India News
One of the most effective ways to love people is to be interested in them. The point of posting news is not to make us nervous or fearful about this trip, but to unite our hearts with the people we will be ministering to. If we know what is going on in their country, we get a glimpse into their lives.
Indian Police Urged to See Prostitutes as Victims
1 Aug 07 - Indian police must treat prostitutes as victims rather than criminals and crack down instead on clients and human traffickers who force women and children to sell their bodies, activists said Wednesday.
Hundreds of thousands of women and girls in India are sold, coerced or trafficked for sex in a highly organized, yet illicit trade which is the world's third most lucrative after arms and drugs.
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Spice Used in India ... Named World's Hottest Pepper
31 July 07 - Around here, in the hills of northeastern India, it's called the "bhut jolokia" - the "ghost chili." Anyone who has tried it, they say, could end up an apparition.
"It is so hot you can't even imagine," said the farmer, Digonta Saikia, working in his fields in the midday sun ... "When you eat it, it's like dying."
Read all about it here.
Sex Workers Chronicle Life in Indian Brothels
31 July 07 - "Red Light Despatch," a monthly publication, is full of emotional outpourings of women sold to brothels as children, personal accounts of torture and harassment, poems and essays by prostitutes, book and film reviews and advocacy articles.
Although prostitution is illegal in India, it is a thriving underground industry and voluntary groups estimate that there are about 2 million women sex workers.
More about Indian women who need Jesus here.
Indian Family Values Intact: Survey
30 July 07 - It's all about loving your family, especially if you are an Indian. Defying the grim prognosis of a breakdown in traditional values, Indians are stayng together as family, finds a 57-nation survey.
Nearly 84% of the Indians questioned in the survey say spending time with their families is their favorite pastime. Divorce rate, a mega indicator of the breakdown of old values, is under 1% in India.
There are all kinds of good insights into Indian Values and Beliefs (the stuff "beneath the surface" in this article. Read the whole thing here.
'93 Mumbi Blasts: Death for Yakub Memon
27 July 07 - Yakub Memon, the chartered accountant brother of prime accused Tiger memon, was on Friday sentenced to death by the special TADA court hearing the 1993 serial blasts case, taking the total number of those given capital punishment in the case to 12.
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Indian Nuclear Industry 'Happy' with Deal
26 July 07 - Welcoming the draft agreement to implement the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, India's nuclear industry on Thursday said it was looking forward to collaborating with American and other suppliers of nuclear technology and know-how.
The entire story is here.
First Indian Female President Sworn In
25 July 07 - India inaugurated its first female president Wendesday, a move that has been touted as a boost for women in a country where they often face rampant discrimination.
Read all about it here.
President Kalam: The End of an Inning
24 July 07 - President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will be ending his term on Wednesday. He may have been India's most loved president.
Read the entire article here.
Indian Police Find 30 Bags Full of Babies' Bones
23 July 2007 - Thirty polythene bags ... have been found in a dry well near a private clinic in the east Indian state of Orissa, police said on Monday. The manager of the clinic has been arrested.
You can read the short article here. (There are no pictures.)
The subject matter of this article is so gruesome, adding it to this site was debated. The article gives some good insight into the lives of the Indian people, however. Remember this when ministering to women and girls in India, and when praying for the nation.