The story of six Kentucky nuns who built a hospital in India

(Michal Svec / Flickr)This episode of Idaho Matters originally aired on April 20, 2022.In 1946, six nuns from Kentucky made a journey to one of the poorest states in India to start a hospital and train women to become nurses.This never before told story is being memorialized in a new book, “Sisters of Mokama.” The book’s author, who is also the senior opinion editor at the New York Times, Jyoti Thottam joined Idaho Matters to talk more about her book.