Muvattupuzha: Sr. Infant Tresa is both a Catholic nun and a yoga master. The 65-year-old manages two yoga centers in Kerala, a Christian stronghold in southern India, at a time when some church leaders, including the Vatican’s chief exorcist, Fr. Cesare Truqui, view the ancient Indian system as satanic. TresaContinue Reading
Bharwani: Sr. Suso Kottirikal served as boarding school hostel warden for 16 years, but she quit more than two decades ago to work with people who have Hansen’s disease, also known as leprosy, and their children. Unlike others who work with leprosy patients, the member of the Poor Handmaids ofContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: It took the trustees of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay award almost a fortnight to get in touch with Bezwada Wilson to tell him that he has been selected to receive the award. The 50-year-old national convenor of the Safai Karamchari Andolan, which works to eradicate manual scavenging, hasContinue Reading
Dr. Philipose Mar Chrysostom, at 98, looks back on his lifeContinue Reading
In his time as Vatican spokesman, Fr Federico Lombardi has encountered moments of great joy but also times which have required sensitive diplomacyContinue Reading
This is the second consecutive year that a student from Tamil Nadu tops the examContinue Reading
Dili — Since last 2011 Fr. Rui Gomes is the first and so far the only military chaplain within the ranks of Timor Leste Defense Forces and probably also the only Salesian with this special mission in our Region. We are happy to share his interview given in his communityContinue Reading
Suleman received a cash prize of 5 million rupees, a Maruti Suzuki Celerio car and a specially crafted trophy Continue Reading
People around 11-year-old Akhilesh Chandorkar, including his parents, always knew he was smart. But last week they found out he may be among the smartest people around. Akhilesh has been declared among the top two per cent most intelligent people in the world by Mensa – the exclusive international societyContinue Reading
Mangaluru: A 60-year-old woman’s determination seems to have helped a whole village to quench its thirst. Laxmi Poojarthi along with four other women, dug up a 52-foot deep well in the parched village of Kundapur taluk in Udupi recently. She took up the initiative in Viveknagar Colony of Amparu gramContinue Reading
