Tag: Indian Christians

STATING that the Sikhs and the Christians had always stood by each other, Bhatti said organizations like the RSS were bent on dividing these communities by the organisation of such functions.

THE single largest proselytiser is the Indian state which, by defining Hindus as those who do not belong to one of the minority religions, declared everyone else Hindu.

WHILE there won't be a Christmas holiday for Navodaya schools, the central board hasn't given any direction to private CBSE schools yet. It is also not clear whether staying open on Christmas would be mandatory for such schools.

"Today, the Indian society is under attack from Muslims, Christians, Maoists and terrorists and they want to end us as a nation,” reads a pamphlet by the outfit distributed along with right wing publications.

"The RSS which claims to be upholding the culture of India and Hinduism hasn't really understood the essence of Indian culture and the essence of the Hindu religion. No wonder they are doing the cheap conversions," Fr. Francis Arackal said.

"The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi must control the government of this State and order them to enforce the guarantees in the constitution of India," said Sajan George, president of the Global Council of Indian Christians.

A church with a cross in it that belonged to the 7th Day Adventists overnight turned into a temple adorned with a portrait of Shiva after what some Hindu groups in Aligarh termed the "successful ghar wapasi" (reconversion) of 72 Valmikis who had become Christians in 1995.

INDIA'S Christian leaders have called on the new federal government to include low caste Christians in quotas for places in educational institutions and civil...

INDIA'S religious minorities have been locked in legal combat to safeguard their statutory right to run educational institutions to preserve and nurture their culture.

THE Anglo-Indian community seeks government scholarships in higher education and reservation in non-Christian colleges, as they seek to preserve their identity and heritage.