By Sr. Annie Jesus As the phone rang at 8.00 p.m, in the office of Jeevan Jharna Vikas Sansthan (JJVS), an NGO that works for social development in Jashpur, Chhattisgarh, on June 18, 2018, I knew that, yet another ‘missing’ daughter of the land had fallen in the clutches ofContinue Reading
Paudwal has to her credit more than 1,500 songs in several Indian languagesContinue Reading
Sr Edathil belongs to the Bethany congregationContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: Hailing from Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram, a man named Thaha stands tall in life, in spite of being paralysed. Thaha never succumbed to self-pity, but instead braved the odds and made a living for himself using social media as his tool. This specially-abled man has been making umbrellas for the lastContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Jees Kariyil and his elder brother Jeevan were excited to win an award at the second edition of SuperStartUps Awards, a platform to recognize the most loved start-ups in Asia. “No word to define the moment!” gushed Jees, co-founder of Joboy, on his Facebook pageContinue Reading
On education can take an individual out of the worst living conditionsContinue Reading
Rani Maria’s story will have global impactContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kottayam: A leading Indian magazine has named a survivor of child trafficking who now fights modern day slavery globally as its “Woman of the Year 2018.” The Vanitha (woman), a publication of the Kerala-based Malayala Manorama Group, on May 1 chose Rani Hong for the prestigiousContinue Reading
Nidheesh M.K. I like them (the Communists). But I don’t agree with everything that they say.” So has he ever voted for the Communist party, something very unlikely for a Christian priest? “Oh, that’s another story,” responded the large old man sitting in front of me in a priest’s cassock—theContinue Reading
Jason Keith Fernandes is an anthropologist from Goa. Currently, he is a post-doctoral researcher at the Centre for Research in Anthropology at the University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal. After completing a bachelor’s degree in law at the National Law School of India, Bangalore, he obtained a master’s degree in theContinue Reading
