Shariah Court in Kerala Being Accused of Cutting-off Hand?

While Congress leaders are hell-bent on damning the RSS – it is an old game that has long ceased to have any meaning – they seem to be unaware that as late as on July 4, 2010 the right hand of a 53-year old Christian college professor (one TJ Joseph) was chopped off by Muslim [...]

How the RSS Manipulates the Media in India?

The RSS is known for its secrecy.  The meetings of the organisation, either in Nagpur or in Delhi, are almost always held in camera.  Those who take part are not even supposed to talk to journalists covering the event, making it extremely difficult to decipher the RSS decision-making process. But it isn’t as if the [...]

Alcohol is Destroying Kerala

People in the southern state of Kerala are the heaviest drinkers in India, and sales of alcohol are rising fast.  One Jacob Varghese says he began drinking when he was nine years old, sipping on his father’s unfinished whisky and brandy in glass tumblers.  It’s a terrifying story of a descent into alcoholism for this [...]

Mother Teresa Belongs to Kolkata and not Albania

House number 54A, Mother Teresa’s home in Kolkata, is no less than a temple. May feel calmness when they stop here. Inside the house, the remains of the Mother, as she is popularly referred to in the city, are buried in the courtyard. That the revered Catholic nun transcended all religion is apparent when one enters her tomb, [...]

Sex in the Kerala Churches

Sex predators of Christian Clergy and The Church Cover-up   Dr Babu Suseelan   During the past several years, the mass media in Kerala has been awash with reports of Catholic priestly pedophilia, sex abuse of nuns by the clergy, nun suicide, and Church cover-up. The politically powerful Christian Church has been reluctant to admit [...]

2008: The Year of Jesuit Leadership in India

By Joseph A. Gathia   New Delhi, Dec 31, 2008: In independent India the year 2008 has been full of turmoil and anxiety for the minorities. While the Muslims felt the heat of “anti- national and terror “accusation it was really the Christian community which really bear the burnt of hate campaign by a section [...]

Planting Churches in India

THOSE THAT SHALL DELIVER… The Al Qaeda has “benefitted from a network structure that allows passionate and committed individuals and groups to contribute to a wider purpose (whether for good or ill) with a minimum of co-ordination and administration. Widely seen as an effective antidote to bureaucracy (the corporate equivalent of arthritis), the network has [...]

Francois Gautier Holds Sonia Gandhi Responsible for the Mumbai Tragedy

Now it is time for the people of India to say openly that which many, including within the Congress, think secretly and may utter in the privacy of their chambers. It is not about Man Mohan Singh, it is not even about Shivraj Patil, the fall guy; it is about that one person, the Eminence [...]

Wave of Violence Against Orissa Christian Continues

Militant Hindu nationalists affiliated with Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), have called for a nun, who was raped by their activists, to be arrested and they have reportedly sought to wipe out all traces of Christianity from Orissa. On October 21, 2008, a group of Hindu women from the Rashtra Sevika Samiti – an outfit affiliated to [...]

Christians in India Offend the Hindus

The Beam In Your Eye M. V. Kamath. I have often wondered whether Christians realise how much offence their missionaries give to non-Christians in India, mainly Hindus, by their activities. There are two kinds of Christianity. One is that of simple god-fearing people who go to church, say their prayers, do what little they can [...]