VIDEO: Orissa's Religious Violence Explained

A Video Explaining the Anti-Christian Violence in Orissa

In the video, Umasankar Acharya, Bajrang Dal summarizes the motive of the anti-Christian violence thus:

"We will get the whole Hindu nation together and whoever stands against the rights of Hindus, we will finish them... India has always been, is and forever will be a Hindu nation."

The video:

VIDEO: A Cry for the Burning Orissa

A Cry for Orissa

A video raising a cry for Orissa. Contributed by an "Orissa Burning" reader.

First Things First: Let the Killings Stop

Christians Demand Immediate End to Violence

The Right to Life: First Among Human Rights

Even as Orissa continues to burn and more and more innocent victims fall prey to acts of diabolic insanity, Indian officials and media seem more preoccupied with questions like 'Who Killed the Swami', 'Is Conversions pitting Hindus Vs. Christians', etc., rather than with bringing the ground situation under control.

This then was the primary and fundamental demand placed by the Christian delegation which met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The killings should stop with immediate effect.

Fr. Babu Joseph SVD, spokesman of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI) on Reuters:

VIDEO: Orissa Communal Violence

The latest spurt of deadly religious violence in the East Indian state of Orissa is undoubtedly a blot on the secular credentials of India as a country, says citizen journalist Sandhya who has this video report for Instablogs.com