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Ma Tujhe Salaam Birth Centenary Celebrations of Mother Teresa of Kokatta By John Dayal It turns out that Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu is not an Albanian after all. After the current redrawing of maps in Europe after the collapse of the Soviet universe, her birthplace Skopje is firmly in the bosom of Macedonia. The Maid of the Gutters of Kolkata is . . . → Read More: Teresa for the Munna-bhai generation NATIONAL PEOPLE’S TRIBUNAL ON KANDHAMAL 24 AUGUST 2010 The National People’s Tribunal (NPT) on Kandhamal, held in New Delhi on 22-24 August 2010, was organized by the National Solidarity Forum – a countrywide solidarity platform of concerned social activists, media persons, researchers, legal experts, film makers, artists, writers, scientists and civil society organizations to . . . → Read More: National Peoples Tribunal on Kandhamal Report 14 August 2010 Freedom of Faith in Secular India John Dayal The framers of the Constitution of India arguably wrote one of the best Statutes of the modern world. And then some of them almost immediately took up the leadership in systematically whittling away at core freedoms meant to guide the destiny of a Secular country. The Freedom of . . . → Read More: The Curate’s Egg A Report to the Nation on the Second Anniversary of the Pogrom By John Dayal This should scare any parent – in fact any sensitive person – out of his or her complacency. Manorama Mohapatra, a District Social Welfare officer in Orissa, has reported two cases of incidents of trafficking of girl children in the Kandhamal district recently. . . . → Read More: Remembering Kandhamal By John Dayal Do a few Christians murdered, or a half a dozen nuns raped in as many years, really matter in a country where gender violence is an urban norm and impunity accepted by government, courts and the people. They may seem inconsequential in the context of flagrant violation of Human right in India, but issues . . . → Read More: Christians pose a few questions to Indian Secularism Admiral of the Faith Raphael Cheenath of Kandhamal By John Dayal August 2010 In a year which marks the Centenary of Blessed Mother Teresa and of Saint Alphonsa, most would find it difficult to find another authentic Christian hero for the Faithful in India. Raphael Cheenath would possibly blush if someone were to describe him as a living Saint — . . . → Read More: Raphael Cheenath of Kandhamal Background of Dalit Christian Movement 1935-2010 For first time, Indian’s lowest castes defined by the lawgiver Saint Manu, and popularly known as “Untouchables” or “Depressed Classes” were identified in a more dignified manner, or so they thought at that time, as Scheduled Castes by the colonial British Government of India in 1935. In the following year Government of . . . → Read More: Background of Dalit Christian movement 1935-2010 JOHN DAYAL 26 JULY 2001 VB Rawat’s interview with John Dayal John Dayal |
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