HYDERABAD: “India is our friend, she has been so in the past and will remain so forever,” said Dr. H.H. Tusi, General Secretary of the Church of Christ, China, at a reception given to him by the Methodists of Hyderabad and Secunderabad. Bishop S.K. Mondol presided.

Dr. Tusi referred to the absolute religious tolerance prevalent in China. There were instances of members of one family following three or four different religions. There were no restrictions on marriages between members of different religious communities and children born of such marriages chose their own religion when they came of age. He revealed that the Church of Christ had been able to get into its fold the followers of 13 different Missions. It did not interfere in politics, but in addition to its usual duties, it also engaged in medical relief, adult education, rural reconstruction and social uplift generally.

[Meanwhile, as reported from Calcutta,] the death occurred on February 3 at Dehra Dun of Miss Chandamukhi Bose, the first Indian woman graduate. Miss Bose was 83 and was a daughter of the late Rev. Bhuban Mohan Bose. She did her M.A. from Calcutta University in 1884 on which occasion she was presented with a copy of Shakespeare’s works.

Published in Dawn, February 18th, 2019