Thousands of impoverished ethnic minority women in Myanmar’s war-torn Kachin and Shan States have been forced into marriages in neighbouring China, say the authors of a new study published by Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Thousands more disadvantaged...
Christianity is as Indian a religion as those that originated in the country, says former President Pranab Kumar Mukherjee. “Indigenization, adaptation and respect of local customs and traditions have made Christianity as Indian a religion as the ones that originated...
Beating their drums, some 200 socially poor Dalit people marched through the streets of Indian capital New Delhi on Dec. 4 in a novel form of protest to demand that they be given social benefits denied to them because of their Christian faith. Participants in “the...
Justice Joseph, the controversial but ‘compassionate’ judge who has retired from the India’s Supreme Court, was seen to have held views in line with the Church — particularly on abortion and divorce. “If someone is to take a vote on who is the nicest judge, Kurian...
A Protestant pastor, Rev Sojan, was arrested last on December 8 in Bakhtiyarpur, a village in Patna District (Bihar), for screening Yeshu Masih (Jesus Christ), a film about the life of Jesus. “The Rev Sojan was just showing a movie,” Sajan K George, president of the...
