It was terrible reading about how a political leader belonging to the ruling party, assaulted a visually impaired person inside a church, that too with Christmas approaching while alleging religious conversion activity. Ever since the BJP-led governments took charge at the Centre and in several states, the minorities including Christians and Muslims have never felt as secure as they had been before because of the alleged actions against them by the right-wing groups. Can this nation be called a truly secular republic if the minorities do not feel safe enough to carry on with their daily activities?
Every government, whether in Delhi or in the state capitals, is duty bound to ensure that citizens, whichever religious denomination they belong to, are treated fairly and impartially and have access to resources like everyone else. That was the dream of our founding fathers and it is a vision which keeps every Indian’s heart beating with pride.
Veena Maheshwar
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Hats off to Indian Christian Father
With due respect I beg to request your good self to put a paragraph to the notice of learned readers of Radiance. Revered Fr. Peter Fernandes, SFX has said as under in his article titled “An Eye For An Eye”.
“….subsequently the operation Sindhoor, India has taken an ominous turn, which might trigger a nuclear war between India and Pakistan. In April 2025, India announced it had put the Indus Water Treaty in “abeyance” following a terrorist attack and is exploring options to increase its water use and storage capacity on the western rivers. Under the terms of the Indus Waters Treaty, India is legally obliged to let the water of the western rivers (Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab) flow into Pakistan and cannot unilaterally block the flow completely. Pakistan has repeatedly warned that any attempt by India to block or significantly divert its water supply would be considered an “act of war” and could lead to military escalation, a genuine existential concern for Pakistan’s agrarian economy. Blocking a lifeline, such as water, to millions of people, is truly an inhuman act, and it would be an immoral decision for a nation known for humanitarian values and non-violence. To a situation like this, Francis Bacon had this to say: “Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it not”. (Source: Fr. Agnel’s Call Monthly, Goa, December 2025 www.societypilar.org)”
An Indian Christian writer has exposed the practices and preaching rulers.
Hats off to revered Fr. Peter Fernandes, SFX, who is serving at Jairampur in Arunachal Pradesh, for his courage. May Allah bless him.
Farooq AbdulgafarBawani
Rajkot, Gujarat
Let’s Have More Mamdanis
The new “Global leader” has arrived. Zohran Mamdani, son of an Indian mother and an African father, and married to a Syrian lady, has become mayor of New York, a city which houses people of all faiths and nationalities, cultures and ethnic identities. He is likely to emerge as a strong counter to US president Donald Trump, who since the start of his presidency, has been advocating MAGA (Make America Great Again), while frowning on immigrants and H-1B visa holders.
Trump’s recent policy utterances have directly contradicted all that the US stood for over the years including freedom and equality, which had drawn people from all across and made it a melting pot of nationalities. Let’s hope we see more and more ‘MAMDANIS’ spring up in the US in the coming years so that the nation remains an attractive destination for every aspiring global citizen.
Manjunath
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh