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'CASTE' IN THE SAME  MOULD!
       
Just sample these familiar insertions in the  Sunday matrimonial pages of any
newspaper:

* CSI Nadar Christian  invites alliance... 
* CSI Adi dravida  wants ... 
* Roman Catholic  wants...except SC/ST.. 
* Protestant Pillai  seeks... 

Welcome to the  'casteless' egalitarian world of Christianity. Or at least,
that is what the  board outside Evangelists Inc claims. Then what do the above
advertisements that  routinely appear in very secular newspapers point to?
Well, they reveal what  really one confronts behind the facade, the truth, the
whole truth and nothing  but the truth, but unfortunately kept captive by an
army of lies.

Frankly it  does not need much effort to nail all these
self-evident bluster regarding 'a  casteless' Christianity, nor do they qualify as a
closely held secret. As they  say, everyone knows. But there is certainly a
crying urgency to brush up the  facts, for, the key weapon brandished by the
champions of conversions is the  'oppressive caste-system of Hinduism'which is
deemed as justification enough for  people to migrate to Christianity. And the
orchestrated indignation and  self-righteousness with which these paragons
sermonise from the roof-top make  one almost believe for a moment that they are
right after all. That is the power  of lies, told repeatedly and at high decibel
levels. And couched as it is in  holy attire, it would make even Goebbels feel
shy. 

The singular theme of  all their protests, agitations, memoranda to those in
power and of course all  those secular editorials in newspapers is that the
oppressed classes have now  been deprived of their only means of salvation from
the clutches of caste.  Obviously, those editorial writers do not care to see
what appears in their own  papers as advertisements but their ignorance can be
ignored for there are more  people who read the ads than those reading the
edits, thankfully. And therefore  it is common knowledge that, even in
Christianity, salvation for a Nadar lies  only with a Nadar, a Pillai gets
invariably wedded to a Pillai, and Dalits  continue to be 'untouched' by the 'Caste
Christians', with the healing touch of  the new order remaining a pipe dream.

All these happen by conscious choice as is  evident from the 'detailed'
specifications that prospective brides and grooms  take special care to mention.
In fact, with several sects and an equal number of  churches dotting the Christian
landscape, there is also a strong tendency to  remain within those folds also.
Thus the system of castes, clans and sub-sects  thrives merrily in the promised
land too. The upper caste converts,  particularly, tend to carry forward their
erstwhile superior status to their new  faith too as a means of justifying
their change of religious loyalties to their  angry Hindu castemen whom they had
deserted. They wouldn't countenance a  dilution of their caste status! 

Of course, diligent  conversionists have been quick to point out that
casteism is a legacy of  Hinduism and Christianity cannot be blamed. What an
untenable excuse! Sure, but  did they not promise to erase these evils when
swallowing the hungry multitudes  into their flock? Again, by saying so, are they not conceding defeat in their  'fight against casteism'? Or was it that the fight
was never intended to be  fought in the first place and was just a lure to
attract those in anger and  distress? We all know, and make no mistake, they all
know too. It is just that  these torch bearers of the 'true faith' somehow feel
most comfortable riding on  falsehood to reach their destination of 100%
harvest. And little wonder they  keep tripping. That's the fate of all those who
rely on lame horses. Now to the  question on everyone's lips, be he an
intellectual or an imbecile: If  Christianity, as they themselves confess albeit
in defence, has failed to  address the scourge of casteism and instead solidifies
it even more, then why at  all should the oppressed classes be made to change
religious colours?  Elementary, Mr Evangelist! 

Let's now move on to  the pride of Indian Christianity, the Dalits, for whom,
incidentally, the  'casteless faithful' are vehemently fighting for the same
SC/ST benefits that  are available to their counterparts in 'caste-ridden'
Hinduism. These are the  people who, owing to their sheer numbers and greater
distress (what arithmetic,  what altruism!) had been 'identified' as 'ideal'
targets for conversion to  Christianity by the 'founding Fathers'. And in a true
measure of the success of  their time-tested techniques, the Dalits, according
to some estimates, now form  a mammoth majority of the Christians of India.

These children of Hari -  harijans -, as Gandhi used to refer to them, became
children of Jesus -  let's baptise them as Jesusjans - in great numbers and with
greater hopes  of economic prosperity and more importantly, social
emancipation. Now do we know  for sure, if Jesus had succeeded where Hari
failed? I quote below from a Letter  to the Editor published by a national daily a few years back: 

"Any one who is aware  of the rural social scenario will agree with me that
Dalit Christians get the  same treatment as Hindu Dalits. Adding salt to
injury, they are also looked down  upon in their own religion. 

Is it Christian that  a few upper caste communities corner all the benefits
under the pretext of  minority rights and corner power? 

Is it Christian to  seek funds from abroad under the guise of evangelism and
social uplift by  selling Dalits' shame and helplessness in the West? 

Is it Christian to  keep the Dalits off the power structure and manipulate
funds? 

Is it Christian to  attach caste surnames to their Christian names and
identify themselves more with  the caste than Christ? 

Is it Christian to  allot separate places in the Churches, separate chapels
and even separate  graveyards for their Dalit bretheren? 

Is it Christian to  deny self-respect to the less privileged members of the
congregation? 

Let us face things.  Dalit members are being exploited in every way by the
power wielding upper caste  Christians. 

To plead for the  Dalits in public posing as their protectors, and to kick
them in private has  become the order of the day in many Churches." 

Amen! Need I say  anymore of the fate of the Jesusjans? It is doubtful if
these type of  letters will find a place in the 'suddenly secular', 'minority
sensitive'  national dailies of today. On the contrary the flavour of the season
in the  media now is to join the chorus of lies let loose by the evergreen
evangelists  whose stock of untruths has neither bottom nor a cap.In feigning
outrage, the  Christian outfits are a class by themselves. What a hue and cry
about the  neighbour, when actually, it is their own cupboards that are
overflowing with  skeletons! Indeed, crocodiles must learn some lessons from
these holy humbugs on  how to shed tears for their'victims'. Such perfection of pretence can only come  by practice. And the secular playfield offers them ample scope for that. 

But in their  evangelical euphoria, they seem to be overdoing their bit,
unmindful of the four  fingers pointing inward. Their claims fly in the face of
facts. Now, why not  book these jittery Johnnies under the law banning forcible
conversions for  continuing to make false promises to the gullible and then
luring them into  their fold? After all there is as much casteism, if not more,
in Christianity as  in Hinduism; so how can they mis-represent their 'product'
to be a better one?  If this does not constitute fraudulent means, I wonder
what else does. I  hereby rest my  case!

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