Articles by Surinder Kaur
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In central India’s Chhattisgarh state, followers of tribal religion in Bastar District recently dug up the grave of a tribal Christian buried 20 years before. They unearthed his skeleton, burned it and scattered the ashes. -
A judge called them cockroaches. India’s Gen Z took it as a compliment.
They arrived waving Indian flags and clutching schoolbooks. Many wore cockroach masks. The placards were satirical; the anger was not. On June 6, crowds gathered at Jantar Mantar as what many commentators are calling India’s first Gen Z political uprising moved from smartphone screens onto a street. Jantan Mantar is New Delhi’s designated public protest zone, historically the gathering point for the country’s largest anti-corruption and farmers’ demonstrations. -
Hindu nationalists abuse new ‘anti-conversion’ law in Chhattisgarh, India
On the morning of May 10, members of a Hindu nationalist organization arrived at Christian Sunday worship services in several neighborhoods of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh state, India. -
Three Baptist pastors killed in Manipur ambush after peace conference
Three Baptist pastors were shot dead in an ambush in India’s northeastern state of Manipur on Wednesday, May 13, while traveling home from an interchurch peace conference focused on easing tensions between tribal Christian communities in the conflict-hit state. At least five others were wounded. -
Election results in India leave minorities to count cost
When India’s Election Commission declared results on May 4 across four states and one Union Territory, the numbers told one story. The pattern behind them told another. -
Manipur, India marks three years of ethnic-religious violence
Three years after ethnic violence erupted in India’s northeastern state of Manipur, more than 300 church buildings have been destroyed and at least 217 people killed by official count, with broader estimates exceeding 260. -
Five regions go to polls as India’s democratic fault lines deepen
Voting has concluded across five regions in India’s most closely watched regional elections in years. -
U.S. panel calls for sanctions on Hindu nationalist group in India
A U.S. advisory body for the first time has called for targeted sanctions against a major Hindu nationalist group, accusing it of systematic violations of religious freedom. -
Bangladesh Christian leaders express cautious hope under new government
Bangladesh’s new government has prompted cautious optimism among Christian leaders, who say recent political changes offer a potential opening for greater religious freedom even as concerns remain over security, justice and political pressure. -
Nepal’s Christians eye new government with cautious hope and specific fears
Nepal’s Christian leaders say they are cautiously hopeful after the Rastriya Swatantra Party’s landslide election victory, even as past actions by some party figures raise concerns about religious freedom and churches renew calls for equal rights, burial grounds and an end to false legal cases. -
Nepal votes for change as new political force sweeps election
Nepal held its first general election since a deadly youth-led uprising toppled the government last year, with nearly 19 million voters casting ballots on March 5 in an election that has reshaped the country’s established political map. -
What the election of the first Dalit Cardinal as CBCI President means for caste and the Church in India
India’s Roman Catholic bishops have recently elected the country’s first Dalit cardinal to lead them. The symbolism is powerful. But can one man, in perhaps four years, dismantle the caste walls that still run through the Indian Church?
