Dalit Christians
Despite conversion to Christianity, Dalits continue to suffer caste discrimination. They come to the Christian fold with all the old prejudices and suffer.

Dalit Christians of Kottapalayam village near Thuraiyur in TN began a hunger strike near the Tiruchi Collectorate on Monday [July 21]. They alleged that they have been deliberately excluded from the ongoing annual festival of the century-old St. Mary Magdalene Church and are constantly being subjected to caste discrimination.

The festival began on July 14, and the church comes under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kumbakonam. The protesters say that they have not been included in the festival plans for decades, have not been given a place in the church committee, and the RathYatra is not taken to their area.

“Donate, but do not ask questions”.

Parishioner Raj Nobili said, “Only after giving membership do we get the right to ask questions. That is why we are not being made members. The administration should at least ensure that a chariot comes to our street as well.”
Human rights lawyer Joe Kennedy, who was part of the protest, said, “This is a violation of the right to equality given in the Constitution of India. The church has to break the wall of casteism that has spread within it.”
Rajan Chaudhary

China Today
“The two articles in the July 6-12 issue of Frontier–(i) Liu Zongyi’s ‘Understanding through Dialogue’ and (ii) Ashish Singh’s ‘Balochistan–Truth behind the Barbed Wire’–are an excellent exposure of China’s hypocrisy. On the one hand, it promises to solve conflicts through dialogue (as claimed by Liu Zongyi), and on the other hand, it is simultaneously breeding new conflicts in Balochistan by imposing the neo-colonial China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. By continuing to use the term `Communist’ for its ruling party, the present rulers of China are indulging in yet another act of hypocrisy. When will the Chinese people, who are celebrated for their heroic deeds in the past, overthrow the present gang of corrupt and criminal rulers who are exploiting them today?”
Sumanta Banerjee, Hyderabad

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Vol 58, No. 8, Aug 17 - 23, 2025