Kids In Mumbai Housing Societies: Latest Targets of Missionaries

[ranjeet]

On 6 December, my son came back home around 8 pm after playing with friends. He had chips, juice, chocolate and two DVD’s in his hand. (Picture-1)

I was surprised. My son told me that our Hindu neighbour, a Vishnu worshipper (let’s call him Mr. H)’s son had called the kids playing in the compound of our housing society to celebrate Santa’s coming. There he was given the stuff shown in picture-1 as Santa’s gift.

I was curious. I decided to go through the DVDs myself. Of the two DVDs, one was about the conversion of a Hindu to Christianity. And the other DVD was about the life and message Jesus Christ.

Accompanied by Indian Classical Music, the movie has used Indian (Hindu) symbols, music, stories, and anecdotes wherever required. The following caption appears at the beginning of the story.

The first DVD had a movie based on the book “My Encounter with Truth” written by a certain Pandit Dharam Prakash Sharma with Dr. Babu K Varghese. The DVD begins by mentioning that it is a true story.

This is an attempt to impress upon the viewers the following ideas:

1. The movie begins by depicting a Hindu devotee who prays – “O God. Please prepare your son from this land of Pushkar so that he can be a Saakshi of Truth.
2. The movie then depicts story of the protagonist, Pandit Dharam Prakash of Pushkar, who is in search of inner peace and truth. Throughout the movie, this search or “Khoj” has been highlighted.
3. The protagonist has been depicted as a learned person, who has achieved material gains and is quite successful.
4. Repeated references are made to highlight that the protagonist was a Brahmin and yet he was finally convinced about the “real” path. The message is that a Brahmin was influenced by Christianity only because his inner search for truth was not satisfied.
5. Young Dharam Prakash, is also shown to be intrigued by questions of Life and Death and other existential questions. He asks his father to guide him, who gives him the Bhagavad Gita and asks him to search for the truth himself.
6. Later in one of the scenes, the protagonist says that he has studied Bhagavad Gita, Quran, Ramcharita Manas but his questions remain unanswered.
7. The movie subtly conveys that the protagonist is convinced that the path of Jesus is the right path, without any coercion or pressure.

1. The movie also depicts that the basic introduction about Christianity and Jesus Christ was given to young Dharam by his father and not by any outsider. So once again there was no over conversion attempt.
2. One of the important points of the movie (and perhaps the greatest reason why Dharam Prakash converted) is that the protagonist married a Christian woman. This Christian wife of Dharam Prakash has been shown to be very adaptive and tolerant, whereas there are two incidents where Dharam Prakash hits her because she was reading Bible or was discussing some issues related to Christianity.
3. The protagonist is repeatedly shown to be in touch with the “true voice,” a voice that he tries to ignore. There is a dialogue: “Then I heard a voice that said why you are running away from me?”.
4. The DVD finally ends by showing that even the old parents of Pandit Dharam Prakash Sharma finally accept Christ as their saviour.
5. The Hindu pilgrimage centre of Pushkar has been shown as a place of filth and dirt, Sadhus smoking joints etc.

The second DVD is a 2-hour long movie on Christ. It is in various languages with subtitles in different languages are provided. The movie depicts all major accounts of Christ’s life.

Briefly recounting his early life and profession, the movie also depicts Jesus’s baptism, his disciples and followers, main teachings, miracles and how he was betrayed, arrested and finally crucified. The movie ends with his Resurrection and final message.

The movie is quite a professional effort and has obtained proper censor board certification. Other details of the movie and DVD are as follows:

· Title: Khoj, The Search


· DVD is available in 8 languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Nepali, Bengali, Oriya.

· Screen Play & Direction: Leo Thaddeus

· Cinematography: Sushee Surendran

· Story: Dr. Babu K. Varghese

· Studio: Lal Media – Cochin, Media Park Digital – Cochin

· Folklore Studio – Jaipur

· Website: www.khojmovie.in

· Email: info@khojmovie.in

· Address: PB#8422, St. Thomas Town, PO, Bangalore-560084

· Phone: 080-25462482, 25476787





I was quite alarmed. I asked my son to narrate the whole incident.

