Dedications

​A recent social media video post on the slur and derogatory identity given to Christians features a history beautifully narrated. Click on the below link:

​https://www.instagram.com/reel/Denw_i4oABi/?rpxt=eWJ1dmlheGNoYWly

​Definitely very impressively narrated and with an excellent command of the Hindi language. It is a message that could enlighten and open a lot of minds that are being closed with the venom of religious hatred and intolerance. Though the video tries to camouflage the dark history of reality; a reality of conversion or baptism by the sword done through the Inquisition.

​With all the good, bad, and ugly history of Christianity in India, the reality is Christian missionaries did build some of the best educational, medical, and other institutions to uplift Indians, and not just for Christians. The question is: why, then, are Christians not an uplifted and prosperous community? Why is the Church not pondering this seriously? Christian schools have churned out some of the best intellectuals in India, some of whom are honchos today at the helm of global conglomerates and innovations. How many of them are Christians?

​If missionaries came and fed, educated, provided medical facilities, and maybe even rice bags to convert Indians to Christianity, why are Christians not a more affluent community than smaller minority communities like Parsis, Jains, or Sikhs? To make it worse and even unaffordable for Christians, schools are becoming International schools, and medical institutions have prices that can kill and not heal. So this again would benefit the affluent Indians who continue to benefit from Christian education and medical institutions.

​The Church needs to realize that Christians cannot live only on the word that comes from the mouth of God; they need bread, too. For which there has to be a collective paradigm shift: while the early converted Christians converted for food, present-day Christians need food for thought.