Young Catholics in Tamil Nadu are in the forefront of rescue and relief operations among the flood victims in the southern Indian state.
Some hundred youth from various parishes of the Archdiocese of Madras-Mylapore “promptly swung into action” as the flooding affected reportedly more than 500 residential areas in Chennai, the state capital, Father Ronald Richard, secretary of the archdiocese’s youth commission told Matters India on November 12.
India’s poor deserve better than this
Concerns are being raised about whether the needs of poor and marginalized communities in India are receiving enough attention in current government policies. Observers say
