By DCD Reporter Alternative Front for Dalit Christian Liberation (AFDCL) and the National Dalit Christian Watch (NDCW) Tamilnadu Chapter commemorated the 130th birth anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar by organizing a Webinar on Dr.B.R.Ambedkar and Dalit…
Catholic village in Tamil Nadu reports caste discrimination,…
By DCD Desk Ayyampatti is a Catholic village in the diocese of Tiruchirappalli in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Christian Dalits of the village filed a case in the High Court of Madras—Madurai…
Dalit priest of Thanjavur diocese dies in a…
By Robancy A Helen Trichy, November 26, 2022: A Catholic priest of the Thanjavur diocese in Tamil Nadu, south India, met with a road accident and died on November 25. He was 50 years old.…
Dalit Christian from Tamil Nadu bags ‘Dr. James…
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…
Theologians renew demand for Indian Dalit Rite
By Robancy A Helen Chennai, May 4, 2022: The demand for a Dalit Rite in the Catholic Church in India was reiterated at a conference of theologians, biblical scholars and canon law experts from the community.…