He said H’s son who is 9 years old and is in class V, called all his friends to collect Santa’s gift. Around 10 kids, roughly in the age group of 8-12, (my son is 11, and is in class VII) landed up at H’s place. Children were first asked whether they knew about Christmas. Then in a subtle manner, they were told about the “saviour”. There they were made to sing carols and then they were given the Santa’s gift.

The following facts emerge from this incident which should send alarm bells ringing:

1. Innocent children who are at an impressionable age were targeted.
2. The timing was such that the children would not be called from their homes but would be there in a playground; this would facilitate their assembly without informing their parents.
3. The movie is based on the book “My Encounter With Truth”, a name which sounds similar to Mahatma Gandhi’s book “My Experiments With Truth” which every kid is aware of and can easily confuse that the said film is based on Mahatma Gandhi’s book.
4. The DVD cover mentions Dharam Prakash as a freedom fighter. Though the movie depicts his father as a freedom fighter, there is no mention of any major activity or participation of Dharam Prakash in the freedom movement. In fact, as per the movie itself, the protagonist was quite young during that period.

The next day when I confronted my neighbour, he expressed helplessness and said he was caught unawares. He said he has a relative married to a Christian. They came to his house along with a group of 5-6 Christian friends, and said they wanted to celebrate Santa’s coming. And the rest is history.

My housing society houses affluent families in Navi Mumbai. When such activities can be carried out here, one can only imagine the activities carried out elsewhere across the country.

We read about the deadly ISIS, which is certainly a grave danger for humanity but at least it is right there in front of us. However, what just happened in my housing society is what we have to guard against—it is subtle treachery.

With Christianity all but wiped out in the West, conversions have reached their peak in India. No avenue is spared by missionaries to convert Hindus, which makes it urgent for Hindus to always be alert and on guard.

Kids In Mumbai Housing Societies: Latest Targets of Missionaries | IndiaFactsIndiaFacts

@magudi @Nair saab @Marxist @JanjaWeed @Echo_419

 

[Skull and Bones]

Are those DVDs rewritable? If yes, then they should burn the videos of Radhe Maa's dance on it, and hand it back to them.

 

[ranjeet]

Are those DVDs rewritable? If yes, then they should burn the videos of Radhe Maa's dance on it, and hand it back to them.

You can't rewrite the truth.

 

[Donatello]

Are those DVDs rewritable? If yes, then they should burn the videos of Radhe Maa's dance on it, and hand it back to them.

DVDs are like steam engines in Jet Engine age.

 

[rockstar08]

Simple you gift some Vishnu Statues to them in return
probably a good Christmas gift

 

[Nair saab]

South India Specially Kerala has emerged as a Evangelist Hub... You rest of India Hindus think u will remain safe when you do nothing against Ugly Mass Christian Conversion in South India ...

 

[Echo_419]

On 6 December, my son came back home around 8 pm after playing with friends. He had chips, juice, chocolate and two DVD’s in his hand. (Picture-1)

I was surprised. My son told me that our Hindu neighbour, a Vishnu worshipper (let’s call him Mr. H)’s son had called the kids playing in the compound of our housing society to celebrate Santa’s coming. There he was given the stuff shown in picture-1 as Santa’s gift.

I was curious. I decided to go through the DVDs myself. Of the two DVDs, one was about the conversion of a Hindu to Christianity. And the other DVD was about the life and message Jesus Christ.

Accompanied by Indian Classical Music, the movie has used Indian (Hindu) symbols, music, stories, and anecdotes wherever required. The following caption appears at the beginning of the story.

The first DVD had a movie based on the book “My Encounter with Truth” written by a certain Pandit Dharam Prakash Sharma with Dr. Babu K Varghese. The DVD begins by mentioning that it is a true story.

This is an attempt to impress upon the viewers the following ideas:

1. The movie begins by depicting a Hindu devotee who prays – “O God. Please prepare your son from this land of Pushkar so that he can be a Saakshi of Truth.
2. The movie then depicts story of the protagonist, Pandit Dharam Prakash of Pushkar, who is in search of inner peace and truth. Throughout the movie, this search or “Khoj” has been highlighted.
3. The protagonist has been depicted as a learned person, who has achieved material gains and is quite successful.
4. Repeated references are made to highlight that the protagonist was a Brahmin and yet he was finally convinced about the “real” path. The message is that a Brahmin was influenced by Christianity only because his inner search for truth was not satisfied.
5. Young Dharam Prakash, is also shown to be intrigued by questions of Life and Death and other existential questions. He asks his father to guide him, who gives him the Bhagavad Gita and asks him to search for the truth himself.
6. Later in one of the scenes, the protagonist says that he has studied Bhagavad Gita, Quran, Ramcharita Manas but his questions remain unanswered.
7. The movie subtly conveys that the protagonist is convinced that the path of Jesus is the right path, without any coercion or pressure.

