India's Christians: A Double Standard.

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  • Author(s): Dugger, Celia W.
  • Source:
    New York Times. 02/19/99, Vol. 148 Issue 51438, pA10. 0p. 1 Black and White Photograph, 1 Map.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      CHURCH work; ILLITERATE persons; CHRISTIANS; MISSIONARIES; CHRISTIANITY
    • Subject Terms:
      INDIA
    • Abstract:
      Reports that political leaders in Gujarat State in India have accused missionaries of bribing poor and illiterate Hindus to convert to Christianity. Remarks from Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party; Version of an anecdote narrated by Transport Minister Bimal Shah as evidence of the missionaries' intentions; Remarks from priest and nuns who run the Gandhinagar schools.