Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma

Educator who mentored Shah Rukh Khan as child dies

On: October 14, 2024

By Matters India Reporter Shillong, October 14, 2024: Christian Brother Eric Steve D’Souza, a revered educator who taught Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, died, in Goa, at the age of 74. The death occurred at 1:20 pm on October 13 at Shanti Niwas (aContinue Reading

Khasi women reject bill discouraging marriage outside tribe

By: Matters India

On: August 1, 2018

In: National

Indigenous women in northeastern India are calling on the Meghalaya state government to block a bill that would deny them rights, including the ability to inherit land if they marry outside their tribe. Khasi women are the latest to join a growing movement in the country challenging discriminatory legislation andContinue Reading