New Delhi, Jan 15, 2020: A couple of hours after BuzzFeed News’ editor-in-chief Ben Smith posted a tweet quoting Satya Nadella on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, the Microsoft’s global CEO issued a more nuanced statement on the subject. “Every country will and should define its borders, protect national security andContinue Reading
New Delhi, Jan 14, 2020: When Surya Rajappan, a young lawyer, and her flatmate in New Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar area unfurled a banner and shouted ‘We reject CAA,’ little did they think about the amount of attention it would bring them. Living their lives, going about their chores, the twoContinue Reading
Nirmala CarvalhoJan Mumbai, Jan. 10, 2020: India’s leading cardinal has called the country’s controversial Citizen Amendment Act “a cause of great anxiety for all citizens.” Cardinal Oswald Gracias, the Archbishop of Bombay and president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), made his comments on Jan. 8 at aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jan 9, 2020: The Indian Christian Women Movement (ICWM) on January 9 urged the federal government to roll back the “unwanted exercise” of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens NRC and focus on “real issues affecting” the country. “In the stubbornContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Jan 7, 2020: Cardinal Mar George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church, has drawn flak for receiving a pamphlet distributed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporting the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). “The BJP in Ernakulam inaugurated their pro-CAA campaign by distributing the pamphlets toContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar. Mumbai, Jan 7, 2020: This government was elected on their promise that they would enact better schemes for the economic growth of the country in comparison to the previous government but we have experienced till date that this government is expert in fooling us: They told demonetizationContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 28, 2019: After weeks of silence, leaders of the Catholic Church have commented on the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act and countrywide protests against it. On December 27, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, said the ongoing controversy andContinue Reading
By Isaac Gomes Calcutta, Dec 20, 2019: This refers to December 19 report captioned “Dayal, Cedric among Hundreds detained for protesting CAA.” John Dayal and Father Cedric Prakash were arrested in Delhi and Ahmedabad respectively, while doing peaceful demonstration, along with others, against the Citizens’ Amendment Act (CAA), which wasContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 20, 2019: More than 200 Christian leaders from across India have condemned the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019, and “brutal repression” of protests by youth and civil society against the legislation. “We express our solidarity with the students and others who have been grievouslyContinue Reading
New Delhi, Dec. 16, 2019: Following anti-citizenship law protests that turned violent in south Delhi’s New Friends Colony area on Dec. 15 evening, Delhi Police personnel allegedly marched into the Jamia Millia Islamia University campus and brought about 150 students out of the premises. Many students said the detained studentsContinue Reading
