Hinduism has absorbed and assimilated much more into itself than given away to others. But monotheism exclusive devotion to one god - is a different matter altogether. This, it seems, is a reaction typical of pantheistic faiths which view divinity as a structure of the universe, not as its founding principle ...

The RSS, therefore, is about to embark on a mass campaign against conversions, not a new non-issue ... Any religion of the majority has always, always, been dependent on its espousal by the state ... Therefore political conditions for the Christianisation of India do not obtain and, given the general configuration of history, are not likely to, ever.

Then there is this bit about conspiracy. The Church, aided and abetted by foreign powers and money, is conspiring against the majority faith, under the guise of service ... Conspiracies, however, imply a degree of social and political subversion, manipulation of public opinion and the arms of the administration in order to achieve fraudulently what cannot be achieved through legitimate means. Is this what the Church is doing or planning to do?

Highly fanciful. In fact, not at all The missionaries have succeeded precisely in those areas where the administration is weak, the population is on the margin of mainstream political processes and above all, local cults, whether nominally affiliated to Hinduism or not, prevail, such as in the North-east. They would have very little success in the Hindi heartland, for instance. So what is all this noise about? ...