Yesterday, the newspaper carried a story of Christmas mass in one of the Hindu temples in Delhi-- for some reason, it wasn't possible to hold the mass on the Church premises, so the nearby Hindu temple offered its facilities so that the Christians in the area could carry out their traditional services. Some of the interviewed still wished they could go to church in church but most agreed it was a great gesture on behalf of the temple... this is the secularsim that defines India at its best.
Today, the newspaper carried the story of churches in Orissa being attacked and burnt down during Christmas. One person was killed and 25 injured. An extremist Hindu group, the VHP (closely even if not always explicitly linked to Narendra Modi's party-- see last blog entry), appears to have been responsible. This is the communalism that defines India at its worst.
This is my country; which path will we choose over the next few years?
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Merry Xmas Aditi,
ReplyDeleteBack here "on the hill" we had a bunch of people you know over for dinner. We missed you. On the eve o' Xmas eve the sunset glowed off Saddleback Mountain as the full moon rose above it, and was cool. -j