Asia News: Increasingly, the Narmada Samajik Kumbh, a Hindu gathering in Madhya Pradesh of some two million people set to end on Sunday, is turning anti-Christian and anti-Muslim in its tone. Organised by associations that include armed Hindu groups, the event has pushed Christian and other religious minorities to demand government protection for fear of clashes or violence. Now fears have come true (see Nirmala Carvalho, “Fear of violence at a 2 million-strong Hindu gathering in Madhya Pradesh,” in AsiaNews, 9 February 2011) Story is here.
