-TheQuint.com At least a dozen incidents of hostility, vandalism and violence against CHRIstians have been reported across India. In the final month of 2021, there has been a huge spike in attacks on CHRIstians by vigilantes, including several by Hindutva groups. At least a dozen incidents of communal hostility, vandalism and violence targeting CHRIstians have been reported across India this December. From a mob vandalising a CHRIstian school in Madhya Pradesh, to attacks on...

-TheWire.in 'They want to celebrate the commercial aspect of CHRIstmas but don’t want CHRIstmas to be there,' said John Dayal, former president of the All India Catholic Union. New Delhi: Incidents of anti-CHRIstian protests, ruckus and misdemeanour perpetrated by rightwing Hindutva organisations were reported both on news outlets and across social media in the lead up to and on CHRIstmas Day, across states.  Uttar Pradesh 1. On CHRIstmas eve, members reportedly belonging to the...

-TheWire.in The report by the CHRI urges India to ratify the Domestic Workers Convention or 'C189' as a step towards streamlining national protections for an enormous sector that is largely left to fend for itself.  New Delhi: While domestic workers across the world have suffered in the COVID-19 pandemic, the astounding lack of overarching legal or policy provisions in India to safeguard their wellbeing has meant a dire downward spiral for men...

-The Hindu Amul’s success does not seem to have become a catalyst for similar movements across other agricultural commodities Many wish for legendary “Milk Man of India” Verghese Kurien’s presence in our midst today as the conflict between the Central government and the farming community on the issue of the farm laws appears to be still unresolved. November 26, 2021 was also Kurien’s 100th birth anniversary. Kurien’s deep understanding of Indian farming...

The virility of Muslim men vis-à-vis men from other religious communities have often been used as a political tool and to create a divisive agenda just before elections for getting votes from the majority of the Indian electorate who are Hindus. Instead of focusing on positive agendas like human development, employment generation, and poverty reduction, political campaigns just before the elections oftentimes reduce to mere communal propaganda (when a lot...