By DCD Reporter
Kumbakonam: National Council of Dalit Christians (NCDC), Anaithu Makkal Jananayaka Katchi (AJMK or All People’s Democratic Party) and Collation of Dalit Christians on February 6 protested to appoint Dalit Bishops at Gandhi Park, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu.
They demand to appoint a Dalit bishop in the upcoming vacant diocese...
By Purushottam Nayak
Bhubaneswar: A 20-year Dalit Christian girl from Kandhamal district, Odisha recently won the Miss Photogenic and Miss Body Beauty titles at the Miss Teen Diva-2020 Beauty Contest organized in Jaipur and Gurugram.
“I was honoured to be the winner of the prestigious Miss Body Beauty and Miss Photogenic...
By Nirmala Carvalho
The woman was called by her mother who said she was ill, but when she arrived she was locked up, taken to a clinic and had an abortion. For Fr Devasagayaraj, former national secretary of the CBCI SC/ST commission, this is a consequence of endogamy, which requires people to marry in...
By DCD Reporter
On January 27, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Archbishop Antony Anandarayar from the pastoral governance of Pondicherry-Cuddalore Archdiocese in south India and appointed Bishop Peter Abir Antonysamy of Sultanpet as the Apostolic Administrator of the same Archdiocese.
This announcement of the Vatican disappointed the Dalit Catholics in...
The court gave the government a final opportunity to file an affidavit compliance and has listed the matter for February 10.
New Delhi: The Karnataka high court on Tuesday, February 2, chastised the state government for failing to implement provisions of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act (Manual Scavengers Act)...
By DCD Reporter
Atrocities against caste are at peak in Tamil Nadu. A Dalit youth is attacked by four dominant caste men overnight and poured urine into his mouth.
This cruel incident took place in a place called Gunathiranpatti near Aranthangi in Pudukottai district.
Mathan, a 19-year-old youth, after...
By Chandrashekhar Azad
The Constitution drafted by B R Ambedkar opened up many pathways to emancipate and make the oppressed equal citizens in our nation. But looking back at the seven decades of the republic’s existence, we realise that we have failed Indian women and Dalits.
The scenario in 2021 is...
By BRITNI DE LA CRETAZ
On September 14, 2020, 19-year-old Manisha Valmiki was raped in Uttar Pradesh, a northern state in India. She had her tongue cut, and spine broken during the attack, which was allegedly conducted by four men. Fifteen days later, she died of injuries. A week after that, another 22-year-old woman in India died...
By DCD Desk
Mary John Maria Susai, Ph.D. is the president of Dalit Christian Liberation Movement (DCLM), Tamil Nadu. He has been fighting for the rights of Dalit Christians.
Dalit Christian Digest met him to know more about his work and DCLM Excerpts:
DCLM emerged as a people’s movement in...
By Rev. Asir Ebenezer
(Isaiah 2:4, Joel 3:10, Micah 4:3)
Indian Republic day 2021
Never before has the recollection of this iconic phrase been more relevant than on this Indian Republic day 26th January 2021 when representatives of the agricultural community are calling the attention of the nation to...