1. The movie also depicts that the basic introduction about Christianity and Jesus Christ was given to young Dharam by his father and not by any outsider. So once again there was no over conversion attempt.
2. One of the important points of the movie (and perhaps the greatest reason why Dharam Prakash converted) is that the protagonist married a Christian woman. This Christian wife of Dharam Prakash has been shown to be very adaptive and tolerant, whereas there are two incidents where Dharam Prakash hits her because she was reading Bible or was discussing some issues related to Christianity.
3. The protagonist is repeatedly shown to be in touch with the “true voice,” a voice that he tries to ignore. There is a dialogue: “Then I heard a voice that said why you are running away from me?”.
4. The DVD finally ends by showing that even the old parents of Pandit Dharam Prakash Sharma finally accept Christ as their saviour.
5. The Hindu pilgrimage centre of Pushkar has been shown as a place of filth and dirt, Sadhus smoking joints etc.

The second DVD is a 2-hour long movie on Christ. It is in various languages with subtitles in different languages are provided. The movie depicts all major accounts of Christ’s life.

Briefly recounting his early life and profession, the movie also depicts Jesus’s baptism, his disciples and followers, main teachings, miracles and how he was betrayed, arrested and finally crucified. The movie ends with his Resurrection and final message.

The movie is quite a professional effort and has obtained proper censor board certification. Other details of the movie and DVD are as follows:

· Title: Khoj, The Search


· DVD is available in 8 languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Nepali, Bengali, Oriya.

· Screen Play & Direction: Leo Thaddeus

· Cinematography: Sushee Surendran

· Story: Dr. Babu K. Varghese

· Studio: Lal Media – Cochin, Media Park Digital – Cochin

· Folklore Studio – Jaipur

· Website: www.khojmovie.in

· Email: info@khojmovie.in

· Address: PB#8422, St. Thomas Town, PO, Bangalore-560084

· Phone: 080-25462482, 25476787





I was quite alarmed. I asked my son to narrate the whole incident.

He said H’s son who is 9 years old and is in class V, called all his friends to collect Santa’s gift. Around 10 kids, roughly in the age group of 8-12, (my son is 11, and is in class VII) landed up at H’s place. Children were first asked whether they knew about Christmas. Then in a subtle manner, they were told about the “saviour”. There they were made to sing carols and then they were given the Santa’s gift.

The following facts emerge from this incident which should send alarm bells ringing:

1. Innocent children who are at an impressionable age were targeted.
2. The timing was such that the children would not be called from their homes but would be there in a playground; this would facilitate their assembly without informing their parents.
3. The movie is based on the book “My Encounter With Truth”, a name which sounds similar to Mahatma Gandhi’s book “My Experiments With Truth” which every kid is aware of and can easily confuse that the said film is based on Mahatma Gandhi’s book.
4. The DVD cover mentions Dharam Prakash as a freedom fighter. Though the movie depicts his father as a freedom fighter, there is no mention of any major activity or participation of Dharam Prakash in the freedom movement. In fact, as per the movie itself, the protagonist was quite young during that period.

The next day when I confronted my neighbour, he expressed helplessness and said he was caught unawares. He said he has a relative married to a Christian. They came to his house along with a group of 5-6 Christian friends, and said they wanted to celebrate Santa’s coming. And the rest is history.

My housing society houses affluent families in Navi Mumbai. When such activities can be carried out here, one can only imagine the activities carried out elsewhere across the country.

We read about the deadly ISIS, which is certainly a grave danger for humanity but at least it is right there in front of us. However, what just happened in my housing society is what we have to guard against—it is subtle treachery.

With Christianity all but wiped out in the West, conversions have reached their peak in India. No avenue is spared by missionaries to convert Hindus, which makes it urgent for Hindus to always be alert and on guard.

