Violence escalates in India’s north-east after forces mistakenly fire on civilians – officials
Guwahati, IndiaReuters Protesters threw stones and set fire to areas around a camp belonging to Indian forces in the remote north-east, with one civilian shot dead in renewed violence a day after 14 people were killed by defence forces, officials said. At least 14 civilians and one member of the security forces were killed in […]
Spat on and abused: Coronavirus fuels racism against India’s north-easterners
ANNIE BANERJI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
BOOKS: ‘NAGALAND’ A “POIGNANT AND EVOCATIVE” PORTRAIT OF A MAN CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
DAVID ADAMS reads journalist Ben Doherty’s debut novel, Nagaland…
Christian missionaries a ‘threat’ to India’s unity – MP
World Watch Monitor Christian missionaries are a threat to India’s unity, a Hindu-nationalist parliamentarian told reporters on Saturday. “Christian missionaries control the Congress,” said Bharat Singh, an MP for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). “Sonia Gandhi, the mother of Congress president Rahul Gandhi, works on the directions of these missionaries. These missionaries are a threat for […]
Good Friday holiday reinstated in Christian-majority Indian state after protests
World Watch Monitor Widespread protests have forced the government in Christian-majority Meghalaya State in north-east India to restore the Good Friday holiday. The coalition government, to which the Hindu nationalist BJP is a partner, had declared in a circular that Good Friday would be a normal “working day”, but the move was withdrawn on Tuesday, 27th […]
Catholic bishops in India warn against Hindu nationalism as religious hate crimes rise
World Watch Monitor An acknowledgement by India’s BJP-led government that there has been a rise in religion-based hate crime has coincided with a warning from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India about the dangers to the country of a Hindu-nationalist agenda. Statistics revealed in India’s parliament on 6th February confirmed a long-standing allegation by rights […]
INDIA: CHRISTIAN LEADERS DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM RULING HINDU NATIONALISTS
ANTO AKKARA, of World Watch Monitor, reports on the response of India’s Christians to the policies of the ruling Hindu nationalist party, the BJP…