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The true story of how Hindi emerged — and how it was politicised
August 12, 2025 5:30 pm
Colonial-era missionaries did not “create” Hindi. They did, however, wittingly or unwittingly, play a key role in aligning language with religion, a move that continues to reverberate in modern India’s linguistic and communal politics
Delhi High Court directs MoHUA to look into allegations of encroachment, illegal activities in Christian graveyards
November 29, 2024 5:55 pm
The petitioners moved the Delhi HC in October highlighting instances of “illegal exhumation of mortal remains, unauthorised body-doubling, encroachment and the unwarranted sale of burial spaces”.
Kanwar yatra and the perils of nostalgic Hinduism
July 28, 2024 6:53 pm
Current reinvention of Hinduism — in terms of purity and impurity — owes a great deal to transformation in the cultures of nostalgia. It breaks the connection between actual conditions of life and its romanticised version, and those who are expected to take part in have no role in its propagation
A Tagore poem, Ram Mandir and audio clips — How a Christian missionary school in Mangaluru ran into trouble for 'hurting religious sentiments'
February 25, 2024 8:48 am
The convent school located in the Kankanady area, in the heart of Mangaluru city, was operating smoothly until February 8 when a school teacher was accused of defaming the Hindu religion while teaching the poem.
London Letters: Church cancels conversion event after Sikhs complain
June 10, 2023 2:39 pm
The Ilford High Road Baptist Church had scheduled the consultation event “calling Sikhs to Christ” for June 15 from 9.30am to 4.30pm where plenary presentations and discussions were going to held on topics: New Beginnings, New Challenges, New Horizons.
Know Your City: A 137-year-old church that marked the advent of Christian Mission work in Poona
August 03, 2022 8:20 am
Today, the Church of the Holy Name of Panch-Howd Mission is involved in social activities such as running schools, homes for the aged, and boarding for underprivileged children.
Why the East India Company opposed Christian missionary activity in India
January 16, 2022 9:02 pm
The foundation of the opposition was both religious and political, and rooted as much in the East India Company’s territories in India as in their home country.
John Allen Chau's death revives debate over extreme missionary work
December 03, 2018 9:00 pm
For evangelical Christians — Protestants who emphasize a personal relationship with Jesus, a “born again” conversion experience and reading the Bible as God’s word — spreading the Gospel is a way of life.
DEO ban on use of ‘Father’ in schools rolled back
May 16, 2015 2:49 am
In February, Kanker district administration had issued a similar order and a copy of that order was sent to the district’s VHP offices as well.
In party mouthpiece,church praise for Mizoram minister
December 02, 2013 5:03 am
A Mizoram minister had got a testimonial letter from his local church that details his work in and for the congregation.
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