Threatened by Islamists in Bangladesh, no lawyer stepped in to represent a Hindu monk who had been fighting for minority rights and jailed for sedition. Monk Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari will have to spend a month in jail even as his previous lawyer is battling for life in the intensive care unit of a hospital after an attack at his …
"Prabhu pronam," is how Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari greets most people, with a genuine warmth in his voice. Not many even in Bangladesh would have known Chinmoy Krishna Das, a monk associated with Iskcon, some months back. In a span of four months, Chinmoy Krishna Das has become the biggest leader of Hindus in Bangladesh, drawing lakhs of people to …
