An Indian American who wrote about pioneering American and Indian women in a Bihar town has won a 74-year-old award that salutes media that “affirm the highest values of the human spirit.” Jyoti Thottam, daughter of an Indian nurse settled in the United States, has...
A Salesian center in north-eastern India has held a series of training to help improve their employment opportunities. The Anma Integrated Development Association (AIDA) held the training in five villages, with a focus on mushroom cultivation and food processing. The...
In a display of unabashed syncretism, significant numbers of Catholics are offering flowers, coconuts, fruits, rice, milk, sweetmeats and incense sticks to the idols of Shantadurga Kunkalikarin, a Hindu deity also known as Durga, the goddess of destruction. “There is...
A cine actor in the southern Indian state of Kerala has ob-served Maundy Thursday differently: he washed the feet of his wife and five children at home. A video posted April 7 on YouTube shows Sijoy Varghese kneeling before his wife and children seated on chairs. He...
The Kerala government has allowed Church groups and NGOs to resume religious and counseling services for prisoners in the jails of the southern Indian state. The government revoked the March 31 order of Kerala Jail Director General of Police Bal-ram Kumar Upadhyay...
