READERS RESPOND ( CONTD.)
Open A Pandora's Box*
The New Year’s Gift – Gandhi on Religion, Faith and
Conversion, was educative, informative and thought provoking. Any prudent individual would certainly endorse the views expressed
in the article.
On Christianity and conversion there has been a lot of acrimony
between the communities in India in the recent past.
Certain questions remains unanswered. The learned editors have
refrained from expressing their own views on conversion :
1. Whether conversion prevails in India? Even today ?
2. Role of priests and missionaries in conversion ?
3. If at all conversion takes place in India, what steps should
Hindus take to stop it ?
This may open up a pandora’s box, but the leaders should
know the other side of this story as well.
Without prejudice.
DR S V GHATNEKAR
B.D.S., L.L.B.
SEE EDITORS' NOTE BELOW
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The editors have refrained from expressing
their own views on conversion because the monograph is related to Gandhi’s views on conversion, not the editors. Moreover,
Gandhi uses very simple language and expresses his thoughts with ample clarity. So you may agree or disagree with his thinking,
but there is hardly any scope for misrepresentation of what he says. His thoughts are distillates of his wisdom, not points
of debate really. But surely, in the light of what Gandhi says, the three questions raised in the response need to be addressed
by a larger audience in an atmosphere of calm, critical enquiry. And it's sometimes better to open a pandora‘s box rather
than allow it to fester like a can of worms.
