Nepali Christians fear that proposed amendments to Nepal’s new constitution, likely to come into effect on Monday (10 August) after seven years of parliamentary discussions, could eventually render all Christian activity illegal. Attempting to convert someone to another religion is already prohibited in Nepal, but the proposed amendments would meanContinue Reading
Ghojadanga — Some 30,000 Indian soldiers guarding the border with Bangladesh have a new mandate under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government this year — stop cattle from crossing illegally into the Muslim-majority neighbour. Roughly every other night, troops armed with bamboo sticks and ropes wade through jute and paddy fieldsContinue Reading
Modi’s job is to make sure the poorest Indians are not left behind as the economy revs upContinue Reading
In just about 24-hours Delhi would know who would be its rulers, (of its 70-member assembly) —whether it would be the Congress party which had a long innings of being power, many times uninterrupted or the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which has a strong backing of none other than India’sContinue Reading