Jubel D’Cruz has made a number of accusations in his letter Christians in India (AV April 16). Ramesh Jhalla has made a constructive and informative contribution in response (AV April 23). The Asian Voice has given first priority to Mr D’Cruz’s letter in Your Voice page. It is further evidence of Hindu fairness.
Driven out by Muslim invasion a huge number of Zoroastrians migrated to India from their motherland Persia (now Iran) in the early 8th Century. Jews have been living in India for over five thousand years. His Holiness Dalai Lama came to India with his entire religious entourage when the Buddhist Tibet was invaded by China. All these people have been living in India in peace and harmony with majority Hindus.
The main problem comes from Christian missionary philosophy especially of Catholicism. Religious conversion to Christianity turns the converted anti-Indian. Having been converted to Christianity the people of Nagaland, despite being born and brought up in India, want to separate from India and turn Nagaland into a Christian state. In contrast Majority Hindus opted for a secular India instead of choosing India to be Hindustan in 1947 thus giving equal status to all religions.
Mr D’Cruz should learn from the world history how almost all countries in North America, South America and Africa have been turned into Christian states and the violence perpetrated in the process on original people of these countries by European Christians. In India religious conversion of Hindus to Islam and Christianity has been a one-way process for a very long time. If this is not addressed there will be no Hindus in the long run.
Jatindra Saha
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