Bhubaneswar: Two medical aspirants from the Kandhamal district struggle to enroll in Under Graduate Medical Course (MBBS) at St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore due to financial constraints. Each candidate has to deposit 6,28,000 rupees by Nov 28 to avail of the allotted seat by the government at St. John’s. OneContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Raikia, April 12, 2020: Christians in Kandhamal have set aside their poverty to contribute to the Odisha Chief Minster’s Relief Fund to combat Covid-19. “Our contribution may not be big compared to what the rich have given, but our hearts are filled with love and sacrifice,” saidContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, November 29, 2019: Kandhamal Christians find “Christianity a more human way of life,” says a Spanish filmmaker who made the latest documentary film on the anti-Christian persecution of Kandhamal 2008. The documentary film “One” tells the plight of Christians India in general and Kandhamal inContinue Reading
By Hanson D’Souza Sambalpur, July 26, 2019: Khristo Jyoti Mohavidyaloyo (Light of Christ College), regional theology seminary, Sambalpur, organized a field study trip for the 18 second-year students of theology to Kandhamal district of Odisha, July 18-21. The focus was on ‘Theological Reflection on Dalit Reality post-Kandhamal Violence.’ We wereContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporters New Delhi, April 28, 2019: Hundreds of thousands of Catholics throughout India dedicated April 28, the feast of Divine Mercy, to pray for neighboring Sri Lanka that was ravaged by serial blasts a week ago. The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India, the national body ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec. 18, 2018: Life term awarded to a top political leader in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case gives hope to victims of communal violence awaiting justice in India, say activists working among the survivors of the Odisha’s anti-Christian violence. The verdict against Sajjan KumarContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Kandhamal: Catholics in Odisha, especially the Kandhamal survivors, have organized for the victims of floods in Kerala. “The people of Kerala were the first to support us during the Kandhamal violence of 2007-2008,” said Father Manoranjan Singh, one of the three Catholic priests who celebrated Mass onContinue Reading
Christians from all over India now flock to Kandhamal for inspirationContinue Reading
Each priest spent at least a day with the family of a survivor Continue Reading