What you say makes sense. But some of these people are really poor. Among the "racist" people in the US, many are actually "classist". That also runs high in I

What you say makes sense. But some of these people are really poor. Among the "racist" people in the US, many are actually "classist". That also runs high in Indian society. In my experience Christians are much more forward thinking and secular than other minorities in India. They live peacefully and blend very well with the Hindus. Even most of their names, outside of Goa, Mumbai, etc., are derived from Sanskrit, Tamil, Bengali roots depending on the region. A lot of Indian Christians will have only one name, i.e. middle name or first name identifying their Christian identity. Sometimes they often just ommit the Christian part except in official documents. Anyway, this is a good sign totally as you say, but that is true in prosperous regions and/or households. For backward regions and poor families, I am not sure if people will even let them hold religious offices. Btw, even Christians can claim backward castes benefits if their ancestors happened to belong to a so called lower caste when they were not Christians.