NEW DELHI, April 24 -- "The truth, it has the habit of revealing itself," thus goes a memorable quote. Yes, one such truth has slipped through the lips of RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat. Speaking at an event in Madhya Pradesh he said, "We don't see our own people. We don't go to them and talk to them. But missionaries....come and live there, eat their food, speak their language...." Yes, therein lies the truth. Christian missionaries, inspired by the values taught by their Lord and Master, do things inconceivable by those whom Bhagwat refers to as 'we'.

People do convert to Christianity when they are convinced of the values practiced by Christians. Those values are reassuring for them, especially Dalits, Tribals and the marginalised. ...