Amazingly, Jayesh criticized Saint Teresa. After training as a missionary, she could have opted to stay and serve her mother country, but instead came to India. She accomplished her role successfully. In doing so, she cared, tended, offering dignity to sick/ dying of Calcutta. She deserves our sincere praise and appreciation. Saint Teresa did not expect poor folks to come to her, but she went out to them, thus deserves to be a Saint.
To compare, Hindu God men perform the preaching part but without soiling their hands with person dying in gutter. Hindu god men expect their devotees to fly with them in a plane or accompany on cruise of Mediterranean. Faults attributed to Saint Teresa arise from her low education and basic training that armed her with spiritual resource. She, therefore resorted to charisma, prayer and pain killer.
As to image of India, please consider: after 70 years of independence from British rule, a Prime Minister have to sweep dirty streets to educate public: lack of toilets and deplorable public sanitation is known globally. Until Hindu religious or philanthropic humanism reaches every Indian, India will and still need army of Modiji, godmen and saints like Teresa.
Ramesh Jhalla
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