By Madhuri Pethkar Nandurbar, Aug 14, 2020: As India celebrates the 73rd anniversary of its independence, Matters India is happy to tell the story of Rajendra Bharud, a Bhil tribal from the Dhule district of Maharashtra. When Bharud became an Indian Administrative Service officer in 2013, he proved to theContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Berhampur, August 4, 2020: A cancer survivor woman from Berhampur, Odisha, who has made a mark in online business, has been given an award for social entrepreneurship by a leading newspaper company. Saraswati Singh, 43, has been selected from 6,000 women participants in India for the TimesContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 31, 2020: Jesuit Father Francis Gonsalves takes over as the new president of Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth (JDV), a pontifical institute in Pune, western India, on July 31, the feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus. Appointed by Rome-based JesuitContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, July 28, 2020: Archana Soreng, who has been named by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to his new Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change, says her guiding principle is Jesus’s call to love other people. The Catholic young woman from Odisha also says she is thrilled toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kottakkal, July 27, 2020: Jayasurya means victorious sun and the son of migrant Tamil parents in Kerala has scripted victory with grit and courage. Philanthropists now flock to the young construction worker after television channels in Kerala flashed the news of the son of a bed-riddenContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, July 25, 2020: The sudden announcement of a nationwide lockdown on March 25 hit millions of most vulnerable people, especially migrant workers who survive only by moving. While most state governments showed apathy to the migrants’ suffering Kerala in southern India became a model of handlingContinue Reading
By Gisel Erumachadathu Ulhasnagar, July 24, 2020: As the Covid-19 pandemic brings far-reaching implications globally, the members of Ancillae (Handmaid) Secular Institute more than ever are compelled to make their “Apostolate of Presence’ relevant to the needy. While Ancillae communities are at the service of the people in various ways,Continue Reading
Bengaluru, July 23, 2020: The Siddi community, India’s little known African-origin tribe, got its first lawmaker on July 23. Shantharama Budna Siddi was among five people nominated to the Karnataka Legislative Council by Governor Vajubhai Vala. The Siddis are said to have descended from the people of the East AfricanContinue Reading
By Sanjana Ganesh Madurai, July 21, 2020: Fortune has finally smiled on a 17-year-old girl from the fortune tellers’ community in Tamil Nadu, southern India. G Dhevayani from the nomadic tribe has been flooded with scholarship offers after she topped her school in the 12th grade board exams. She scoredContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, July 18, 2020: Shaison P Ouseph represented India at the third International Youth Summit 2020 (online), conducted by WSDA (Workplace Skills Development Academy), New Zealand. Shaison is an internationally acclaimed, award winning documentary filmmaker based in Mumbai, and is the course head for Film TelevisionContinue Reading
