Monday, February 1, 1999
Convent conundrums
Christians, missionaries, conversions, killings :The newspapers are all full of them these days. In the same breath, the matrimonial ads continue to harp "wanted convent-educated girls''.
Speaking through Gandhi
For Mahatma Gandhi, fasting was sometimes a means of atonement for the sins of others and sometimes a moral protest. In this age of cynicism there cannot be too much hope of Gandhian methods having the kind of impact they had more than half a century ago.
Vajpayee's RSS cross
But for the harshness of the domestic reaction to the widespread attacks on the Christian community, and the international unease these have occasioned, it is unlikely the Prime Minister would have decided to go on fast.
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