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The Quest: Seeking Allah, Meeting Jesus

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                                                              It was 9 a.m. Twenty-one-year-old Ruth entered Bethel City Church, all prepared to worship God and fulfil her task of ushering. The church was situated in Sikanderpur, Gurgaon- a beautiful millennium city next to New Delhi, the capital of India- at about 40 kilometres away from her university campus. Its shopping malls, metro stations, call centers and crowd depicted the lifestyle and ambitions of the people residing it. Ruth greeted her two Pastors, John and Kay, and her friends. She was tall, well endowed, and her Indo- African ethnicity gave her a dusky complexion. Those who knew her said she was charismatic.She had been serving in the church for one year now and her face reflected the feelings of peace and happiness she experienced there, with an honesty tha...

Delhi's Dark Heart: Is White the Beauty Standard?

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                                                    " Dis crimination between human beings on the ground of race, colour, or ethnic origin is an offence to human dignity and shall be condemned...as a violation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights..."                                                                                                   On 20 November 1963, the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. It recognized that in spite of progress, discrimination b...