Ratan: That is very unusual. I have gone to Hindu ,Orthodox, and Catholic schools and colleges, nobody tried to convert us to their religion and we had Hindus,Muslims,Christians,Anglo Indians along with 'dalits' etc among the students in all these schools.There were no religious functions that we had to partake other than the holidays of various religious groups,all the functions were of secular nature. The principals of these schools/colleges were all of that particular religion but teachers and professors were from various religions even though they had more of these positions filled by their own.
I don't know about how it is in northern parts but in Kerala the Hindus,the Orthodox Church,the Catholics, and the Muslims don't go around trying to convert people, it is mostly the 'holly rollers' (you know the guys who claim to speak in 'tounges' and 'heal' people) who tries that, you know the Pentecostal and similar types and they are sort of frowned upon by the rest (majority) of the society.Man I am glad there aren't too many of these types in our parts,these guys get lot of money from the U.S and Europe to do this sort of thing. |
