ashok _ [29/02/08 17:42 +0300]:
Arent you contradicting yourself rather severely here. On the one hand you claim one can never escape the "hinduness" of being born in India... and now you are talking about conversions like its a one-way street ?
Your autorickshaw driver's idea isn't particularly new.
'Then in God's name take blue for red,' said Mahbub, alluding to the Hindu colour of Kim's disreputable turban. Kim countered with the old proverb, 'I will change my faith and my bedding, but thou must pay for it.'
Kipling's "Kim"