Personal Information
Organization / Workplace
Nagrakata, West Bengal, India
Occupation
Founder & Executive Director
About
An Interview with Father Sebastian Martis
24th.October 2008
Tell us something about your life.
I was born in Karnataka (Goa), which is south central part of India, in 1963. I have four sisters and one brother. My parents are practicing Catholics. My father was a Hindu and became a Catholic at the time of his marriage. My parents’ families are Hindu. I was born during the famine which began in 1961.
What was that like for your family?
We had a lot of land, thirty acres, but no proper food or clothing. I saw people dying of starvation, sickness and many people left the village in search of jobs. However, with the arrival of Fat