Andreas Thonhauser Most Christians in India will remember the year 2019 as challenging, to say the least. Religious minorities in general and Christians specifically suffered from an increasing number of attacks. Hindu nationalism, claiming to purge India of everything non-Hindu, was a decisive issue in the general election. Soon after,Continue Reading
By Harsh Mander New Delhi, Dec 29, 2019: The nation’s slide into fear, hate and bigotry did not begin ex nihilo five years ago. It’s the climax of a hundred-year campaign against the kind and pluralistic ethos of the freedom struggle A hundred years have passed since a battle wasContinue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ The nation is on fire! The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) which was promulgated on December 12 after the President of India gave his assent to it after it was passed by both the lower and upper houses of Parliament. The act is blatantly discriminatory,Continue Reading
By Jason Keith Fernandes Hindu nationalism seems poised to rule the roost in India for the near future. How do Catholics in India deal with this crisis? In May 2018, Archbishop Anil Couto of Delhi, wrote a letter inviting Catholics in his archdiocese to begin a regime of prayer andContinue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ This past year from December 2018, had two significant 70th anniversaries: first, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR, 10 December 1948 and then, of the promulgation of the Constitution of India (26 November 2019). It is quite certain that the makers of theContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Ragabpur, Dec 9, 2019: Human Rights Day is celebrated everywhere on December 10. This year the Dalit and Adivasi women of different associations in West Bengal gathered on December 9 to celebrate the Human Rights Day. Sampurna Nari Kalyan Sangathan along with Nari Mukhti Chetana Sangathan andContinue Reading
By Victor Edwin New Delhi, Dec. 8, 2019: As a Jesuit involved in Christian-Muslim Relations, I felt it important to visit Kashmir and be with my friends for a few days and to know how the Christian presence in the valley brings solace to people burdened enormously over the lastContinue Reading
Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Seventy years ago, when giving us the Constitution, Dr B.R. Ambedkar, recognised as the Father of Indian Constitution, said, “Will history repeat itself? It is this thought, which fills me with anxiety. This anxiety is deepened by the realisation of the fact that in addition toContinue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Exactly, 70 years ago on November 26, 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted and gave to “we, the people” a landmark Constitution. ‘The Constitution of India’ is the sacred book of every Indian citizen; it is a bulwark of fundamental rights and directive principles,Continue Reading
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Vijayawada, Nov 6, 2019: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy has announced that all mothers from poor families who send their children to school will get 15,000 rupees in their bank accounts for educational expenses. The money is given under ‘Amma Vodi (Mother’s Lap),’ aContinue Reading
