Evangelism: Impact on Indigenous Tribes of India

A two-day National Tribunal was organised in Lok Kala Manch, on 5th and 6th September, 2011 at New Delhi wherein over 150 representatives from various tribe groups from all over India participated. They voiced their views against the phenomenon of ‘forced conversion’ into Christianity by aggressive Evangelist groups.
The Tribunal was led by Shri. P.C. Dogra, former Director General of Police, Punjab. The members of the Jury were:

  • Air Marshal R.S. Bedi
  • Col. P.K. Panda
  • Binod Bawri
  • Swami Shantatmananda
  • Justice V.K. Gupta
  • Justice D.S. Tewatia
  • Ashok Malik
  • Usha Goyal
  • J.K. Bajaj
  • Suresh Soni
  • K.P.S. Gill
  • Bhavdeep Kang, and
  • Amb. Prabhat Shukla

The findings, observations and excerpts of the transcript have all been compiled and published by India Foundation. This report can be found here.

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Shri. P.C. Dogra with Ms. Bhavdeep Kang
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The tribals staging a protest
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The tribals staging a protest

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Kerala’s Radical Turn

This was published in April 2011 and is a collection of select articles by various authors, detailing the rise and sustenance of radical Islam in Kerala. In his article, T.G Mohandas details, from history as to how this spread had begun, while Girish P. details several recent and contemporary anecdotes that elaborate this premise. There are reports taken from Tehelka’s studies, as well as an article from the Washington Post (February 5, 2011) authored by Emily Wax that elaborate various strands of arguments to this effect.

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A Tale of Three Reports

This report by P.N. Benjamin details the facts, fiction and politics behind the incidents of violence against churches in Karnataka.  This report published in June 2011 also details the facts that the Somashekara Commission gave a ‘clean chit’ stating the apprehension that the Sangha Parivar, BJP or politicians were involved in the attacks against the churches was baseless.

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The Great Telecom Fudge

This publication was authored by Shri. Arun Shourie and published by the India Foundation. Having been the Minister of Disinvestment, Communication and Information Technology, Mr. Shourie tries to expose and counter the many allegations that were leveled against the policies of the NDA regime that were seen as the starting point to the many Spectrum allocation scams that were seen throughout the UPA II’s tenure

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