Mattersindia Reporter Guwahati,September 29 2023:Even as Imphal Valley was in turmoil over the disappearance of two students, Interfaith Forum for Peace and harmony, Manipur, were meeting with Kuki Church leaders searching for ways of peace. While this meeting was the initiative of Interfaith forum, it was prompted and supported byContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Guwahati, Aug 12, 2023: Sister Sanrupe Kharsyiumiong and her companion were busy recruiting candidates for her congregation in some parishes of Manipur, when ethnic violence targeting Christians erupted May 3 in the northeastern Indian state. After escaping, “our plan was to return in three days, but [we]Continue Reading
By Isaac Gomes Kolkata, August 10, 2023: India’s opposition alliance INDIA and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) party are now busy debating a No Confidence Motion against the federal government. The main reason for the debate for the ongoing violence in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. The BJPContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, August 2, 2023: Catholics across India have reacted with dismay to a message on Manipur from Cardinal Oswald Gracias, a top Church leader in the country and one of the eight advisors of Pope Francis. The cardinal’s comments “were shocking, uncalled for and totally unjustified,Continue Reading
By John Mathew New Delhi, July 29, 2023: As horrendous stories of riots, rape and arson emerge from the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, Joseph Maliaken reminds us, “Riots just don’t happen; they are all created.” The veteran journalist in his seventies says this with conviction as he has coveredContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, July 21, 2023: The United Christian Forum of North East India has expressed its disgust, pain, and condemnation at what it says was a horrifying incident that occurred in Manipur state. “A video recently surfaced on social media showing two Kuki women being paraded nakedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, June 24, 2023: The Assam Christian Forum on June 24 expressed its solidarity with the people of Manipur where an ethnic violence has raged for the past 53 days. “We earnestly pray for the killings and violence to come to an immediate halt. Our heartsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Tura, June 23, 2023: More than 50,000 students from some 120 Catholic educational institutions in Meghalaya’s Garo Hills on June 23 conducted prayer assemblies for peace in Manipur. Students of primary, secondary and higher secondary schools and colleges in five districts participated in the event heldContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, June 23, 2023: The ongoing violence in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur was condemned by the Mathruvedi (mothers’ forum) of the Syro-Malabar Church, based in Kerala, south. Representatives from 24 dioceses who attended the June 23 international senate meeting of the forum prayed forContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ahmedabad, June 22, 2023: The national association of Catholic journalists in India on June 22 demanded the dismissal of the government in the strife-torn northeastern Indian state of Manipur. “It is 50 days since violence broke out in Manipur on May 3. Though the reality isContinue Reading