SPIRITED THINKING SINCE 1888
Karl Gustel Wärnberg
Gavin Ashenden
Karl Gustel Wärnberg
India
The Hindutva threat to India’s Christians
June 14, 2022
When it was established in 1947, the modern state of India offered the secular alternative to decidedly Islamic Pakistan. Yes, India was the Hindu-majority carve-out from the British Raj, while Pakistan (which comprised what is now Bangladesh and modern-day Pakistan under 1971) was to be the homeland of the Subcontinent’s Muslims, but for years India
Indian Catholic archbishop criticises Christian missionary survey plan
October 26, 2021
Bengaluru, India, Oct 25, 2021 / 04:30 am A proposed survey of Christian missionaries and their places of worship could lead to church workers being “unfairly targeted,” a Catholic archbishop in India has said. Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore made the statement on Oct. 15 in response to media reports that the state government of Karnataka, in
On Pilgrimage with Mark Hix
June 01, 2021
Where would you go?  A few years ago I was due to go to Southern India. We’d planned to stay somewhere quite remote that you could only reach by boat. The plan was to spend time fishing and to come up with new recipe ideas. I’ve never been to India before and I like the
India warns US tech giants amid ongoing face-off with Twitter
February 12, 2021
India’s IT minister has cautioned US-based tech firms amid an ongoing face face-off with Twitter over content linked to the farmer protests in New Delhi.
Pope Francis prays for victims of Indian flood
February 10, 2021
At his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis prayed for and “expressed [his] closeness” to the victims of flooding in northern India. Over 30 people have died and nearly 200 more are reported missing after flash floods burst a dam in the state of Uttarakhand on Sunday. Reportedly caused by the separation of a glacier, the
Indian government threaten Twitter with “penal action” for unblocking ‘farmer genocide’ hashtag
February 03, 2021
Today, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology threatened Twitter with legal action for unblocking content "designed to inflame passions" about the ongoing farmer protests.
Indian church leaders welcome Supreme Court decision on child sexual assault
January 29, 2021
Prominent Indian Catholics have praised the Indian Supreme Court's decision to overrule a a state court order on child sexual assault this week.
MP urges UK to protest persecution of religious minorities in India
January 25, 2021
Sir Edward Leigh MP has called upon the UK Government to protest the ongoing persecution of religious minorities in India.
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