“Where the mind is without fear […]; where knowledge is free;
where the world has not been broken up into fragments by domestic walls; […];
into that heaven of freedom, […], let my country awake.”
– Rabindranath Tagore
A few days ago, I came across a report by United Christian Forum titled, “Atrocities Against Christians Increasing Drastically Year-On-Year.” It states, “The violence in Manipur has been raging for over two months now, and hundreds of churches and many precious lives have been lost. This year we have just completed half a year of 190 days and we have already witnessed 400 incidents of violence against Christians across 23 states in India with Uttar Pradesh leading the chart with 155 incidents. Last year during the same period (January to June 2022) 274 incidents of violence against Christians witnessed […]. This year the month of June in 2023 has witnessed the highest number of incidents against Christians with 88 incidents (almost 3 incidents a day).”
Addressing the issue of Manipur in his article, “Human Lives Matter” in the Indian Currents (10-16, July, 2023), Archbishop Emeritus of Guwahati Thomas Menamparampil SDB reacts that “Today our interests ought to coincide with hearts and minds united in shared human interests. Manipur matters. The Prime Minister should speak up.” He further comments that “Modiji remains unmoved, He coolly raises the issue of Uniform Civil Code [UCC] and diverts the nation’s attention from the tragedies of Manipur. Is the government deliberately adding insult to injury by keeping the Manipur horrors as a non-issue?”
Fr Arnald Mahesh SDB
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