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The Illusion of Protection

India, Dec. 29 -- Religious festivals are meant to mark memory, joy, and belonging. In India today, they have become thresholds. Christmas, Easter, and even funerals now arrive with police, court peti... Read More


2025 Will Haunt the Indian Christian Community

India, Dec. 29 -- Not much hope was held for 2025, the 12th year of Mr Narendra Modi's powerfully personalised prime ministership, and the 100th year of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, his alma mater... Read More


VD Satheesan: A Politician Formed by the Word

India, Dec. 29 -- In an era when faith is often kept carefully outside the public square, VD Satheesan, Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly, speaks of the Bible with an ease th... Read More


Christmas Without Fear Faith Beyond Flags and Frenzy

India, Dec. 29 -- For the first time in my life, I received several messages wishing me a safe Christmas. Not happy. Not merry. Safe. For seven decades, Christmas greetings in my life have come wrappe... Read More


Weaponising Religious Festivals to Foment Religious Disharmony and Polarisation

India, Dec. 29 -- The manipulation of religious festivals to foment hatred and provoke communal violence has been a strategy employed by certain right-wing political forces in India for many years. Si... Read More


New Year, Old Justice Abandoning the Vulnerable

India, Dec. 29 -- The new year is around the corner. By the time this piece is read, many of us will be bracing for the first dawn of the new calendar. Some might have already made their way to the hi... Read More


No Rest, Even in Death Christians in India and the Violence at the Graveside

India, Dec. 29 -- On December 15, 2025, in Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, a province in the central part of India, the father of Rajman Salam, an elected sarpanch (village headman), was buried accordi... Read More


Depriving Social Justice, Furthering Ideology

India, Dec. 29 -- Renaming the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) into the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Employment and Livelihood Mission (Rural) Bill, dubbed "G RAM G" an... Read More


In the Land of Tagore, Vivekananda, and Gandhi, Freedom of Religion is Under Attack

India, Dec. 29 -- India is fortunate to have given birth to Rabindranath Tagore, Swami Vivekananda, and Mahatma Gandhi, who inspired generations not only in India but across the world. Apart from thei... Read More


The Fire of Rationality

India, Dec. 29 -- In the thundering storm of ignorance and fear, Rose a voice, fierce and clear-Periyar, the seer. A flame against the darkness, a sword against the lie, He challenged the shadows that... Read More