Tag: India
India’s elephant god festival returns in jumbo style
The 11-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival draws tens of thousands of Hindu devotees onto streets across the seaside megacity of Mumbai
India’s first Dalit cardinal vows to be ‘missionary of compassion’
The Indian Church leader said his elevation to the College of Cardinals is in keeping with Pope Francis’ “care for the poorest of the poor”
With new Dalit cardinal, will India’s Catholic hierarchy stop caste hegemony?
The synodality process in the Indian Church needs first of all listening to the critical voices of the marginalized and excluded
India’s Syro-Malabar Church names three new bishops
With the appointments of the new bishops, the number of retired prelates and those in ministry in the Syro-Malabar Church rose to 65
Christian rights group slams India’s denial of religious persecution
“For a government run mainly by radical Hindu fanatics, such denials bear little weight,” said the International Christian Concern
India ruling party lawmaker arrested for Prophet comments
Raja Singh's words sparked outrage in the city of Hyderabad, where hundreds of people gathered to demand the politician be taken into custody
Online hate campaigns making art a casualty in India
Twitter trends like #BoycottAmirKhan and #BoycottLalSinghChada were widely circulated and people were being urged to make the movie a flop
Indian rights activists decry release of perpetrators of 2002 rape, killings...
“It is a shame for democracy and an insult to women,” said Dev Desai of the non-government organization ANHAD
The shame of a nation: The tragedy of Bilkis Bano
Independence Day was a terrible day for Bilkis Yakub Rasool and for millions of Indians who cherish all that is sacred
Jesuit university in India denies forcing teacher to resign
Media reports and social media posts alleged that university officials and some teachers had forced the resignation of a female teacher