i object to gautier's observation on kerala's sizeable xian population. i am a christian from kerala. like our ancestors even today we continue to live by hindu cultures and traditions though we follow a different religion. in kerala hindus and christians visit each others temples and churches and attend each others festivals like it is their own. christians in kerala unlike the north-east have never shown any sort of seperatist mentality and its only a microscopic minority here in kerala that indulges in evangelism. we contribute to the nation just like everyone else and have never felt alienated or feel the need to differentiate just coz of a cross hanging on our necks.
our youth mustnot lose our traditional strengths of seeking knowledge. with the western, a good knowledge of the sciences we helped to develop will only help.
RE:good article but too much generalization
by Subramanian Padmanaban on Feb 06, 2007 11:27 AM Permalink
but how u guys managed to reduce the hindu population in kerala by 50%?
RE:RE:good article but too much generalization
by naveen on Feb 06, 2007 01:09 PM Permalink
first why dont you ask this question to hindus in kerala who are more infatuated with communism and secondly why dont you read more about kerala's past that put debilitating restrictions on kerala's lower caste hindus who make up the majority of the hindu population who fortunately or unfortunately had other alternatives like christianity and islam.
RE:RE:RE:good article but too much generalization
by Subramanian Padmanaban on Feb 06, 2007 01:55 PM Permalink
but what sort of restrictions are u talking about. dont you know that same sort of restrictions are put in place all over India. Do everybody convert for that purpose. Did negros convert to some other religion or jews converted to some other religion because of oppression. If you are a Hindu u can attain siddhi by any way. You dont have to see how other's treat you. This is the same country where various castes practiced the same Hinduism before some selfish people brought in the caste system in the middle ages. But i dont think conversion is the only way out. because u became a christian u r not going to become a pope or because u converted to islam they are not going to make u a sheikh. They will only use u for spreading their own agenda.
