'Look at Your Own History and Relax a Bit': Jagdish Bhagwati Takes on Christian Response to Attacks

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  • Published On: March 30, 2015
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On The Buck Stops Here, an exclusive interview with renowned economist Jagdish Bhagwati, who has joined the debate on church attacks in India. "I urge these Christian leaders to look into their own history of conversion," he said, adding, "there are few crazy people on the Hindu side who feels we should re-convert. How much does it amount to? Very little." He also took on former Mumbai police commissioner Julio Ribeiro saying his article was self-contradictory. "How come people say such nice things to him (Ribeiro) if Hindus are turning against him," he asked. Mr Bhagwati called the statements on ghar wapasi by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat as "bigoted" and that neither the Prime Minister nor he could defend such remarks.  (Read transcript here)

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