Despite marking the above message to Goanet, Mark D'Souza also preferred to send the same message to my personal e-mail address!
My response: In fact, Mark you have the best answer to the problems faced by christians and clergy missionaries of India (CMI). In the first place, ask CMI to do exactly what you have written - "But blaming the Hindutvawadis for all the problems that Christians face in India will not be justified because the Christian missionaries due to their fraudulent conversion activities are giving an opportunity to the Hindutvawadis to attack Christians". May be if conversions are stopped christians and clergy missionaries of India get relief! Secondly, ask to practice all those points which you have mentioned starting with "How nice.." i.e. ask CMI to stop utilizing their foreign funds for the benefit of poor; ask them to stop misusing assets/resources/properties for the benefit of poor; ask CMI to reserve 100 % seats to only christians; ask all Christian Hospitals & Charitable Institutions to serve only for poor christians. AND while doing all these also inform CMI to STOP taking all grants/ subsidies/ loans/incentives/ and all other special benefits offered by State(s) as well as by Central government. If these things are done on priority, things will definitely improve much better! In spite of these measures if things don't improve, all CMI must collectively petition all their grievances to President Pratibha Patil & Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with a copy to head of upa-2 Sonia Maino Gandhi for immediate action. For sure, all these three great personalities will ensure immediate solution to all the problems of poor christian minorities and christian missionaries of India. This is more so because India government CARES more for minorities! Best regards, U. G. Barad * * * Encounter hints (and more) of the Goan life in Zanzibar, Poona, Mombasa, Basra, Dubai, and even Nuvem and Colva, Sanvordem and colonial Goa. Learn of experiences that shaped Goans worldwide. Selma Carvalho's *Into the Diaspora Wilderness* now available at Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph +91-9822488564] Ask a friend to buy it, before it gets sold out. Price (in Goa only) Rs 295. http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * *
