Category - india

NGO addresses education deficit for women in India

staff writers — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:09:19 +0000

A non-profit development agency in India, Astha, is running education camps for young women who have missed out on their time in school.

Christians in Orissa rebuilding their lives after attacks

agency reporter — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:49:49 +0100

Christian villagers are rebuilding their lives more than a year after being attacked by a group of Hindu nationalist extremists in the eastern Indian state of Orissa.

Indian bishops speak out on caste discrimination

staff writers — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:08:13 +0100

As the UN declares caste-based discrimination a human rights violation, Indian Christian leaders have called on the churches to confess that the caste system has not been fully removed from their own communities.

Churches' India visit to back social justice and opposition to caste discrimination

staff writers — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:59:48 +0100

Church representatives from Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia will visit churches and civil society groups in India to back justice and peace work and oppose caste discrimination and violence against Christians.

Anti-Christian violence poses problems for India's secular claims

Ecumenical News International — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:33:50 +0100

Attacks on the Christian minority in the remote Kandhamal area of India's Orissa state raises questions about the country's claim to be a secular state, says a new book.

Indian churches express hope for the future of India's democracy

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 20 May 2009 07:16:56 +0100

More churches and Christian groups in India have hailed as a victory for secular governance and a non-sectarian society the convincing victory of the ruling coalition, which did much better than pre-election polls had suggested.

Hopes expressed for an end to violence in the Indian state of Orissa

agency reporter — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:15:42 +0100

According to an Indian church worker, the violence against Christians in the Indian state of Orissa last year was not a one-time event but the consequence of a fragmented society. However, the recent elections give fresh hope.

Indian election result seen as a decisive victory over communalism

staff writers — Mon, 18 May 2009 01:00:38 +0100

The overwhelming victory of the Congress Party and the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in the Indian elections is being seen as a decisive victory over communalism and narrow religious nationalism and sectarianism.

Mennonites back peacemakers in India's troubled Orissa state

agency reporter — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:47:01 +0100

In the wake of widespread violence against Christians in India's Orissa state, the North American relief, development and peace agency Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is helping to provide training to peacemakers in the region.

India church leaders suspicious about election candidate's arrest

Ecumenical News International — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:11:13 +0100

Indian church leaders have said they are wary about the motives given for the arrest of a parliamentary candidate from a "Hindu nationalist group" in the troubled Kandhamal district of Orissa state.