after a significant backlash, targeted two nuns recently granted bail inContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Bilaspur, August 2, 2025: A National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Bilaspur on Aug. 2 granted bail to three individuals, including two Catholic nuns from Kerala, arrested on July 25 over allegations of human trafficking and forceful religious conversion. The accused—Sister Preeti Mary, Sister Vandana Francis, andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Aug 3, 2025: A group striving to uphold the values of the Indian Constitution has condemned increasing attacks on religious minorities in the country. The Citizens for the Constitution (CFTC) has sounded alarm at “a growing pattern where the state appears to be complicit withContinue Reading
By Matters India Correspondent Durg, July 31, 2025 — Two Catholic nuns from Kerala, Sister Preeti Mary and Sister Vandana Francis of the Assisi Sisters of Mary Immaculate, have been held in judicial custody at Durg Central Jail since July 25. Their arrest, along with tribal aide Sukaman Mandavi, hasContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Kolkata, July 21, 2025: The arrest of Sister Preeti Mary and Sister Vandana Francis in Chhattisgarh has triggered a rare moment of bipartisan outrage, with leaders from across India’s political landscape denouncing the charges as fabricated and unconstitutional. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Wayanad MP, led a protest inContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, July 24, 2925: Leprosy patients and the Catholic nuns who serve them in southern India are upset that a Spanish missionary had to leave the country after her visa was not renewed. Catholic nuns are experiencing increasing hostility and struggling to perform their ministries and continueContinue Reading
By Elvis Fernandes Pilar, July 7, 2025: A major seminary in the western Indian state of Goa has made its 21 theology students work in farms so that they learn better what is taught in classes. The students of the second, third and fourth year theology classes of the PilarContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Bangalore, July 7, 2025: BREADS Bangalore convened a state-level strategic meeting on July 3, 2025 to launch its pioneering “Sport for Change” initiative—an ambitious youth empowerment programme operating across seven locations in five districts of Kerala. Rooted in a dynamic anti-drug campaign, the initiative leverages the unifying andContinue Reading
Ricky Pullock Jalpaiguri, June 10, 2025: Under the open sky of Sonali Tea Garden’s Bara Line, an extraordinary evening unfolded June 6, as villagers gathered for the premiere of Khun Pasina Jekar, Cha Bagan Ukar (“Your Sweat Nurtures, the Tea Garden Flourishes”). stirring documentary At the heart of the 95-minuteContinue Reading
By Ajith Lawrence Thiruvananthapuram, May 16, 2025: The fisherman I recall best from the mist of time stood still on a wind-swept sand dune near India’s southern tip. Bare-chested, wrapped in a plaid sarong, looking as if carved from dark granite, he stood there, his gaze fixed on the farawayContinue Reading
