By Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent
Case prompts nationwide protests and further highlights country’s endemic problem of sexual violence
Four men have been charged with the gang-rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in India, a case that prompted nationwide protests and drew a fresh spotlight on India’s endemic problem of sexual...
by Sumana Roy
The career of the “literary” has not been very different from the Brahmin’s protectionism of the mantra, an inheritance kept out of the reach of the non-Brahmin. One of the ways in which this has been done in the last hundred years is through anthologies that create — and reiterate — the...
Ahead of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, Pope Francis reflects on Mary’s “yes” to God’s invitation, and warns against allowing consumerism to distract our hearts from the true spirit of Christmas.
By Devin Watkins
Pope Francis led the prayer of the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square on the fourth and final...
By Colleen Dulle
Pope Francis will appear in a new Netflix docu-series based on Sharing the Wisdom of Time, a book by Pope Francis that highlights the stories of elderly people from around the world.
The new series will feature profiles of 31 elderly people from five continents, filmed and produced by filmmakers under the...
By Devasagayaraj M Zackarias
Despite the poverty, families in Dalit villages contribute with their own money to church decorations and the crib. Unable to exchange gifts with others, they cook special meals for breakfast and lunch and share them with widows and the poor of their village.
Mumbai (AsiaNews) – Father...
Indore: A television serial 'Yeshu', based on the life story of Jesus Christ will soon be aired starting the Christmas holidays from December 22, 2020.
Christian community members at St Joseph Church, Nanda Nagar celebrated and shared their delight by calling it a unique Christmas gift.
The story of the serial is...
Bengaluru: The Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India (CCBI) has appointed Maria Francis from the Archdiocese of Bangalore as the new National Director of YOUCAT India.
She will coordinate at the national level the ministries of the YOUCAT India Missionary Movement and will guide its members, said Father Stephen Alathara, deputy secretary general, CCBI.
By Arul Valan
Anthonyraj was married six years ago. Unfortunately, he had no issues with his wife. Eager to have children, he married a second wife; of course, it was not a Church marriage. It was anathema.
The first wife initially reluctant later gave in and got reconciled. But the Church...
Congratulations on setting up the Dalit Christian Digest.
Dalit Christian women and men suffer both owing to their caste and religious identity. Besides, they face exclusion by the state that denies their identity and any protection.
I wish you all success in making visible the discriminations and dismantling both historical and...
Sowjanya Tamalapakula, Hyderabad.
Considering women as category “internal” to a community is not based on Ambedkarite politics but the framework of a Brahminical family model.
I am both an interloper and an outsider in two political groups – namely, feminist organisations and the Dalit movement. I repudiate certain aspects of both...
