By Purushottam Nayak
Bhubaneswar, November 9, 2022: The Indian federal government dashes the hopes of a million Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims seeking Scheduled Castes (SC) status by accusing them of being of foreign origin.
"There is no hope of getting SC status for Dalit Christians. Is it a crime or...
By DCD Reporter
New Delhi, November 4, 2022: A grassroots Jesuit activist and journalist won the Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA)-Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) Award for best reportage on Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST).
In a press release on November 3, the ICPA announced the ICPA Award for...
By Robancy A Helen, India
Raphael Vellankanni, a research scholar of history at Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, received the "Dr. James Massey Subaltern Studies Award" for his book "The Church of the Poor: A Liberating Ecclesiology from Tamil Nadu Church from Evangelii Gaudium."
Vellankanni hails from Chingleput in Tamil Nadu, south...
By Robancy A Helen
Cuddalore, October 1, 2022: Anthony Poola, the newly appointed Cardinal, is the face of the Dalit Christians in India. It is the first time in Indian Church history that a Dalit Archbishop has been elevated to the rank of Cardinal.
Cardinal Poola was installed on August 27, 2022,...
By Robancy A Helen
National Dalit Christian Watch (NDCW), a civil society organization, conducted the Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Karnataka state chapters in August-September.
NDCW campaigns and advocates for an inclusive and casteless church and society and works as a watchdog to protect the rights of Dalit Christians. It also...
They want nothing less than the abolition of discrimination based on religious bias and bigotry
By John Dayal
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, as the powerful chair of the United Progressive Alliance that ruled India some years ago, once told a small, but high-level, Catholic delegation she met at her official residence,...
By Matters India Reporter
New Delhi, Sept 19, 2022: The federal government’s reported move to set up a national commission to study the socio-economic and educational status of Dalit converts to Christianity and Islam will prolong the issue of granting reservation to the poorest in the country, bemoan Christian activists.
The national...
By Ashu Peter Mattoo
Jammu, September 4, 2022: The Jammu chapter of the National Dalit Christian Watch (NDCW) met with its national dignitaries on September 4.
The event took place at St. Peter’s High School, Jammu to discuss and inculcate each other's views on the present affairs of the Dalit Christian community...
By DCD Reporter
Father P. Antonysamy, former Vicar General of the Pondicherry Archdiocese and Dalit rights activist, died on September 5. He was 82.
His death was due to old age, said Dr. V. A. Rameshnathan, former general secretary of the National Dalit Movement for Justice.
The deceased priest...
By Robancy A Helen
Every year, September 5 is celebrated as Teachers’ Day. Like our parents, it was our teachers who moulded us to be someone in society. I remember when I was a child, we used to have special events to felicitate our teachers.
I have come across many teachers...
