By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 5, 2022: Food rights activists want India to take urgent steps to solve a nutritional emergency facing the country. They endorsed the findings of a survey that showed millions of Indians dying every year because of diseases directly linked to poor diet. “The countryContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, April 25, 2022: A Jesuit social scientist blames political leaders after a report showed most of India’s 900 million workforce has stopped looking for jobs. “I am not shocked but immensely sad and ashamed of my leaders who keep promising jobs at every electionContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jan 19, 2022: Activists who work at grassroots level seem surprised at the federal government’s admission in the Supreme Court that no state has reported starvation deaths. “Dalits, Adivasis and minorities die of starvation when the Supreme Court was told no starvation death hasContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 22, 2021: Gaspar Delerock and his wife Shanti in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu donated blankets for the poor in Tripura, northeast, as part of celebrating their wedding’s silver jubilee. Ammu Urimainathan sent her contribution forgoing her Christmas dress and JosephContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Nov 5, 2021: A Catholic nun, who braved coronavirus pandemic and official apathy, to reach out to hundreds of stranded migrants laborers during lockdowns has won a prestigious award from the Indian Catholic Press Association. The national body of Catholic journalists on November 5 choseContinue Reading
By Isaac Gomes Kolkata: A webinar in Kolkata to pay tribute to tribal activist Father Stan Swamy heard speakers calling for the immediate repeal of an anti-terror law that apparently was used against those working for the rights of the poor and marginalized. The July 11 program jointly organized byContinue Reading