What are we missing in Sabarimala Debate?
I am neither for, nor against the ‘entry of women’ into Sabarimala devalayam. But I strictly oppose the frame work within which the issue is being debated, at least in the public domain. Anyone who looks at More...
The Truth behind Truthseekers International
Preface There has always been a hue and cry over the alleged persecution of Christians in India, which in the past year has escalated, whereas the reality is otherwise. Almost all such instances have been shown More...
Ground report: Treatment of Hindu students in Christian colleges
This real-life episode was sent to IndiaFacts by Jithu from Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The entire text is verbatim except for corrections in spelling and grammar. For a few months, I studied B.Sc Physics in a local More...
The Barguments of the conversion intellectuals
With the conversion, re-conversion debate, raging, it is futile to count how many times the “You can only be born a Hindu, you can’t convert” argument has propped up.To say that the thinking of intellectuals More...
The impact of Joshua Project on India
On 23 March 1995, televangelist Pat Robertson in his television program The 700 Club said this about Indians: “I feel that these beautiful people, they are so hungry for God. You know this is the largest democracy More...
Evangelist modus operandi in India: a report
Introduction That under the Congress-led UPA regime in force since 2004, Christian missionary activity has seen a massive spike is stating an obvious truth. The fact that proselytizers of all hues–both Indian More...
Pope Francis: an eyewash or a new beginning?
The office of the Pope is inarguably one of the most influential in the world. His words and actions have an effect on not only the ardent followers of the Catholic Church but also on millions of non-Christians More...
Conversion is extortion
Imagine you’re poor and living in a rural area. Your child gets sick. You manage to transport her to a hospital or clinic. To your relief, the condition is treatable. But the cost of treatment is not just More...