A Protestant pastor in a northern Indian state has been attacked for allegedly conducting religious conver-sions. Pastor Shyju Joseph was condu-cting Sunday worship on Aug. 6 at his place in Bihar state’s Nawada district. Members of the Bajrang Dal (brigade of Lord Hanuman), a Hindu nationalist organisation, disrupted the service after accusing him of conver-ting people to Christianity.

India’s poor deserve better than this
Concerns are being raised about whether the needs of poor and marginalized communities in India are receiving enough attention in current government policies. Observers say