[Theo]

The well-respected evangelist Ravi Zacharias became a Christian in India (where he was born into an upper caste), and has spent the past couple of decades explaining the Christian faith to non-believers. Here's a website for the organization he founded:

http://www.gospelcom.net/rzim/

Have you heard the gospel explained from someone of Indian ethnicity? Is their approach to the faith much different from that of a "Westerner," as far as you can tell?

[Buggman]

Ravi's a good guy. At the risk of name-dropping, I had the privilage of interning at his ministry some years ago and was put in charge of organizing some ten years worth of his recorded speeches and sermons--which meant that I had to listen to all of them to figure out what the subject was and where and when they took place. Poor me. :^) Ravi has some powerful answers to the Hindu worldview, for those who are interested.

[AnIndianFromIndia]

In India, at least 50% of those who attend church are Hindus, and by this I mean, not converts, but practising Hindus.Jesus is as much respected as Krishna.I am saying this because my mother, a staunch Hindu, makes it a point every week to attend church.
The people who create trouble here are fringe elements who fear having their beliefs encroached upon.Such people exist among every society.But what's fascinating about India is that despite being a population of over a billion, there fringe elements constitute a fraction in number, of the same kind of fringe elements that exist in other societies.This may give you a hint of the kind of tolerance Hindus display toward others.
The problem arises when these missionary types come in, give handouts in the name of poverty and start to divide people here, saying things like Hindus are bad, Christians are all good...and so on.This kind of thing creates trouble where none existed.These people are going to bring more harm to Christians than anyone else.If you've aided such people, rest assured that you are part to blame.We have nothing against Christians.Don't make us.For the love of God.
If you think Christianity can solve the problem of caste-ism, you are damn wrong.As I pointed out in an earlier post, caste-ism has very little to do with Hinduism, and more to do with society.I know catholics here who refuse to marry/attend schools of protestants and vice versa, and rivalries between churches.To talk of, Syrian Christians in Kerala(whom supposedly St.Thomas converted) set themselves apart from other Christians, and declare themselves "purer" than their catholic/protestant brethren.
Alleviation of poverty and scientific education are the only fit tools for the job in hand.