A Meet that Reminds Modi of Raj Dharm Dr. Prakash Louis https://www.indiancurrents.org/article-a-meet-that-reminds-modi-of-raj-dharm-dr-prakash-louis-701.php 08 Nov 2021
It is significant to note that while the attacks on Christian churches, institutions and personnel are going on, there is no reaction from the government. While there are many pressing issues and problems of the citizens, they are hardly attended to by the government; instead, non-issues have taken the centre stage and the government is hoodwinking the people in the name of religious divide.
Some media sources are limiting the conversation between the Pope and Modi to environmental justice. But those who have followed the life and mission of Pope Francis know that he would have raised the violation of the rights of Christian and Muslim minorities and all the marginalised in India. He also would have kept in focus false accusation against Fr. Stan Swamy, his incarceration and institutional murder. Above all, he would have spoken or kept in focus equal rights and dignities of all citizens irrespective of caste, class, gender, ethnicity, religion, region and orientation. Hence, he would have expected the Prime Minister to engage in Raj Dharm.
In the Indian tradition, Raj Dharm refers to performing ones moral duty as a king, ruler, or dispenser of justice. Though every member of the society is to adhere to Dharm, that is, moral order and within that do one’s duty, it is enshrined upon the ruler to do his duty since he is anointed and appointed as a ruler or governor.
Meeting Over, Questions Linger on https://www.indiancurrents.org/article-meeting-over-questions-linger-on-john-dayal-702.php
John Dayal 08 Nov 2021
A report in the Vatican News of 30 October, which covered the meeting, included a backgrounder referred to earlier meetings between Vatican and Indian dignitaries. “Other issues touched on during that meeting were the situation of religious minorities in a country where Christians make up just 2.3% of the population, and the release of Father Stan Swamy, the elderly Jesuit priest and activist for the rights of indigenous peoples, who was imprisoned for nine months on terrorism charges and died in July.”