Kids In Mumbai Housing Societies: Latest Targets of Missionaries | IndiaFactsIndiaFacts

@magudi @Nair saab @Marxist @JanjaWeed @Echo_419

Govt has already done it's job by stopping their foreign funding,now it is the job of Hindu orgs to fighback

South India Specially Kerala has emerged as a Evangelist Hub... You rest of India Hindus think u will remain safe when you do nothing against Ugly Mass Christian Conversion in South India ...

RSS & other orgs need to up their game,I am doing my part by donating 5k to RSS(family does this)

 

[Marxist]

These are guys with High influence in Congress party ,An old news ...Sharma guy claims to be a bollywood actor ,Congress leader and former MP

New Delhi : "Christmas is a festival of joy, love and friendship. During this occasion as I greet every Christian I want to thank them for their commendable services to the nation," said the Prime Minister as he commended Christians at the Parliamentarians' Christmas Get-Together Dinner 2009 at 7-B Janpath New Delhi.

"Continue the good work and togetherness, promoting brotherhood and aiding the suffering humanity," he urged the Christian community. He was presented with a Bible from Indo-International Christian Chamber of Commerce after he cut the Christmas cake.

The get-together dinner witnessed the presence of many parliamentarians, bureaucrats, journalists and several church leaders including Archbishop of Delhi Vincent Concessao, Papal Nuncio Archbishop Pedro Lopez, Rev. Richard Howell, General Secretary of the Evangelical Fellowship of India and Rev. Dr. R. Abraham, General Secretary, Pentecostal Fellowship of India.

Among noted politicians were Dr Karan Singh and Union minister for Minority and Corporate Affairs, Salman Khursheed; Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for External Affairs; senior Congress leader Oscar Fernandes; Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi; and vice-chairman of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) and former Lok Sabha member HT Sangliana.

"I come from a state that has a Christian heritage of about 2000 years since the time of doubting Thomas", said Tharoor, who praised Christians for tremendous contributions even though being a small minority. "The spirit of Christianity has influenced many faiths. Gandhi, the father of our nation, was a very ardent believer of Bible. Much of his ideologies were impressed by Jesus," he added.

The Addressing the gathering, Sangliana, a Christian, apprised the need for love which he said was strongly preached and practised by Jesus Christ. "As we celebrate the birth of Jesus, we must remember that it is this love that has brought us together. India needs this love which transformed north-eastern states 120 years back. Love is the instrument of bonding, and a strong nation can be formed by this love," said Sangliana.

A short Christmas sermon was delivered by Pastor Shekhar Kallianpur, senior pastor of New Life Fellowship Mumbai. He preached that in the midst of chaos and uncertainty, the birth of Jesus Christ can bring a message of hope and love for India.

Hundreds of copies of ‘My encounter with Truth,’ a brief biography and testimony of a former MP and Congress leader, Pandit Dharm Prakash Sharma, written by Dr Babu K Varghese were given away at the function.

The splendid function also included enchanting music by gospel singer Anil Kant and it concluded with a gala dinner sponsored by Dhanushkodi Athithan, ex-MP. Rev. Dr. Y.D. Jayaseelan served as the Mastor of Ceremony for the function.

PRAISE THE ALMIGHTY ONLINE

There is a rumor that this Oscar fernandes controls the church related affairs of Madamji

 

[Echo_419]

These are guys with High influence in Congress party ,An old news ...Sharma guy claims to be a bollywood actor ,Congress leader and former MP

New Delhi : "Christmas is a festival of joy, love and friendship. During this occasion as I greet every Christian I want to thank them for their commendable services to the nation," said the Prime Minister as he commended Christians at the Parliamentarians' Christmas Get-Together Dinner 2009 at 7-B Janpath New Delhi.

"Continue the good work and togetherness, promoting brotherhood and aiding the suffering humanity," he urged the Christian community. He was presented with a Bible from Indo-International Christian Chamber of Commerce after he cut the Christmas cake.

The get-together dinner witnessed the presence of many parliamentarians, bureaucrats, journalists and several church leaders including Archbishop of Delhi Vincent Concessao, Papal Nuncio Archbishop Pedro Lopez, Rev. Richard Howell, General Secretary of the Evangelical Fellowship of India and Rev. Dr. R. Abraham, General Secretary, Pentecostal Fellowship of India.

