A Christian man and his middle-aged daughter stand together in their home in Kanakheri

(Shannon Carroll (Tufts University) Student Correspondent Corps )

In a small Indian village, Hindus and Catholics cope with crises together

RAJASTHAN, India — On the world stage, India is seen as a country where religious persecution runs rampant. 

In a rural village in Rajasthan, Christians, Hindus and Muslims live in mutually beneficial harmony.

In April, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom placed India on its watch list for "the government's largely inadequate response in protecting its religious minorities" in response to recent violence against Christians and Muslims.