Catholic schools in Punjab to ease students’ burden
2016-03-08
The prelate predict the Aam Aadmi Party may win Punjab assembly elections in 2017Continue Reading
Sowing seed of hope
2016-03-03
Winner of the State Award in Agriculture, 32 years old P. Prasanna is a role model for women aspiring to become farmersContinue Reading
Young tribal woman inspires Odisha’s farming community
2016-02-27
Raimati has helped farmers to increase their farm yield manifoldContinue Reading
Salesian girl wins first gold medal for Nepal in 12th SAG
2016-02-10
Shillong — Wushu player Nima Gharti Magar earned the first gold medal for Nepal on the fourth day of 12th South Asian Games held at the Assam Rifle Sports Complex in Shillong, 8 February. Nepal so far has won 21 medals including one gold, five silver and fifteen bronze. Nima finishedContinue Reading
At home with Hos for a quarter century
2016-02-05
The Catholic Health Association of India honored Chramattel in 2006 for her outstanding contribution in bringing health care to an unreachable regionContinue Reading
Quitting civil services to bring quality education
2016-01-10
New Delhi: What do you do when you are 24 years old, have already earned your medical degree, cracked the civil services exam and become an assistant district collector? You dream, of course, of a bright future in administration and a crack at the top bureaucrat’s post in three decades’Continue Reading
The Italian priest who discovered soul of India
2015-12-14
When I first met Fr Joseph Maurus Ferrero in 1980s, I had already read two of his books. So, my first question to him was: “How did you start writing?” He answered casually, but with a smile: “When Primo Maestro (Blessed James Alberione, the founder of the Society of StContinue Reading
‘Desire’ on wheelchair
2015-12-10
Bhubaneswar: Where there is a will there is a way, proves disability rights activist Jitendra Biswal, a 43-year old who is a quadriplegic (paralysis caused by illness), on a wheel chair since he was five years old. He has his hands full with the making of a film that tellsContinue Reading
The fearless nun inside ‘hell on earth’
2015-12-02
For more than 17 years, a Catholic nun named Neyda Rojas has been serving God in a place that many describe as hell on earth – a Venezuelan prison. For decades, penitentiaries here have been criticised by human rights organisations for allowing serious human rights violations to take place behindContinue Reading