I agree with the author that proselytising is bad and is happening in a large scale in India. Something has to be done to stop this. But if the Christian proselytisers are saying that it is a sin to enter temples, So did the Brahmins themselves say to the other Hindus. Some repentance and proper acceptance of all Hindus by the Brahmins is a necessary pre-condition if one really wants to save this religion.
Secondly, the Aryans, who themselves came to India from some other place, have never been really able to adopt themselves wholly ino this Great land whose soil, air and water are filled with nothing but love. Indian culture is a very inclusive culture. Indian culture is the culture of Love and affection and acceptance of others. That is why the original Indians (descendants of the People of Indus Valley civilisation) accepted the Aryan so easily but the Aryans have never been able to accept others who came after them.
The Indus - Hakra Ghaggar civilisation was a very urbanised and highly industrialised civilisation where egalitarianism was practised, and there was respect for wone. While the Aryan settlements were rural and fully based on agriculture and animal husbandry and they also introduced all vices in India like Prostitution, bonded labour, caste system, Niyoga, house-wifing etc. The Aryans, who considered themselves superior to the native Indians shut the Indians out of their settlements and called them 'Chandala and Mlechcha'. They constructed towers over the places of worship of the Indians and threw the Indians away.
Subsequently, India was invaded numerous times by numerous invaders of different ethnicities and different religions. They killed, they looted and they converted and destroyed places of worship. But the original Indians, who have been in this part of the world, since the time man evolved from monkeys, still practices Love and acceptance.
If a killer is pardoned, it is not a failure of any system, but an example of forgiveness, which is very much a part of the LOVE, understood the Indian way.
The basic Indian culture has survived numerous invasions, including the Aryan invasion, the attacks by various medieval kings (largely muslim), the British, the Dutch, the portugese etc.
I have faith that it will survive Globalisation too. And, please, Indian culture is not simply about worshipping cows and Brahmins. Not about Osho and Premananda alone. It is about LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE, SIMPLICITY AND HARD WORK. It is about the ordinary Indian, who doesn't realise the difference between the different religions.
