On Good Governance Day, recalling Vajpayee’s tarnished record on protecting India’s minorities

The former prime minister, whose birth anniversary is celebrated on December 25, failed Muslims and Christians when they needed him the most.

John Dayal

· Dec 25, 2020 · 09:30 am

Jailed activist Stan Swamy has spent half a century making Adivasi struggles his own

The Jesuit priest has sought to interpret his vocation and training in Ignatius Loyola’s philosophy in the service of the most deprived, the most threatened.

John Dayal

· Oct 14, 2020 · 06:30 am

Agnivesh (1939-2020): The man who tried to reclaim the colour saffron from political opportunists

He devoted his life to India’s most marginalised and to the cause of secularism.

John Dayal

· Sep 11, 2020 · 10:30 pm

As Haryana votes on May 12, a reminder of a troubling death in a police encounter in Mewat

Several eyewitnesses say Arshad Khan was shot dead at point-blank range in February. This brazen act indicates police are assured of their impunity.

Harsh Mander

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John Dayal

· May 11, 2019 · 06:30 am

In Bihar, Muslims are facing increasing hostility and hatred after 2017

The state is proof that communal tension between Hindus and Muslims is not spontaneous. It thrives only because of politically engineered polarisation.

Natasha Badhwar

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Harsh Mander

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Navsharan Singh

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John Dayal

· Mar 17, 2019 · 08:00 am

‘We always thought ourselves as Assamese’: Tinsukia killings may have changed Assam village forever

The murder of five Hindu Bengali men by armed gunmen in Kherbari village in November has left its residents anxious.

John Dayal

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Harsh Mander

· Jan 13, 2019 · 08:00 am

Caught in a sexual abuse storm, Catholic Church in India must set up gender justice tribunal

The victims must be counselled and their forgiveness sought. The law of the land is sufficient for the guilty.

John Dayal

· Oct 28, 2018 · 08:00 am

Kerala rape: Why Christians should demand that Bishop Franco Mulakkal be tried in a fast-track court

The Missionaries of Jesus congregation should subsequently be disbanded.

John Dayal

· Sep 27, 2018 · 07:30 am

Rajasthan hate murder: The other tragedy in Afrazul’s killing is a famine of compassion, outrage

A fact-finding team visits the Rajasthan town where Shambhulal Regar killed a migrant Bengali labourer and had the attack filmed.

Harsh Mander

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John Dayal

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Kavita Shrivastava

· Dec 18, 2017 · 09:00 am

As Sangh renews its anti-Christian drive, the impunity with which its men break the law is worrying

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has taken the credit for the ‘ghar wapsi’ of 53 families in Jharkhand last week.

John Dayal

· Apr 16, 2017 · 07:30 am

The closure of Forward Press print edition is a backward step for journalism

The anti-caste magazine was targeted by the Sangh Parivar as far back as 2014.

John Dayal

· Mar 11, 2016 · 12:30 pm

‘You did commit the crime’: An Old Testament quote explains why the Christian community snubbed RSS

On the weekend, 300 leaders of community unanimously rebuffed the idea of an affiliate group of the Sangh Parivar for Christians.

John Dayal

· Feb 17, 2016 · 11:30 am