The court’s observation has drawn attention because it intersects with a major unresolved issue — the legal status of Dalits who convert to Christianity or Islam.
New Delhi: In a ruling with significant implications for caste and minority rights, the Allahabad High Court on February 10 observed that conversion or marriage does not alter a person’s caste status, reiterating that…
The community has been at the receiving end for the last 10 years. Since 2014, with the ascendancy of Narendra Modi as prime minister, there has been an alarming rise in the atrocities perpetrated against Christians and churches.
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…
By Fr Cedric Prakash This year the World Day of Social Justice (20 February) is being observed in extremely trying times all over the world. The first signs and cases of the pandemic had already gripped parts of the world in December 2019; but it was not until after the middle of February 2020 did […]
By Fr Cedric Prakash This year the World Day of Social Justice (20 February) is being observed in extremely trying times all over the world. The first signs and cases of the pandemic had already…
By ValsonThampu Jesus condemned the then church –Judaism- for the hypocrisy of its priesthood. A major ingredient of this hypocrisy is the political abuse of morality and religious rules. Morality, in the hands of hypocrites, becomes a means of control. Moral ideals imposed on others will not be acceptable to oneself. It is high time […]
By ValsonThampu Jesus condemned the then church –Judaism- for the hypocrisy of its priesthood. A major ingredient of this hypocrisy is the political abuse of morality and religious rules. Morality, in the hands of hypocrites,…
By Pradeep Kumar Nayak “Those who professed a religion of non-Indian origin or coming to India, settled down there, became distinctively Indian in course of a few generations, such as Christians, Jews, Parsees, and Muslims. Indian converts to some of these religions never ceased to be Indians on account of a change of their faith.” […]
By Pradeep Kumar Nayak “Those who professed a religion of non-Indian origin or coming to India, settled down there, became distinctively Indian in course of a few generations, such as Christians, Jews, Parsees, and Muslims.…
By Valson Thampu Soren Kierkegaard was a formative influence on me. I remember his anguished cry, ‘In the whole of Christendom, there isn’t a single Christian!’ I heard the same anguish, in due course, in Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche, though in a different tone. The world has seen only one Christian, Nietzsche, wrote. He […]
By Valson Thampu Soren Kierkegaard was a formative influence on me. I remember his anguished cry, ‘In the whole of Christendom, there isn’t a single Christian!’ I heard the same anguish, in due course, in…
By Valson Thampu There are two sorts of Dalits among Christians. The first category comprises those who were Dalits before their parents or forefathers, became Christian. They stay Dalit. They are Dalits first, and Christians, second. But they are supposed to have been converted. To be converted is to be a new creation. The old […]
By Valson Thampu There are two sorts of Dalits among Christians. The first category comprises those who were Dalits before their parents or forefathers, became Christian. They stay Dalit. They are Dalits first, and Christians,…
By Victor Ferrao The farmers’ protest has gone on for days and several of the protesting farmers have died due to the biting cold of Delhi. The Government so far has failed to find a middle ground and the farmers are determined to their intent on the repeal of the three new laws that they […]
By Victor Ferrao The farmers' protest has gone on for days and several of the protesting farmers have died due to the biting cold of Delhi. The Government so far has failed to find a…
By Ajaya Kumar Singh We observe Minority Rights Day on December 18. Here, we critically examine the significance of the minority rights; whether India as a State empowers and protects the rights of minorities or snatches away their rights. According to a definition offered in 1977 by Francesco Capotorti, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations […]
By Ajaya Kumar Singh We observe Minority Rights Day on December 18. Here, we critically examine the significance of the minority rights; whether India as a State empowers and protects the rights of minorities or…
By John Dayal Exactly seven decades on, the Dalit Christian does not seem to be winning her, or his, a battle for human dignity, political rights, and a level playing field. And it is not surprising that this is so, for the Christian of Indian Dalit origin fights a battle on three fronts, unaided, with […]
By John Dayal Exactly seven decades on, the Dalit Christian does not seem to be winning her, or his, a battle for human dignity, political rights, and a level playing field. And it is not…
