Dalit Christian Digest

By Puja Awasthi A 30-year Dalit youth in Azamgarh has alleged that he was beaten by some upper caste men when he honked at them so that they can make way for him to pass on the road. Ram Pravesh, a resident of Balapur village, was out on his motorbike to get some diesel for […]

By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar: Before Christmas, I visited 12 rural parishes of Berhampur and Rayagada dioceses to mobilize students for civil service preparation and become part of nation-building The visit was undertaken as part of a campaign of the Excellent IAS Academy, an initiative of Odisha Catholic Bishops’ Council to prepare Dalit and Tribal students to […]

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. Francis […]

By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar: A Dalit Christian youth has facilitated the increased income of rural women in Odisha. A 30-year-old Saphick Kumar Nanda, a social worker from the Kandhamal district, is taking collective initiatives for the vulnerable women entrepreneurs to increase their income, the standard of living and status in society. He provides capacity building, […]

Allanjuri: Sailendu Singh, a Catholic Dalit MBBS student, hails from a village called Allanjuri in the Kandhamal district of Odisha.  His father is a retired Upper Primary School teacher and his mother is a homemaker. Both of them are prayerful, God-fearing and lead an exemplary life.  When asked about how they felt as their son […]