Re: national protest day in india

["Ram Narayanan" <loraln@worldnet.att.net>]

John Dayal's piece talked about "Dalit Christians".  That is a
contradiction
in terms. Christianity has no place for the caste system.

Ram Narayanan
janaky@indiaintl.com or loraln@worldnet.att.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Charu datt <charu@ix.netcom.com>
To: debate@indiapolicy.org <debate@indiapolicy.org>
Date: Wednesday, December 02, 1998 3:06 AM
Subject: Re: national protest day in india


>John Dayal's piece repeatedly refers to "certain groups" responsible
for
>the
>acts of violence described. For the clarity of our debate, could
someone
>name
>these groups? Are they the RSS? the Shiv Sena? VHP?
>
>-Charu
>
>John Dayal wrote:
>
>>  . . .
>
>> The Christian community in India is observing 4th of December 1998 as

>a
>> National Protest Day to focus the attention of the Government and the

>> people of India on the spate of violence against Christians this
year,
>
>> and continuing efforts by a some fanatical elements to demolish the
>> secular character of the state.
>
>. . . .
>
>> Hundreds of bibles were burnt by hoodlums belonging to a particular
>> group who raided a hundred year old school run by the P. Mission in
>
>. . . .
>
>> They have identified the assailants and killers as belonging to a
>group
>> of organisations who believe in a communal philosophy.  The Chairman
>of
>> . . . . .
>
>> The conspiracy begins by fanning hatred, creating a Mythology of Hate

>> through disinformation and by repeating falsehoods.  The conspiracy
is
>
>> to brand the Christian community, and in fact all minority
>communities,
>> as aliens.  By propounding a thesis of "One People, One Nation, One
>> Culture," the effort of this group is to denounce the pluralistic
>> traditions of Indian culture, the richness of its diversity and the
>
>. . . .
>
>> Venugopal Commission of Enquiry)  Justice Sri Krishna who this year
>> submitted his report on the Mumbai riots has described in more
graphic
>
>> terms the genesis of communal hatred and the strategy used by these
>> fanatical groups to subjugate the minority communities.


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