By Matters India Reporter Gorakhpur, Nov 27, 2022: Cultural activists working for peace in northern India have organized a rally on harmony and reconciliation amid hate messages and violence against Christians, Muslims, Dalits, Tribals and women. The five-day rally that covered the eastern region of Uttar Pradesh state concluded NovemberContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Varanasi, Aug 27, 2022: A powerful citizen’s movement in Varanasi has come to the streets demanding justice to Bilkis Bano, a rape survivor of the 2002 communal riots in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The Sajha Sanskriti Manch (SSM, United Forum for Cultural Diversity), networkContinue Reading
By Media Matters Reporter Varanasi, May 23, 2022: Peace activists from various religions have launched a series of interreligious prayer services at different parts of Varanasi as sectarian tension over the Gyan Vapi mosque controversy gripped Hinduism’s most sacred city. “These prayers are taken from ten different religious sources namelyContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi Lucknow, May 2, 2022: Some Catholic leaders in Uttar Pradesh have welcomed a government drive to remove loud speakers from religious places in the northern Indian state. “If the government is doing it in a non-partisan way and without religious prejudices, it is to be appreciated,” saysContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, January 8, 2022: Christians in India on January 8 expressed relief and joy over the federal government decision to restore the Missionaries of Charity’s license to receive overseas funds. The “most welcome” news, says Sister Dorothy Fernandes, national secretary of the Forum of Religious forContinue Reading