The Other Side: Redefining Bharat

Investigative Journalist and occasional documentary film-maker, John Dayal (born 2nd October 1948), has been a Human Rights Activist since the early Seventies.  His book with Ajoy Bose on the Indian Emergency (1975-77) is a major document of that period.  He has also edited the monumental Gujarat 2002-Untold and Retold Stories, on the anti-Muslim genocide in the state of Gujarat.  John is National President of the All-India Catholic Union, the country’s main Catholic Laity movement founded in 1919, and Secretary General of the All-India Christian Council which he helped found with Dr. Joseph D’Souza and others in 1999 in the wake of the massive presecution of Christians in the country.  An internationally respected, Human Rights and Peace Activist, John has reported strife and wars from various parts of the world.  He has spent years developing his database on peace issues, particularly right wing violence against Christians and other minorities in India.  John is currently researching Kabir, Mahatma Phule, Other Backward Classes and the Indian Church and, The Legal Struggle of Dalit Christians for Equality.  Dr. John Dayal is one of three Christian Members of the National Integration Council, Government of India, which is chaired by the Prime Minister.