Cedric da costa wrote on goanet: > Despite doing so much to lift the downtrodden an Ungrateful India is yet to acknowledge the services done by Mother Theresa...by giving her some lasting honour...why? just because she was from a minority community or just because she was a foreigner? > Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 12:00:30 +0530 From: "Sandeep Heble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cedric's remarks against the Indian Nation are therefore unfortunate, disappointing and uncalled for. > Mario adds: > Sandeep is right. Cedric is simply uninformed on this subject. > Mother Theresa is the only civilian who has ever been honored with a state funeral in India's history. This is an unprecedented gesture of the utmost respect for someone who never accepted any financial assistance from the government. It would be quite an honor for anyone, more so for a "foreigner" - actually, in her heart and mind she was hardly a foreigner by the time she died - from a micro-minority community. > Mother Theresa never asked for anyone'e religious affiliation when deciding whether to help them, and, in return, she was honored and recognized by her country and the world. >
