Rita Joseph

Rita Joseph is a New Delhi-based journalist who has worked for the nationwide Press Trust of India and as features editor of The Statesman, an English-language daily newspaper in India. She writes for media outlets in India and the United States, including Matters India, a news portal that collaborates with GSR and focuses on religious and social issues.

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Sr. Soumitha Chittilappilly of the Sisters of the Destitute sits in front with children of Udaya Colony during a field trip in Kochi city in Kerala, India. (Courtesy of Soumitha Chittilappilly)

Sisters of the Destitute in Kochi bring light into 'Enclave of Darkness'

A slum in the southwestern Indian city of Kochi is now called Udaya Colony (Sunrise Enclave), with buildings of two and three floors, painted with attractive colors, that were once one-room, cramped tenements.

Q & A with Sr. Roselin Chirayil, founder caring for women with mental illness

Q & A with Sr. Cynthia Mathew, who sheds light on India's Dalit at the UN

Faith-based groups address migration issues in Asia-Pacific region

Advocate for India's rickshaw workers is known as 'the Lioness'