By DCD Reporter
A Zoom meeting of the AFDCL was organised on March 30 to discuss the present situation of Dalit Christians and to plan for the future in which 20 Dalit Christian leaders participated.
The participants came from the Catholic, Church of South India, Lutheran and Independent Churches including...
By ADF India
“If non-violence is the law of our being, the future is with women.” - Mahatma Gandhi
Women are equally endowed with human dignity and no woman should be discriminated or targeted for exercising her autonomy. There are forces in society that become very uncomfortable when women assert their constitutionally...
By Tejaswi Ravinder
Hyderabad: After mass terror attacks in 2009, inter-ethnic marriages in north-western China’s Xinjiang have become very rare. In 2013, when 24-year-old Mawlan, born to Uyghur parents and a musician by profession, secretly married his girlfriend, Ma Jie, a Han, they attracted media’s attention.
“I acted first and told them...
DCD Reporter
Blaming the Christians and Muslims and charging under anti-conversion law or UAPA have become common in India. Like Jesuit activist Father Stan, many other social activists are behind bars for defending the rights of the Tribals, Dalits, and the poor and marginalized section of India.
It is atrocious from...
By Valson Thampu
Let it be noted, first, that no one can, or would want to, emancipate Dalits, just as no one else can eat or breathe for us. That idea that liberation is what others have to do to Dalits is a perverse lie invented by those who want to abort Dalit empowerment.
‘Coming out as Dalit a memoir by Yashica Dutt’ is a vital and extensively researched commentary not only on Dalit history but what it means to be a Dalit today.
By Ashutosh Kumar Thakur
This book is an attempt to contextualise one’s personal experience with the hope that it does the...
By Valson Thampu
It is a pity that Indian Christian Dalits have not yet understood the Jesus Revolution. That is to say, we have not yet become quite Christian. Do not take offense at this. Truth must be faced, even if it is bitter and biting.
Let me explain what I mean.
By DCD Desk
New Delhi: A former Supreme Court Judge says that the demand of a separate Rite for Dalit Catholics in India is inevitable.
Supreme Court Judge Kurien Joseph was reacting to the recent news regarding the said issue as it is gaining momentum with many supporting it as a solution...
By Joseph Edward
For some, it might be shocking news and for others, priests entering into politics might irritate. As a citizen of a country, everybody has the right to contest in the election but for the priests, it is not their duty to be actively involved in party politics rather encourage the lay faithful...
Without reliable data, the marginalised communities are left exposed to discrimination.
By Shreehari Paliath
The exclusion of Dalit Christians and Muslims from the Scheduled Caste category, and the lack of reliable government data on them, deprives these communities of the constitutional benefits extended to Dalits from other religious backgrounds, say experts.
