Sister Shakuntala...dies as Corona Warrior...
A great Tribute to this Corona Warrior. ððð *Covid claims Mumbai’s pioneering nun* by Jessy Joseph, Matters India New Delhi, Aug 24, 2020 https://mattersindia.com/2020/08/covid-claims-mumbais-pioneering-nun/ A Catholic nun, who pioneered a credit society that helped change the destiny of thousands of women in Mumbai, has died of Covid-19. Sister Shakuntala, a member of Society of the Helpers of Mary for 51 years, died on August 23 at Mumbai’s Holy Spirit Hospital. She was 73. She was buried in Mumbai’s Oshiwara Christian Cemetery on Aug. 24 in the presence of the parish priest and a few nuns. Sister Shakuntala was staying at Ma-Niketan in Thane and nuns there are in quarantine now, Sister Ragina Joseph, secretary general of the indigenous congregation, told Matters India over phone. Sister Shakuntala was an executive committee member of the Mumbai unit of the Conference of Religious India for several years. She was its vice president during 2013-2014. Siste...