By Abhaya Shankar Dube A recent attempt to baptize and convert Hindus to Christianity has been thwarted by Sharan Bhagwath and his team from the Karnataka branch of a advocacy group fighting for equal Hindu rights, known as the Hindu Defense League. Bhagwath and team were notified that a pastor (unconfirmed) by the name of […]
Hindus Urge The Church of England to Approve Women Bishops
A Hindu community leader Rajan Zed has urged General Synod of Church of England to endorse introduction of women bishops in its debate and vote on the issue on Monday in University of York (United Kingdom). It would be a “step in the right direction”, Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, stressed […]
Hindu Seva or Christian Charity? Lessons for the US and the World
(CHAKRA) In 1993 Christopher Hitchens exposed the myth of Mother Teresa as a caring old woman helping India ’s poor with Christian charity. Yet the myth persists that her disease infested incarceration centres are in the forefront of Christianity’s civilising mission in Hindu-majority India . Switch onto any American fundamentalist Christian programme such as the […]