India, Jan. 5 -- In recent years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has repeatedly reached out to India's Christian community. On several occasions, especially around Christmas, he has visited churches, hosted gatherings with Christian leaders, and publicly acknowledged the invaluable contribution of Christians to India's social fabric through education, healthcare, and charitable service. These gestures, carried live on national television and widely circulated on social media, project an image of inclusivity and goodwill.

Yet, troublingly, these carefully choreographed moments of outreach are often followed, sometimes even coinciding on the very same day, by reports of attacks on Christian churches, prayer halls, convents, schools, and peac...