Bashing the Pope? I think India must cut off all ties with Vatican and the Pope
Frankly, I dont know what that will achieve. It will serve only as a reactionary response and validate his statements about India being a repressive state.
I guess he was misinformed about India by some of his advisors.
Also, India has a much more deadly problem on her hands, far more potent than everything else - Maoists.
Even Islamic terrorism pales in comparison to them.
Better concentrate on that rather than unnecessarily provoking a conflict.
India could go Nepal's way, looking at how successful they've been over there.
Its high time India does what it needs to do, and should do so without bothering about how good (or bad) we look in eyes of the western western world and what ignorant people think about India........................ repressive state or whatever. Conversion is just another form of cultural genocide. No country in the world will tolerate such blatant invasion of thier culture and religion. Indian secularism does not need to go out of it way to convince ingorant men about India's secularism by allowing them complete freedom to destroy our culture and ethos.
The fact that the Pope has an agenda to Evangelize India is clearly a hostile intent and India must sent across a stong message. Anyway it serves us no purpose to have an embassy in a Theocratic state except to further thier agenda and to acquiesce with their openly stated design to Evangelize India. If Indian Catholics needs the papacy they can elect one of their own.
The greatest threat we face today is Maoism, Islam and also (not Christianity but) Evangelical fascism as is preached by the Pope.