Manipur Violence: A Religious Conflict
Who really must be recognised as the STs in the North-East? Can the Christians be termed as a ‘minority community’ here? In other words, who are the real minorities in the North-East? In the context of Manipur, economic backwardness doesn’t seem too good an argument as there are several areas in the valley which are poorer than the hills.
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चर्च-मिशनरियों का ब्राह्मण-विरोध
अंग्रेजों ने मिशनरियों पर लगाम रखी थी, जबकि देसी शासकों ने उन्हें खुली छूट दे दी। नतीजन, पूरे भारत में चर्च-मिशनों की धोखे की टट्टी बेरोक-टोक फैल रही हैं। हिन्दू मंदिरों में जीसस-मेरी की फोटो लगा देना, हिन्दू डिजाइन का चर्च बनाकर भोले हिन्दुओं को फँसाकर ले जाना, दवाई से रोग ठीक कर जीसस की शक्ति कहना, हिन्दू देवी-देवताओं का अपमान कर उन्हें ‘निर्बल’ बताना, कर्ज देकर या मिशन स्कूल में दाखिले के बदले, आदि कुटिल तरीकों से उन्हें हिन्दू समाज से तोड़ा जा रहा है। हमारे सत्ताधारी सब जानते है। पर वे लोभ में अंधे हो कर, ‘अल्पसंख्यक’ विशेषाधिकार बढ़ाते जाकर वही डाल काटने में सहयोग दे रहे हैं जिस पर बैठे हैं।
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Ramayana Parampara among the Garos and the Jaintias of Meghalaya
Dadhi Mathan, the childhood story of Keli Gopal (Sri Krisnā) is the only play based on one of the episodes from the Mahabharata. Bhari Gan is mainly performed as a part of the different traditional modes of worship and rituals and ceremonies of the Rabhas and the Garos. In a full-fledged occasion of such traditional worship such as Bhar Puja, both the Dadhi Mathan and a Ramayana-based play are performed.
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How Christianity Destroyed the Pagan Greece
In this article, Sittun Swayam Prakash explains how Catherine Nixey has told the story of the destruction of the pagan polytheistic world by ascendant Christianity in the early first millennium. It is a heart breaking story of how ancient Greece was destroyed, its philosophers killed, its temples desecrated and its books burned.
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Theology of Hate – How Christianity Destroys Paganism
The Palghar Lynching of Hindu Sadhus has shaken the conscience of many Hindus. The case is still not clear. The area is known for violent Christian missionary activity, and the NGO which is trying to arrange for the release of the accused in the case has ties to the Church. Moreover, the recent mysterious death of the VHP assigned lawyer to the Hindu side, Digvijay Trivedi in an ‘accident’ during the lockdown makes the case even murkier. This article discusses how the Church routinely fills tribals’ hearts with hatred of everything Hindu.
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Mother Teresa: Saint or Soul Vulture?
In this searing piece, Satish Verma analyzes the life and work of Mother Teresa, on her birth anniversary. Tracing her life's work through two important publications he shows that more than anything else, Mother Teresa was a soul vulture whose primary goal was to convert Hindus to Christianity and it was in her and church's benefit that India shall always be portrayed as a poor hellhole.
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Is the Caste System the main reason for the religious conversion of lower castes? : Missionary debates of the Nineteenth Century
It is evident from the missionaries debates that the caste system is neither the main reason for the religious conversion of lower castes, nor is it responsible for their backwardness. Today, if the support of reservation is needed to uplift the lower castes who converted to Christianity hundreds of years ago, then the Church must accept its failure and free these people from the shackles of Christianity.
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ईसाई मिशनरी और जाति-संस्था
सन् १८५७ के पूर्व का विशाल मिशनरी साहित्य एवं पत्र-व्यवहार धर्मांतरण के मार्ग में दो ही बाधाओं का उल्लेख करता है। एक, जाति-संस्था के कड़े बंधन, जिसके कारण धर्मांतरित व्यक्ति जाति से बहिष्कृत कर दिया जाता था। दूसरा कारण था पूरे समाज में ब्राह्मणों के प्रति अपार श्रद्धा का भाव। ब्राह्मणों की नैतिक-बौद्धिक श्रेष्ठता को चुनौती दे पाने में मिशनरी स्वयं को असमर्थ पा रहे थे। अपने इस अनुभव के कारण ईसाई मिशनरियों ने जाति-संस्था को ब्राह्मणवाद की रचना मानकर उसे तोड़ना ही ईसाई धर्म का मुख्य लक्ष्य घोषित कर दिया।
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The Doctrine of a Dead Man – A Pagan View of Christianity
Gnostics saw in the Jewish messiah—the Zaddikite figure that later morphed into the Christian redeemer, Jesus Christ—a counterfeit revealer and a bogus model of humanity. His claim to exclusivity as the “only-begotten Son of God” was simply a lie intended to set up an authority that could not be challenged by mere mortals. In the tradition of the Mysteries, revealers appear periodically through the ages to enlighten and teach.
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The Victim-Perpetrator Bond: The Religious Roots of Genocide – Part II
What abuse was inflicted upon Europeans prior to the fifteenth century that produced in them a drive for domination by violence, provided righteous justification for that violence, and led them to commit genocide and ecocide on a global scale? What happened in ancient Europe before Europeans went forth to conquer, convert and colonize the New World?
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