Cambridge, MA. Several blogs ago, I mentioned that Dr. Kiran Martin spoke recently at the Center for the Study of World Religions. Dr. Martin is founder of Asha, an organization dedicated to the health, education, and well-being of some of the poorest citizens of the poorest neigbhorhoods of New Delhi, India. Her work is remarkable, and her witness to Christ in action most edifying. You can watch her lecture at the Center’s site.

I plan to visit Dr. Martin and Asha when I am in Delhi in July, and will tell you more then.

Francis X. Clooney, S.J., is the Parkman Professor of Divinity at Harvard University, and a scholar of Hinduism and Hindu-Christian studies. He wrote for America’s In All Things column between 2007 and 2016. His latest book, The Future of Hindu-Christian Studies, has recently been published by Routledge.