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Topic: Dalit Christians

Anthony Poola, India’s first Dalit Cardinal, will help choose the next Pope

As the conclave gathers to elect a new Pope, Cardinal Anthony Poola's presence will be a powerful symbol for India’s Dalit Christians.

Punjabi Christian pastors are mixing Bible with bhangra. Making Jesus relatable

Punjab pastors are energising Pentecostal Christianity with bhangra beats, flashy videos, and 90s boy-band swagger. People are balle-balleing for Yeshu.

A Dalit Christian’s body lay in Chhattisgarh mortuary for 3 weeks—courts feared ‘public unrest’

In Chhattisgarh, Ramesh Baghel has been fighting a lone battle to bury his father, Subhash, in the village graveyard—but both the High Court and the Supreme Court have turned him away.

Look at ‘Muslim quota’ from the lens of Pasmandas. Modi-BJP have been wooing them for long

Affirmative action in India has always been a secular project. The argument against Muslim quota ignores three key questions.

India’s Scheduled Caste list must be religion-neutral. Muslims, Christians are also Dalit

Dalit Muslims and Christians have been mobilising to be duly added to the SC list. This is a fit case for the Supreme Court to exercise the power of judicial review.

‘Miracles’, caste & now, crackdowns: The inside story of Christian ‘conversions’ in UP’s Fatehpur

VHP, Bajrang Dal workers say police are finally ‘cooperating’ on complaints of unlawful conversion, with 55 arrests since January. But a complex picture comes to the fore on the ground.

Why plea on ‘reservation for Dalit Christians’ is a dangerous and divisive move

Reservation to Dalit Christians will usurp privileges guaranteed to a section of the Hindu society. The Supreme Court should thwart this dangerous and divisive move.

On Camera

One way to cut down Indian dairy export rejections. Fix the labels

While export values have increased, India’s share in the global dairy trade has remained largely stagnant, despite being the world’s largest milk producer.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

India eyes 6th generation FCAS, looks at tying up with France for possible collaboration

Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.