Some people might opine that everything I see now is curious to me but this kind of curious to me - so obviously I have to write about it.
Some weeks we have an off site (as far as I am concerned) meeting with some of our extended team. Through a strange conversation chain that included 'Why some people are vegetarian in India' and 'Do people always marry whom their parents chose in India? ' (Both directed at a colleague and not I ) , we arrived at the topic of castes in India. A curious teammate knew if I had a caste. Unthinkingly, I said 'I am christian'. With a mischievous smile he asked 'Do you mean that you are not assigned a caste so you are a christian or that you chose the Lord as your master and savior so you call yourself a christian.
Not used to religion at the work place , I faltered for a bit while the next statement came from him- " I think that being a christian is accepting that someone died for you taking all that you are supposed to have suffered' Right at that moment that being a testament to Christ is not about waving your hands singing I believe in church but being able to answer the question 'Why did you say you are a christian' without a second of doubt. There are a few other things that were asked but I dont want to dilute this moment with those - more later
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