It is only “controversial” among some Hindus I know who are hurt that he abandoned his parents’ faith and dropped his original Hindu name, Piyush.
I don’t know why converting to Christianity would be considered “controversial”. There are MILLIONS of Indians who are Christians living in India with Christian/Hebrew names like — Samuel, Nathan, John, etc.
No big deal over there really.
BTW, didn’t George Harrison of Beatles fame convert to Hinduism? Why no big fuss about that?
Piyush >>
never knew his original first name.