nuns

Speaking from the Cloisters

Nikhita Thomas

A chronicle of the life of a nun and her fight for justice

The Sisterhood of Resistance

Shahina KK

Kerala’s protesting nuns derive hope from an unsolved murder coming to trial after 27 years

God Against Libido

Stephen David

Where’s the reformer who will nail a thesis on the door of the Catholic Church?

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

KR Meera

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