Dalit Christians along with other marginalised communities of India have been breathing a sigh of relief since Indian general election results were declared on June 4. Although Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is back…
A pandemic test of governance
By Valson Thampu Crisis, we are told, denotes the outbreak of truth. Human beings choose, for the most part, to live in a world of make-believe. That is because they cannot stand too much of…
Dalitness as the ordeal of personality
By Valson Thampu The Hindus are less hypocritical than we are at least in one respect. They have different gods for different castes. In Christianity, it is one-size-fits-all. Being monotheistic, we have only one God…
Dalits and creation theories
By Valson Thampu Semitic religions are more focused on creation than the rest. It is central to the Christian idea of the world that God created it out of nothing. But creation as an idea…
Yet another nun in Kerala ends up in…
By Valson Thampu There are times when I feel disappointed, indeed exasperated, with Christian Dalits, especially in Kerala. Perhaps they have not yet managed to break the mould of centuries-old Dalitness as yet. This disables…
A prophecy hidden in Dalit-ness
By Valson Thampu I am afraid the Indian Christian community is drifting towards a historical and existential crisis. The shape of that crisis can be read today from the status of Christian Dalits in mainstream Christianity. …
Dalits must re-discover Christ
By Valson Thampu There is an issue that continues to perplex me. Which Jesus are we worshipping? Which Jesus is the recipient of the worship that the church offers? My readers would remember that Jesus had…
On UP ordinance on religious conversion for marriage
By Tejaswi Ravinder Hyderabad: After mass terror attacks in 2009, inter-ethnic marriages in north-western China’s Xinjiang have become very rare. In 2013, when 24-year-old Mawlan, born to Uyghur parents and a musician by profession, secretly married…
Can God care for Dalits?
By Valson Thampu Surely, it is an advantage to have God care for you. So, the big question for the Dalits is if there can be a God who cares for them. An equally important…