10-07-2008, 08:40 PM
Capt Kumar & Virenji,
I do appreciate your standpoint on the various aspects of the problem of tension on communal lines and the conversion issue. Given the ground realities of rural India, I would like to mention that the official machinery in all the States of India with the exception of J&K, Nagaland and Meghalaya are overwhelmingly manned by Hindu officials. It is extremely difficult for any Govt official, how so ever secular he may be to be too aloof from the Hindu religious activities in his or her area. A majority of my countrymen are god fearing humans. Given this advantage, the Hindu religious organisations should have no problem in ensuring the propagation and preservation of the values of Hindus and in ensuring prevention of large scale conversion. One has to accept it is the collective failure on the part of the entire Hindu community that the Christian missionaries are in a position to conduct large scale forcible conversion. Truth is always bitter and I am sure many of my friends will have extreme difficulty in digesting this truth. In conclusion I may add that no political party can survive at the national level only on the basis of the Christian or Muslim vote bank. All have to court the Hindu community at certain stage of their struggle for existence.
Despite all this advantage that the Hindus enjoy in India , what is the reason for the present state of affairs ? Let all of us think and come back.
I do appreciate your standpoint on the various aspects of the problem of tension on communal lines and the conversion issue. Given the ground realities of rural India, I would like to mention that the official machinery in all the States of India with the exception of J&K, Nagaland and Meghalaya are overwhelmingly manned by Hindu officials. It is extremely difficult for any Govt official, how so ever secular he may be to be too aloof from the Hindu religious activities in his or her area. A majority of my countrymen are god fearing humans. Given this advantage, the Hindu religious organisations should have no problem in ensuring the propagation and preservation of the values of Hindus and in ensuring prevention of large scale conversion. One has to accept it is the collective failure on the part of the entire Hindu community that the Christian missionaries are in a position to conduct large scale forcible conversion. Truth is always bitter and I am sure many of my friends will have extreme difficulty in digesting this truth. In conclusion I may add that no political party can survive at the national level only on the basis of the Christian or Muslim vote bank. All have to court the Hindu community at certain stage of their struggle for existence.
Despite all this advantage that the Hindus enjoy in India , what is the reason for the present state of affairs ? Let all of us think and come back.