Well I have come across those things in life that many haven't, may be....
ok let me put forth just couple of my personal experiences. It pained me when I came across this. I'm sorry if you a are a christian, I'm only against unethical conversion. for that matter my best buddy is a christian back in India.
This goes back to the days when I was a engg student, living in the hostel. I had one senior who was a chri'n, on one weekend he invited me to a charity drive to a old age home which was run by a church. I joined him, and one of our profs, who is also a chri'n joined with his wife. Incidentally my senior introduced me to the prof's wife saying, 'he's pritish, he too speaks konkani', the lady very nicely said hi, and in the same breath she crazily asked me, 'y dont to become christian, we also speak konkani, it'll be nice', earth literally moved. Before I say how I felt within, here is the immediate next shock....
Sorry to know of your bad experiences. But that also makes my point....most of these are individual....if you meet a good christian......then does it mean christianity is good?
That HR girl is foolish, infact you should lodge a complaint.....i dont know why you haven't. No one can preach religion at work. No this is not what is 'taught' in churches....each has his/her own conscience. And yes love & charity is the backbone.
Sorry to hear about this. I am sure I would have felt the same way if I was in your position. I appreciate the decency you have shown in describing the event. Well if it helps think of your best friend back in India, who also is a christian guy and who as you say is very nice....trust there are lots of such people in India itself. I think I am one of them too;).
For the record....I am strongly against reservation for so-called dalits who are 'Hindus' on paper but want to become 'Christians'. No disrespect to them, but that reeks of hypocrisy.
It is important to bear in mind though that fortunately 'dalit christians' (oxymoron) dont have any reservations. But the entire thing is more political than religious in nature, I think. Bottomline.....Christianity doesnt have anything to do with it...other than to oppose oppression on the basis of caste....which I am sure all religions oppose. It is our 'learned politicians' who exploit the caste.
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by Renuka Sharma on Jul 03, 2007 03:23 PM Permalink
Considering your story to be true.. why did the Hindu children disown their parents.. This is not hindiusm.
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by Pritish Nagaraj on Jul 03, 2007 08:49 PM Permalink
Considering that you have been a freedom fighter, Mam' the world has changed, even when I remember how it was in my childhood it pains comparing that to how the world is today, but it is what it is, and we have to deal with it case by case. And if people from your past were alive they'd have been really sad how your generation failed on partition.
fyi, I'm a great grandson of a freedom fighter from goa, under portuguese... well doesn't make much difference.
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by jay krishnan on Jul 03, 2007 10:02 PM Permalink
From your words you don't appear to be the grandson of any real freedom fighter to me. You don't even sound like psuedo hindu to me. Obviously you don't even know how to interact with a respected noble lady. Ofcourse you wouldn't know what it means to be a real patriot. Only get your great grandfather's name written in the freedom fighters list. How much you had to bribe for that ? I'l tell you what you are exactly the kind of vermin that if you lived in those freedom days would sell out your country for a job of washing dishes and cleaning toilets at the Angrez Saheb's house. It's good that vermin like you has emigrated to foriegn countries. I am sure you will make a good parasite there.
