Special Report 26, India -- April 2001

Contents

A panorama of challenge and opportunity
India factfile
Armed for the task with God’s love
Timeline: How Christianity became established in India
Evangelising New Delhi – two minutes at a time
Rajashri’s vision
India’s Caste system alive and well in the 21st century
How the Gospel makes a difference
Christian Mission Service
The perils of reaching out to the neglected
Fundamentalist Hindu organisations
Terrorism and lies from a vocal minority

In this Special Report, Danish freelance photojournalist Rune Hansen writes about a visit he paid last July to Gujarat, in north-west India. His reports and photographs give a brief but fascinating glimpse of part of a vast country alive with diverse languages, cultures and religions – some of which continue to cause internal tensions and violence. In spite of these and other problems, the Bible Society of India and its auxiliaries continue their efforts to make the Word of God available to every language group – efforts which will receive a welcome US$6 million boost over the next two years from the UBS program Opportunity 21, the largest Bible distribution program ever organised.

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Please see the corresponding Photo Catalog.

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Rebuilding Lives in India

Panorama of challenge
and opportunity

Armed for the task
with God’s love

Perils of Reaching Out
to the Neglected

Rebuilding Lives in India

Panorama of challenge and opportunity

Armed for the task with God’s love

Perils of Reaching Out to the Neglected

Panorama of challenge
and opportunity

Armed for the task
with God’s love

Perils of Reaching Out
to the Neglected