Umar Manzoor Shah is a journalist based in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir who reports on climate change for various international publications. He is a recipient of the 2017 Lorenzo Natali Prize.
At Paramprasad Ashram, most of the women are elderly. Some were abandoned at hospitals, and some were rescued from abusers and traffickers. "We are here to give them dignity," says Sister Jonamma, who serves at the home.
In a conflict-afflicted region where religion-based social divisions also exist, Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs line up outside the Catholic hospital — the only charitable health care facility for the poor — with equal trust.
