In 2011:
“As you are aware,” Dayak writes, “the 23rd of August marks the third anniversary of the killing of VHP leader Lakshmananda Saraswati in Kandhamal, in Orissa, by Maoists,” which was followed by a “ pogrom against the Christian Dalit and Tribal community of that region. That led to over 56,000 Christians homeless, almost 300 churches destroyed, more than 5,600 houses burnt. A nun and two other women were raped and many molested. The memory of that violence has scorched the psyche of our community.”
I grew up in Western India where I never saw any such violence between Christians and Hindus. Orissa state has had lot of strife between various religious and non-religious factions. The communist rebels are/were active in that state and good at exploiting anything to their advantage. It is not exactly the most educated, urban or prosperous part of India.
I doubt you will find any strife between Hindu’s and Christians in any of the major urban areas such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Chenai, Bangalore etc. On the contrary you will discover that Christians in those areas are doing better than non-Christians. Modern Indians are nothing like centuries ago when the missionaries arrived in the country.
For example we can not really say Americans favor slavery simply because before civil war it was a common practice in many parts of US.