Orissa Murder: Beginning the Spin

Barely two days after the ghastly murder of an 80-year old Swami , Somini SpinGupta sets the wheels in motion . This NYT report is a study in the art of evasive reporting. I recommend repeated readings of this report to learn how to perfect the art. Right from the title, which says, Hindu-Christian violence Flares in India. The attack on the orphanage on Monday, in an isolated district called Bargarh, came after the killing Saturday of a Hindu leader who had been associated with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, or World Hindu Council, and who was leading a drive to wean local villagers from Christianity. Radical Hindu groups like the council are vehemently opposed to conversions to Christianity, which in India tend to focus on traditionally downtrodden lower-caste and indigenous groups , and have lately taken to conducting mass ceremonies to convert them back to Hinduism. The Hindu leader who was killed, Laxmanananda Saraswati, was among five people slain by unidentified armed ...