Pinto J. Lobo

A woman secretly converted to Christianity but hid it and did a love marriage with a Hindu man in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. After the wedding, she is now pressuring him to accept Christianity, refusing to visit in-laws otherwise. No sindoor, no bindi, no Hindu gods in her house.

India belongs to every soul born on its soil - regardless of religion, color, ethnicity, or income. Anyone who thinks otherwise stands against the very idea of India.

Missionaries wearing sindoor seen distributing conversion pamphlets in Gurgaon. When questioned by a local Hindu, they reportedly responded: “Anyone can put sindoor.”

The real problem with this court order is not just one priest’s words. It is much bigger. Many religions, like Judaism, Christianity and Islam teach that theirs is the only true religion. This is not a rare opinion. It is the very heart of their faith. The Bible says Jesus is “the way, the truth, and the life” and no one reaches God except through Him. That belief is what makes the religion what it is. But the Allahabad High Court has now said: “It is wrong for any religion to claim that it is the only true religion.” The court called such a claim “disparaging” to other faiths and refused to protect the priest. Think about what this really means: The court is telling believers: “You can follow your religion… but only if you stop saying out loud what your own scriptures teach.” It is asking them to change the fundamentals of their faith just to live peacefully in India. In simple words: “We will accept your religion only if you first accept that your religion is wrong (or at least keep quiet about it).” This is not fair. The Constitution gives every Indian the right to practise and preach their religion freely. The court’s job is to protect that right and keep peace, not to decide what is “correct” belief and what is “wrong” belief. By saying “claiming only one true religion is wrong,” the court is quietly pushing a Hindu-style idea that all religions are equally true (what people call “all paths are the same”). That idea may be beautiful for some, but it is not part of Christianity or Islam. Forcing it on them is like the court rewriting their religion from the judge’s chair and enforcing polytheism on the people who follow monotheism. Courts should stop crimes that actually hurt people or create riots. They should not tell any religion, “Change your basic teachings or stay silent.” That is not protecting harmony, that is changing the faith itself. In short: You cannot protect someone’s right to follow a religion by first forcing the religion to stop being what it is. That is not justice. That is the state deciding what people are allowed to believe in public.