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Kerala nun, 55, wins 'State Masters' race in hurdles wearing religious attire: ‘Age or circumstances are no obstacle’

October 23, 2025 2:31 pm

Once a national-level hurdler in her teenage years, Sister Sabina claimed first place in the 55-plus category at the State Masters Athletics meet.

Kerala vs Chhattisgarh: Nun arrests expose how BJP deals with two kinds of Christians

July 31, 2025 6:00 pm

The BJP’s relationship with Christianity is not defined by theological opposition, but by whether the presence of Christians reinforces or disrupts dominant caste and class arrangements

Parable of the Brave: The lonely, exhausting protest of a Kerala nun against the patriarchy of the Church

August 30, 2021 8:40 am

The tussle with the hard-line rules of the Catholic Church intensified every time she attempted to redraw the boundaries of her rights as a nun

Meet the nun who wants you to remember you will die

May 15, 2021 12:05 am

The pandemic, of course, has made death impossible to forget. Since last spring, Ebenstein has conducted a series of memento mori classes online, in which students explore the global history of representations of death and then create their own

Kung Fu nuns: From cooking to martial arts, saving the world one social act at a time

November 22, 2019 4:41 pm

To challenge gender roles in India’s conservative culture, the Gyalwang Drukpa has also encouraged the nuns to learn skills traditionally reserved for men, such as plumbing, electrical fitting, driving and cycling.

Twist in nun play controversy: Director says he fears for his life

October 03, 2015 9:30 am

Church against Agnes of God: leads ‘are not Christians’, one is involved with Vagina Monologues.

Kerala nun murder: Suspect had killed another nun this year, says police

December 26, 2015 12:01 am

Police sources said Babu had confessed that he went to the convent that night for burglary.

Youth accused of Catholic nun's murder nabbed from Uttarakhand

September 25, 2015 12:15 am

Police sources in Kerala said the alleged accused Sathish Babu alias Sathish Nair, 38, was nabbed by Uttarakhand police from a guest house for pilgrims at Haridwar on Wednesday night.

Man nabbed for trying to rape nun

September 16, 2013 2:50 am

A man allegedly tried to rape a 29-year-old trainee nun as she slept in her hostel room on the premises of a church early on Thursday.

Number of women becoming nuns in UK 'on the rise'

June 12, 2012 11:08 am

In 2009 only six women had joined a religious order but in 2011 the figure increased to 17: research

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