I’d says there were lot of challenges. My father didn’t care that much, but my mother was very adamant that I should not go to church. And I think and that was pretty much based because of caste and class system kind of thing, because Christians mostly in India are from, for lack of a better word, the lower-classes or lower castes of India, or what have been characterized as lower castes. And even though I wouldn’t say that my family practice untouchability or anything as such, or my family isn’t religious as such, there is this strong element of class, you know, conflict thing, or just staying away or avoiding people from the weaker section of society.
That’s kind of a principle in our existence, in middle class family, at least. You stay away from those people. So, my mother was very set against me going to the church.
Because my mother is really strong in her beliefs, and in India, usually you can’t really change your parents’ mind, because I mean, you’re supposed to obey what your parents have decided for you. And that’s how the whole society works actually. You get married where they want you to get married, you pick and choose profession that they your parents have chosen for you. So, I really didn’t have much success in changing my parents’ perceptions or getting their acceptance at all. So, that never happened.