By Apoorvanand
What kind of country is this, where a person is not allowed to bury his dead father in his village only because he is a Christian? What kind of people prevent a man from burying his father next to his ancestors?
And what should we say about the state that not only refuses to protect the rights of the individual against the gangsterism of villagers, but accuses him of conspiring to create conflict in society through his insistence on burying his father in his village? And what do we say about that country where the Supreme Court proves to be helpless to implement the constitution since the ‘people’ might be offended by it?
What kind of country is this where a couple is punished for teaching good things to people and talking about Christ?
The name of this country is India.
What does the Republic of India look like on its 75th anniversary? These two news stories and a report by the United Christian Forum show that our republic is ailing.
One news item is from Chhattisgarh and the other from Uttar Pradesh. Both tell us about the oppression and disenfranchisement of Christians.
The report shows these stories are not exceptions; they are part of the violence that Christians in this country face daily.
According to the United Christian Forum’s report, reported attacks on the Christian community increased from 127 in 2014 to 834 in 2024.
The forum registered 149 cases of physical violence, 209 cases of assault on Christian property, 798 cases of threats and harassment, and 331 cases of attacks on prayers and religious programs. Only 392 cases were registered by the police as FIRs, showing how reluctant Indian police are to consider violence against Christians as crimes.
This story was originally published in thewire.in. Read the full story here.