I did not say anything about sending checks. You responded to the wrong person.
Most of India is very safe for Christians to openly practice their religion.
Not in my experience. And not anywhere I have been, INCLUDING Tamil Nadu.
Cops busted into a church I serve and beat everyone in the congregation and arrested the pastors because the caste leaders did not like hearing their music - even though 2 different temples in the village had over 70 loudspeakers set up BLASTING their 7 days festival 24/7 with rotating chanters and singers.
They were beaten and arrested because their gathering offended the local Hindus, even though it was within a church. They were told they could not meet in the church during any of the Hindu festivals - of which there are MANY.
The persecutions that have occurred either tend to be caste and economics tinged as in Orissa or reactions to various non-Catholic missionaries passing pamphlets calling Hindu gods as demons.
Hindus in India often create an excuse for persecution and violence against Christians.
I watched a mob break into a home and beat a man and terrorize his family after the man had baptized seven people in a river canal right next to six water buffalos that were being washed. They charged him with defiling their god and had him arrested after they beat him up and tore his home apart.
Americans assume this type of persecution only happens in Islamic countries. In India - it happens a lot more frequently than most are aware.
Christians walk on eggshells and live in a constant state of worry alongside their Hindu neighbors in the areas of India I have lived and been. They never know when they are going to be cheated, have their electric wires cut, prohibited from fresh water, or denied what it was they paid for - simply because they are low caste and Christian. They can do good things to serve their neighbors, including making provisions and inviting them to feasts - but those same neighbors will turn on them in a split second given a chance.
Such is my own personal experience in those areas I have lived and served.
and where did the mob break into the man's home?
i'm not doubting you,just want to know -- I've not seen anything of this sort in Bombay or in Tamil Nadu or Kerala