Jammu: The National Dalit Christian Watch (NDCW), in its orientation programme held in Jammu on June 17-18, 2024, resolved to advocate for 50% representation for women in Church-based organisations and activities. The decision was made…
Tuticorin Diocese appoints layman to be the secretary…
By Sr. Robancy A Helen Tuticorin, 15 February 2023: Antony Edward Eugene, an assistant headmaster of St. Francis Xavier Higher Secondary School, has been appointed as the third lay secretary of the Scheduled Castes (SC)…
University professor releases 4 books on transgender women
By Robancy A Helen Thanjavur, February 8, 2023: Poverty can never be an obstacle to success, as the four doctorate holders proved on February 3 at the Senate Hall of Tamil University, Thanjavur. Professor Ku.…
Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council Commission for SC/ST initiates…
By DCD Reporter January 30, 2023, Chennai: Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council (NDBC) organized a consultation to disseminate and implement the Dalit Empowerment Policy on January 30 at Dyana Ashram in Chennai. "The Policy of Dalit…
The status of Dalit Christians’ enrollment at Navodaya…
By DCD Desk As part of the New Education Policy of 1986, Navodaya Vidyalayas were established across India in the same year. The aim of establishing these innovative schools is to provide quality education to…
Still a long way to go for India’s…
In states like southern Tamil Nadu, Church and political leaders need to do more to end caste-based discrimination By N. Leo Samuel In the last week of December, a few people from Vengaivayal, a village in Pudukottai…
Kandhamal Dalit and Tribal Christians mourn KP Sasi’s…
By Purushottam Nayak Raikia, January 8, 2023: K.P. Sasi, the filmmaker of "VOICES FROM THE RUINS," the world-famous documentary film on Kandhamal anti-Christian violence in 2008, lives in the hearts and minds of hundreds of Kandhamal…
NDCW writes to Modi to reconsider Pre-Matric scholarships…
By DCD Desk The National Dalit Christian Watch (NDCW), a civil society organization, appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to continue Pre-Matric scholarship for the students of Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Other Backward…
Indian federal government ends pre-matriculating scholarships for SC,…
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar, December 5, 2022: The Union Government of India has stopped the pre-matric scholarship for Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Other Backward Communities (OBC), and religious minority students of Classes 1…