Indian Christians Condemn Growing
Intolerance in the Country
We, the undersigned Indian Christians
as citizens of our country India and as Christians in unequivocal terms
denounce the growing intolerance in the country. We also denounce the sinister
attempts to do away with reservation policy and ultimately the attempt to
undermine the Constitution of India; we denounce the planned move to utilize
religion for politico-economic benefits; we denounce the well orchestrated
efforts to use government machinery to achieve ones evil ends; we denounce all
the efforts to divide the nation into fiefdom of some elements.
We denounce all the attempts
to erode scientific temper and scholarship by meddling with the education
system of the country. We are in special way concerned at how the
Indigenous Adivasi People in our country are being coerced to leave their
traditional nature-based religious beliefs and practices and are subjected to
so-called ‘ghar vapsi’ by some hindutva elements thus ushering in
disharmony within their communities. Under this pretext, they are being alienated
from their natural habitat and resources.
As citizens, we uphold the
democratic, secular and socialist principles and practices of our mother
country; we uphold the basic foundations of justice, liberty, equality and
fraternity enshrined in our Constitution for all the citizens of the country;
we uphold the right to freedom of different cultures, religions, ways of life,
beliefs, traditions, practices, customs and orientations; we uphold the right
of the citizens to live a life without any intimidation by anyone; we uphold
the age old tradition of living in harmony and unity by all the citizens of
this country; we uphold the value of rural reconstruction and nation building.
Further, we stand in solidarity with
all victims of targeted violence against Adivasis, Dalits, Women, religious
minorities and people of other orientations. We uphold freedom of expression
and ways of life. We are in defence of human rights defenders and advocacy
groups.
We stand in solidarity with all those
from various walks of life, faiths, traditions, backgrounds, cultures,
communities, professions and orientations who have raised voice against the
growing intolerance in the country and call upon all the citizens to resist
every move to create crisis and conflict by some vested interests.
We invite others too to stand up at
this time and express concern and do whatever is needed to uphold inclusive
development, peace, unity, integrity, sovereignty and harmony in our Country
India.
Citizens of India
Mr. Francis Colaco – Former DGP Karnataka
John Dayal – Member, National
Integration Council, Writer and Activist
Archbishop Thomas Macwan, Archbishop
of Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Henri Tiphagne–Secretary, Human
Rights Defenders Alert (HRDA), New Delhi
Ms.Virginia Saldanha - Secretary, Indian Christian Women's Movement,
Mumbai
Dr. Astrid Lobo - Satyashodhak, Mumbai
Darryl D'Monte – Journalist,
Maharashtra
Dr. Walter Fernandes – Social
Scientist, Guwahati
Dr. Prakash Louis – Patna
Cedric Prakash – Human Rights Activist , Ahmedabad
A.C. Michael – Former Minority Commission Member, Govt of Delhi
Lukose Vallatharai IAS (Rtd) –
Bengaluru
Philomena Fernandez – Goans in Gulf
Dolphy Dsouza - Police Reforms Watch, Mumbai
Eugene Culas, Director - Voice of Dalit International, UK
