An all-woman band is shattering stereotypes of gender and caste in a village in the eastern Indian State of Bihar, among the poorest and least developed in the country. The Sargam Mahila (woman) Band in Dhibra village near State capital Patna, was set up about two...
A dance drama on Blessed Rani Maria was the highlight of the feast of St Francis de Sales, the patron saint of the Arch-diocese of Nagpur. More than 2,000 people from the various parishes of the archdiocese attended the celebrations on January 24 along with...
Christian leaders have rejected an offer from India’s tourism ministry of a US $10 million grant for the facelift and main-tenance of churches in the Christian-majority State of Meghalaya. Catholic leaders in the state told that they will not apply for or accept the...
A church decorated with the style and motifs used by Rabindranath Tagore in his works was inaugurated on January 18. The Infant Jesus Church at Makrampur here was formally inaugurated by Bishop Cyprian Monis of Asansol. “We have incorporated local traditions of...
A Baptist Church in India’s north-eastern Mizoram State has announced incenti-ves to encourage couples to have more babies in an effort to check their dwindling numbers, disregarding a natio-nal policy to control the population. The church in remote Lunglei town said...
