Dear M.J.Akbar
you are one of the most erudite, well-informed, knowledgeable, well read people in Indian journalism. So how does a magazine that you edit, put out stuff like this
you need to tell whoever wrote that headline that all Christians are not Catholics. That the Church of South India, which Y.S.R.Reddy belonged to, is Anglican. The Anglican Church was set up as a revolt against Rome by Henry VIII, and is called the Elizabethan Religious settlement.
The two churches are not the same. They don’t have the same head of Church, They don’t have the same rituals and they haven’t particularly liked each other, through history. In fact, their relationship has been quite adversarial. The Anglicans sent a fair few Catholics to the gallows – for being Catholics.
And, while I am sure you know this, people who work for you and run your magazine don’t. May I request you send them for training 😀
best regards
etc, etc…
You need to send this to shailesh @ indiatoday
Cheers