By C. M. Paul Kolkata: March 6, 2026: In 1992, swimmer Loraine Varghese broke a silence that had long shadowed Indian sports. Her allegations of sexual harassment in national camps, reported by journalist Shevlin Sebastian, marked the first time such claims were publicly aired in post-Independence India. The scoop reverberatedContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy New Delhi, Dec 30, 2025: For 30-year-old Smiley, life has been a challenging journey after his maid dropped him when he was six months old. The accident continues to challenge him physically and emotionally. However, his determination and enthusiasm to live a normal life has helped himContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Kozhikode, Dec 3, 2025: Sister Christy Babu Cherpanath once worked as a software engineer at Infosys, one of India’s top information technology companies. She left her lucrative career to join the Mary Matha Province of the Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate and is now their vocation promoterContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Pulpally, Nov 9, 2025: Kripalaya Special School, managed by the Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, is celebrating 25 years of providing education and life skills to children and adults with physical and intellectual disabilities from impoverished families. In 2010, the Kerala state government honoredContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Kunnalady, August 24, 2025: Sister Innocent Joseph Ayyankanal, a member of the Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate, has spent over 40 years promoting Ayurveda (traditional Indian medicine) and other forms of traditional medicine among rural and tribal communities in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu and theContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, August 19, 2025: Sister Lini Sheeja was only 17 when Mother Teresa of Calcutta inspired her to work among the poor. Soon, she joined the Missionary Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and became a social worker dedicated to serving the neediest. Now 40Continue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, July 19, 2025: Sister Alphie Kidangen left Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity in 1999 after more than a decade of service to help the poor in their homes. She later founded the Sisters of Compassion, a diocesan congregation. Sister Kidangen has earned recognition from the governmentContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, June 17, 2025: Masthan Sahib has worked with Catholic nuns for four decades in a leprosy rehabilitation center in Bengaluru, the capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. The center, Sumanahalli, is under the Bangalore Archdiocese, aided by the state government, and managed by nunsContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Secunderabad, Feb 24, 2025: Montfort Brother Varghese Theckanath is on a journey to make the voice of the voiceless heard in the main stream society. “Many interesting things happen among them, but only when a misfortune happens, their stories are reported,” bemoans Brother Theckanath, a grassroots activistContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Marayoor, Feb 15, 2025: Sister Jean Rose, a member of the Sisters of the Destitute, has made history as the first nun to be appointed as a medical officer in a Kerala government hospital. According to the “Voice of Nuns,” an initiative of the Kerala ConferenceContinue Reading
