Moody Bible student embraces his Dalit roots to help others
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By Vishakha Darbha When he was 12, Abishek Jonathan visited his ancestral village in Tamil Nadu, India, and was disheartened to learn that his relatives were denied permission to build a church. The reason: being a “Dalit,” or an untouchable. Jonathan heard about the case of Dalit Research Scholar Rohith Vemula committing suicide Jan 17 […]