From The States

US Congress seeks independent probe into Stan Swamy’s death

An organization engaged in spreading awareness about Chri-stian contribution to the Indian society has urged the Karnataka governor not to sign a bill against religious conversions. “It is nothing but a dictatorial bill,” says a letter the Reverend Ferdinand Kittle Foundation wrote to the state Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot September 17, a day after the […]

Karnataka governor urged not to sign anti-conversion law

Mother of renowned author Arundhati Roy passes away

Mary Roy, an educator and a women’s rights activist, died September 1 after a brief ill-ness in Kottayam, a town in the southern Indian state of Kerala. She was 89. She was survived by two children, son Lalit Roy and daughter Arundhati Roy, renowned writer and activist who won the 1997 Man Booker prize for […]

Citizen groups in Varanasi rally in support of Bilkis Bano

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), network of various social and human rights organization, has organized a series of public […]

Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav Kolkata event honours four Clergymen

At an event marking Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav – 75 years of India’s in-dependence – and Literacy Day, Church Art Kolkata honoured four clergy men for outstanding contribution to society along with several other eminent citizens. The program was held at Indian Council for Cultural Relations Kolkata Satyajit Ray auditorium, September 8, 2022. Church Art […]

Priest who inspired Dalit movements in southern India dies

Father P Antonisamy, who was an inspiration to scores of Dalit priests, religious and lay faithful, died on Sept. 6 in Pondicherry. He was 82. He was a resident of Emmaus house in Pondicherry, a house of the retired clergy of the Archdiocese, for the past five years.

Protesting Indian fishermen hit with restraining order

An Indian court has issued a re-straining order against Catholic fisher-men protesting against a multi-billion dollar seaport in the southern Indian state of Kerala and ordered the stepping up of security at the project site. The Kerala High Court issued the order on September 1 in response to a petition by Adani Vizhinjam Port and its […]

The ‘battle for the bottle’ in India’s Gujarat state

India’s apostle of peace, Mahatma Gandhi, would turn in his grave if he were to witness the “battle for the bottle” in his home province Gujarat ahead of crucial state polls later this year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bête noire and old war horse, Shankarsinh Vaghela, has once again thrown his hat in the electoral […]