Celebrating a bicentenary
From another time and culture, a proselytiser and Kannada litterateur

One-hundred-and-seventy-five years ago a diminutive German arrived on the shores of Mangalore armed with the Bible, seeking to spread the message of the Gospel.
Seven years later, in 1843, the Christian missionary had mastered Kannada well enough to launch Karnataka’s first vernacular newspaper Mangalura Samachara.  read more »

Bangalore Sept 24: A plethora of prelates graced the 65th anniversary celebrations of the Asian Trading Corporation (ATC) at a public function at St. Johns Medical college auditorium, September 23. Marking the anniversary celebrations were the release of ATC’s Revised Standard Version of the Bible in India, the Indian version of the Holy Father’s book ‘Spirit of the Liturgy’ and the inauguration of ATCs third branch at St. Antony’s Friary in Bangalore.  read more »

CHRISTIANS strongly condemn the public statement of Sri V. Hanumantha Rao, Rajyasabha M.P. from A.P. Yesterday he blatantly stated that those who read the Bible are unfit and useless for politics … the Christians must confine themselves to their homes and read the Bible, what they know about politics? (See Sakshi, Hyderabad, Monday, August 23, 2010, p.7).  read more »