Kerala

When Kunchacko Boban heard about the struggles Devaki had been through for the last four decades, he broke down for real and couldn’t stop his tears.

It had been quite some time that Jagadeesh had even taken a bath. His hair and beard had also grown quite long and were a matted mass.

During a collection drive to raise money for a needy's man surgery, Sister Rose came to know about the precarious situation.

Geo-tubes are essentially giant tubes with sediment-filled sleeves of geotextile fabric placed in a trench parallel to seashore that will check acute sea erosion, and also lessen the wrath of waves during high tides on the coasts.

It all began when several villagers complained to the police about being hit by ball on their way to the temple, where the boys had been playing.

Nambiarthodi Ali was approached by the temple committee of the Kundada Shiva temple in Chathangottupuram with a special request.

The 11-year-old grows over 30-odd types of fruits including fig, pulasan, durian, baraba, gooseberry, custard apple and sapota and most vegetables like Chinese cauliflower, bajji chilli, carrot, beetroot, cabbage, green chilli etc.

An unfortunate incident prompted Sukumaran to write numerous letters to jail and government officials to consider prisoners for organ donation for there wasn’t any existing provision under which they could do so.

This is the second temple in Cherthala that has taken the step of not using elephants in their rituals, keeping the safety of the public and more importantly, the animals in mind.

Once established, these co-operative societies will be the first in the country which will exclusively work towards the empowerment of the marginalised community.