Prasanna Thomas, Bengaluru
Florence Fernandes - Mumbai
Dr. Kochurani Abraham - Indian Women Theologians Forum, Kottayam
Managing Committee Members of the
Bombay Catholic Sabha, Kalina Unit
BG Koshy - The Rainbow Forum,
Bengaluru
Margaret Gonsalves - ANNNI Charitable
Trust, Maharashtra
Mary Alfred - International Travel House, Mumbai
John D’souza, Ahmedabad
Dominic Emmanuel – Media Person, Delhi
Edwin D’souza - Sindhudurg
Dr. Felix Raj – Principal, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata
Dr. Hazel D'Lima - Mumbai
Aasha Ramesh –
Bengaluru
Deepak Mukarji –
Delhi
Clement Pereira
– Bengaluru
Alana Golmei – Manipur
Ajaya Singh – Bhubaneswar
Manju Tirkey – Rourkela
Maria Pragasam – Tamil Nadu
Swebert D’silva -
Mangaluru
Harvey Hoddings – Bengaluru
Joseph Amodia,
Ahmedabad
Cynthia Stephen
– Bengaluru
Dr. Keith D’Cunha
– Bengaluru
Helen Saldanha – New York
Greta Cutinho,
Mumbai
Alex Ekka –
Ranchi
Marie Charmaine Lamount - Bengaluru
Rajesh M Singh
– Bengaluru
Agapith Tirkey – Pathalgaon,
Chhattisgarh
Dr. Goldy George –
Raipur
R. Viegas –
Mumbai
Gracias C
– Bengaluru
Benny Chiramel – Trivandrum
Lona Pinto,
Ahmedabad
Venus Mario John
– Bengaluru
Lynette Gomes –
Mumbai
Sebastian Poomattam – Chattisgarh
Harry Pereira –
Bengaluru
Anthony Dias –
Mumbai
Santona Das –
Bengaluru
M. Shimray –
Manipur
A R F Viegas –
Mumbai
Fredrick
Francis – Bengaluru
Rebecca Kurian – Bengaluru
Angela L Viegas –
Mumbai
Beena Macwan,
Ahmedabad
Omena Matthan –
Bengaluru
Eldred Tellis –
Mumbai
Loyola Azavedo –
Mumbai
Fulgence Lakra –
Jashpur
Sannybhai –
Surat
Mario Jason Braganza –
Thane
Prasanna Thomas –
Mumbai
Aloysius Irudayam - Madurai,
Joe Mattam – Vadodara
Joe Xavier – Madurai
Rosely Cheeramkunnel –
Mumbai
Sr Mariola BS –
Mangalaru
Velangani Sinnamuthu – Kalol, Gujarat
Stan Swamy - Ranchi
A.J. Philip - Delhi
Stanley H Mark - Bengaluru
Jothi – Kolkata
Alwyn D’Souza – Bangkok
Julius Gonsalves - Bengaluru
Dorothy D'Souza - Pune
Manu Alphonse – Chennai
Fredrick
Francis - Bengaluru
Ruth D’Souza - Maharashtra
Benedict Joy - Bengaluru
R. Viegas – Mumbai
Philu Thomas - Pune
Rapheal RSM - Bengaluru
Xavier Jeyaraj - Kolkatta
William Stanley – Vizag
Lewis James – Bengaluru
Dr. Rudi Heredia -
Mumbai
Bobby – Delhi
K.M. Selvaraj – Ooty
Freda Coelho - Ahmedabad
Anoushka Viegas - Mumbai
Ruby – Jammu
James Pochury - Nagaland
Xavier Manjooran – Songad, Gujarat
Shanta Mathai – Bengaluru
Nithiya Sagayam – Trichy
Apem Shangh - Manipur
Premalatha Kumar –
Bengaluru
Lydia Fernandez – Bengaluru
Mathai
Kochuparampil – Ahmedabad
Prashant Olalekar – Lonavala
Valerian Mendonca - Belgium
Rita Puthenkalam – Bihar
Leela Jose - Kochi
Enid Fernandes – Mumbai
Antony Arulraj - New Delhi
Dinesh Braganza – Mumbai
Mathew AJ – Trichy
Rohit James Joseph – Mumbai
Sr Jessy Leena BS - Mangalaru
Velangani Sinnamuthu – Kalol, Gujarat
Lynette Viegas – Lector, Our Lady of Egypt Church, Mumbai
Praxedes Gomes – Senior Citizen, Mumbai
Sahaya Philomin Raj – Tamil Nadu
Valerian Mendonca - Doctoral Researcher, Belgium
Owen Chourappa – Kohima
David Solomon - Dumka
Varkey Perekkatt -
Delhi
Jacob Kujur – Pathalgaon
Lilly Pereira BS - Austria
Lourdu Raju. D. Joy – Khammam, Telangana
Dr. Pius Kizha - Kerala
Nestor J Rodrigues - Bengaluru
Samuel Kapani - Austria
Vedanayagam – Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu
Arockiasamy Arulandu - Madurai
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