[Nathan Zachary]

"It doesn't help that Christians in India have historically supported the far-left (just as Jews did in Europe and for similar reasons. The Right in India being comprised entirely of Hindus)."

It has a lot to do with the fact that the Christians in India are also members of the lower caste system, a system that keeps lower caste people poor by preventing them from ever holding a decent job, like a teacher, or any government position, a police officer, etc. They are the lowest of the low. It's no wonder they support leftwing parties.

[Cronos]

It has a lot to do with the fact that the Christians in India are also members of the lower caste system, a system that keeps lower caste people poor by preventing them from ever holding a decent job, like a teacher, or any government position, a police officer, etc. They are the lowest of the low. It's no wonder they support leftwing parties.

Uhhh... no, that's right-wing hindu propaganda. Christians in India are from all levels of the caste system. People don't become Christians just to "escapte the caste system". Especially in the south -- Kerala and Karnataka, the converts were Brahmins who (sad for Christianity) retained their upper caste privileges and discriminated against lower caste Christians too. In the North-East, there was no caste system (as the people there are more related to the Burmese or Tai peoples, and were not Hindu but animist

If you check the statistics of the indian government, you'll find that Christians are the best educated religious group with the best gender ratio and also the highest income (among religious groups).