Church – Façade & Reality
By Balbir Punj
Is Church in India a religious organisation wedded to spiritual upliftment of the laity, or an outfit with its own socio-political agenda? This issue has been brought to fore once again following a violent turn in the Church led agitation, going on for nearly 140 days in Kerala against the construction of Vizhinjam International Sea Port, in Thiruvananthapuram.
It was fire and brimstone at Vizhinjam on November 27. The agitators, led by the Latin Catholic Church against the Rs 7,525 crore international sea port project in Thiruvananthapuram, allegedly vandalised the local police station and thrashed 27 police personnel, three of them seriously.
Police allege the violence was planned. “They (protesters) had done detailed planning. Two youths, wearing masks, ha...









