By Santosh Digal Manila, October 29, 2019: Sajan K George is the president of the Global Council for Indian Christians (GCIC) that promotes freedom of religion and tolerance in the country. It advocates the rights of people, especially Dalits, the Other Backward Class, children, women and the religious minorities. MattersContinue Reading

By Jericha Del Mundo Manila, October 3, 2019: I never thought that being friends with a person with a different culture was going to be easy. I was one of the selected student volunteers to represent the Philippines for the YayasanSukarelawanSiswa-Association for Southeast Asian Nations (YSS-ASEAN) Student Volunteer Mission toContinue Reading

By Piyush Srivastava Lucknow, September 19, 2019: If the Danish child who swam against the adult tide to speak the truth about the “Emperor’s New Clothes” is reborn in India, he will probably look like Ayush Chaturvedi. Ayush’s face is now familiar to many social media users, thanks to aContinue Reading

By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, September 12, 2019: Vincent D’Souza is a veteran journalist who has contributed substantially to the concept of neighborhood journalism. Twenty five years ago, he resigned his well-paid job as a special correspondent to the “The Week” magazine and BBC, and started “Mylapore Times,” a neighborhood magazine.Continue Reading

By Matters India Reporter Malkangiri, September 9, 2019: Odisha’s Malkangiri district has another reason to draw media attention. The Maoist-infested backward district has produced the first commercial pilot from the tribal women of the eastern Indian state. Anupriya Madhumita Lakra, who will join Indigo Airlines as a co-pilot in theContinue Reading

By Ria Das Mbombela, July 29, 2019: Vidisha Baliyan was just crowned Miss Deaf World 2019, held in Mbombela, South Africa. Thus, the 21-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh’s Muzzafarnagar has become the first Indian to win this crown. Baliyan, who is a modeling student of Asian Academy of Film andContinue Reading