Among noted politicians were Dr Karan Singh and Union minister for Minority and Corporate Affairs, Salman Khursheed; Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for External Affairs; senior Congress leader Oscar Fernandes; Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi; and vice-chairman of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) and former Lok Sabha member HT Sangliana.

"I come from a state that has a Christian heritage of about 2000 years since the time of doubting Thomas", said Tharoor, who praised Christians for tremendous contributions even though being a small minority. "The spirit of Christianity has influenced many faiths. Gandhi, the father of our nation, was a very ardent believer of Bible. Much of his ideologies were impressed by Jesus," he added.

The Addressing the gathering, Sangliana, a Christian, apprised the need for love which he said was strongly preached and practised by Jesus Christ. "As we celebrate the birth of Jesus, we must remember that it is this love that has brought us together. India needs this love which transformed north-eastern states 120 years back. Love is the instrument of bonding, and a strong nation can be formed by this love," said Sangliana.

A short Christmas sermon was delivered by Pastor Shekhar Kallianpur, senior pastor of New Life Fellowship Mumbai. He preached that in the midst of chaos and uncertainty, the birth of Jesus Christ can bring a message of hope and love for India.

Hundreds of copies of ‘My encounter with Truth,’ a brief biography and testimony of a former MP and Congress leader, Pandit Dharm Prakash Sharma, written by Dr Babu K Varghese were given away at the function.

The splendid function also included enchanting music by gospel singer Anil Kant and it concluded with a gala dinner sponsored by Dhanushkodi Athithan, ex-MP. Rev. Dr. Y.D. Jayaseelan served as the Mastor of Ceremony for the function.

PRAISE THE ALMIGHTY ONLINE

There is a rumor that this Oscar fernandes controls the church related affairs of Madamji

Time is less,we need to move fast if Hinduism is to survive in this country

 

[Nair saab]

RSS & other orgs need to up their game,I am doing my part by donating 5k to RSS(family does this)

We Dont want Money ... Come and Distribute CDs, Pamphlets make documentaries go door to door exposing how Indian got a Christian population what is history of crookedness and opportunism that India got a National Political party headed by a Christian ... how North east Indian Became a Christian Majority state ... How Hindu Majority states of Kerala, AP and Goa got Christian CM's... How people with surnames Rao , Nadar became christians... How Church Fund Indian Rebels in North east ...

How LTTE is a western funded Christian organization... How Dravidian Nationalism Became Anti-Hindu and Pro-Christian ... How Jesus Became Lord Krishans Guru and paracetamol Became Yesu Prasadam among tribals ... How Indian Educational and Health sector came under the clutches of Chruches ... How Chruch became the biggest agricultural land holder of India...

 

[prasadr14]

Slowly and surely we are fighting back.
I would say Hindus are better placed now than we were 5 years back, and it's no thanks to any govt.

Reason for the fight back is the Social media. Can't thank the face book, twitter and WhatsApp enough.
Without them, the fight would have much much worse.

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

Nothing new here. Its for enlightened Christians to confront them. If others do they will create hue and cue in the name of Intolerance.

 

[Echo_419]

We Dont want Money ... Come and Distribute CDs, Pamphlets make documentaries go door to door exposing how Indian got a Christian population what is history of crookedness and opportunism that India got a National Political party headed by a Christian ... how North east Indian Became a Christian Majority state ... How Hindu Majority states of Kerala, AP and Goa got Christian CM's... How people with surnames Rao , Nadar became christians... How Church Fund Indian Rebels in North east ...

How LTTE is a western funded Christian organization... How Dravidian Nationalism Became Anti-Hindu and Pro-Christian ... How Jesus Became Lord Krishans Guru and paracetamol Became Yesu Prasadam among tribals ... How Indian Educational and Health sector came under the clutches of Chruches ... How Chruch became the biggest agricultural land holder of India...

I am busy with other things,if I could I would have done something like what you said

 

[Nair saab]

I am busy with other things,if I could I would have done something like what you said

Same here... I was involved for more then 5 -8 years with Hindu Organization as foot soldiers ... It effected my financial Back ground ... So now I took a break from those activities...