“No,” I said vehemently into the mobile phone. But he wouldn’t listen. The zeal for his “Lord and God” had overwhelmed him. “Why is it that you don’t want me to come to Kerala?” he asked. “You people claim that it is God’s own land and now you don’t want me, the God’s apostle, to come to God’s own land?” He was Thomas, one of the disciples of Jesus. He wanted to bring the light of Jesus to Kerala. I explained to him with my whole heart and soul that the Malayalis never accepted any truth from outside the state, though they depended on other states for everything else including vegetables. They think that they possess all the truth and nothing but the truth. “How can you make such a ridiculous claim?” exclaimed Thomas who was convinced that his Master was the only Truth and Light. Thomas claimed that he had even verified Jesus’ truth scientifically. “Empirically,” he amended himself when I asked, “Scientifically?” He h...
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