Missionaries and the debate on Sati in Colonial India
[contextly_sidebar id=”eBWL193jr1eqjRNrR0EnysLd8SB4ovcL”] In the popular mind, sati was one of the ills of Hindu society that was abolished by the colonial Government on persistent pressure from British More...
An Interview with Pope Francis on Twitter
On 3 Dec 2012, the Pope joined Twitter and ever since, @pontifex has been tweeting pretty regularly, May the Lord Bless Him. Based on a curation of some of his tweets in which he weighs on weighty matters like God, 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...
How John Dayal helps break India
A leading Indian daily reported on 6 April, 2014 on a US Congressional panel’s hearing on religious freedom in India. The report titled “Row over timing of US panel’s Modi remarks” referred to the Tom More...
World Vision: Karnataka Govt school fails in due diligence
Incident The Karnataka Government-run Higher Primary School at Bangarappa Layout, Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Bangalore, in collaboration with World Vision, issued certificates to its students in August 2013 confirming More...
The Truth of Christian Missionaries in India
Note: This article was first published on Maria Wirth’s blog. Christian missionaries have become increasingly visible and controversial in India. As I grew up as a Christian, I would like to share my observations More...
New York Times' Misleading Claims about Hinduism
Assertion: In an article in the New York Times’ blogs on India, writer Raksha Kumar makes the following claims: Mr. Kujur and his family converted to Hinduism seven years ago. As a member of the Oraon More...
Laxmanananda Saraswati unmourned yet again
When the 80-year old Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati was brutally gunned down by a heavily armed mob of fanatical Christians on the fateful night of 23 August 2008, I wrote the next day that he is not Graham Staines. More...