Vijayawada, Feb 7, 2019: State Assembly passed a historic Bill on Wednesday for granting Scheduled Caste status to Dalit Christians living in the State. Lakhs of Dalit Christians living in Andhra Pradesh had been demanding for a long time that Dalit Christians should be given the SC status. Many DalitContinue Reading
CBCI Dalit policy completes two yearsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec. 2, 2018: A cultural team will beat special drums and perform folk dance to demand reservation for Christians and Muslims of Dalit origin. The two communities have been facing discrimination solely on the basis of religion for the past 68 years. The successiveContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Nov. 21, 2018: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) and the National Council of Churches in India (NCCI) jointly organized a Dalit Christian (DC) solidarity Sunday on November 11. I’m not sure if the event was limited to Delhi, because it was certainly not held inContinue Reading
By Mattes India Reporter New Delhi: There is an urgent need to side with the Dalits in India. This was stressed during a consultation jointly organized by Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) Office for Dalits and Backward Classes and Christian Institute for the study of Religion (CISRS) on theContinue Reading
The constitutional rights for Dalit Christians and Muslims are denied based on religion for more than 68 yearsContinue Reading
By S S Waghmare New Delhi: The National Council Dalit Christians (NCDC) plans to hold rallies in various parts of India to demand inclusion of their community in the list of Scheduled Caste. The leaders of the council from all over India met in the past few days in NewContinue Reading
More than 60 percent Indian Christian is DalitContinue Reading
The Karnataka Sahitya Academy has announced a massive research project titled Dalit Christians Samskrutika Shodha Maale on Dalits who converted. It envisages study of cultural, social aspects, conflicts and the political changes of Dalits who converted. The project has been taken up under the Special Unit of Schedule Caste andContinue Reading
The celebration of Dalit Liberation Sunday is a clarion call to the whole Christian community to be the voice of the voicelessContinue Reading