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February 18, 2021
CWN Editor s Note: The northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (map) is 80% Hindu and 19% Muslim; only 0.2% of its population is Christian. “Dalit women are discriminated against threefold: for their caste status, for gender, and for the different economic treatment they receive at work,” said Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak of Berhampur. “Christian Dalits are also persecuted for their faith.”
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By Mons. Sarat Chandra Nayak
Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak of Berhampur (Odisha) expresses a wish and offers a prayer for the new US president, Joe Biden, and the new US vice president, Kamala Harris. He also urges them not to forget those left behind.
Bishop Nayak chairs the Commission for Scheduled Castes/other Backward Castes and backward classes (i.e. Dalits and tribal people) of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India. His prayer seems to answer the doubts that many Indians have about Harris’s election, i.e. whether she, coming from a high caste family, can help people in lower sections of society.
Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak celebrates Christmas Mass in the Central Jail, in the Berhampur Diocese, in Odisha, India. (Provided photo)
One of the deepest desires of the human heart is to live in communion and good relationship with others. We are sociable by nature and hence, social life and social activities have important roles in our life.
But the present global crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic has become a threat to our social life.
As the race for vaccine production is on, maintaining social distance, wearing face masks, and washing hands frequently have become mandatory as precautionary measures. But social distancing is alien to human nature; many people are falling into loneliness and a host of negative emotions that have sucked the world of its vitality and energy. Some have even harmed themselves out of desperation, depression or distress.