Tag: India
Joy, fear as India’s population becomes world’s biggest
India faces huge challenges in providing electricity, food and housing for its growing population
Family planning in India: A woman’s burden
India is set to become the world's most populous nation by mid-year, according to UN figures
Former bureaucrats in India urge Modi to denounce attacks on Christians
The retired bureaucrats urged Modi in an open letter to reassure Christians in the country that it will get equal and unbiased treatment
‘Larger than life’: Indian film-maker Rajamouli shoots for Oscar fame
Rajamouli's films have been compared to Marvel superhero movies and he said it would "be an honor" to be asked to do one
Empowerment, not enforcement, can stop child marriage in India, say experts
The crackdown triggered protests, mostly led by women whose husbands, family breadwinners, were arrested
Christians in India protest targeted hate, violence against communities, individuals
The protesters held placards that read “Every persecution makes Christians stronger in faith,” “Stop attack against Christians"
Gandhi’s killer a hero to India’s diehard Hindu nationalists
In their view, Gandhi failed to stop Britain's colony from being partitioned into the separate nations of India and Pakistan
The women who lived as sex slaves to an Indian goddess
The stigma around their pasts means women who leave their devadasi order often endure lives as outcasts or objects of ridicule
Cardinal Tagle attends India’s Latin rite bishops’ plenary assembly
The January 24-25 annual plenary will address the theme, “Telling the Story of Jesus in our Context: The Synodal Way”
Wealthy Indian girl renounces fortune, enters strict religious order
The child is one of the youngest people to have taken the "diksha" ceremony to abandon their material possessions and enter the Jain monkhood