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Speaking from the Cloisters
Nikhita Thomas
A chronicle of the life of a nun and her fight for justice
The Sisterhood of Resistance
Kerala’s protesting nuns derive hope from an unsolved murder coming to trial after 27 years
Nun The Less
In a historic show of solidarity, a group of nuns in Kerala has forced the church and the state to finally act against a bishop who had allegedly raped one of them. V Shoba in Kochi listens to the sisters who dared
A Prayer for My Sister
She lives in a cloistered world of silence and submission. Endurance is her supreme prayer. She is out there on the street today, demanding justice for the one who has allegedly been raped by a bishop. Pitted against a patriarchal church and an indifferent state, a nun’s life is a lone battle. And it all returns to her body
Holy Shame
The transactional power of the church in the secular politics of Kerala makes the loneliness of the nun starker
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