. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . W v-ii. biki)-of-i\\kai)ih:. CHAPTER LIILTHE SCEPTICAL INVASION OF INDIA. One of the most serious questions connected with the press inIndia is the presence of sceptical tendencies. There is a break-up of the old faiths throughout the country. The trend is tow-ards either Christianity or infidelity. Many of the learned na-tives would rather see the infidel writings from England andAmerica introduced into India than Christianity. There aresix hundred native newspapers in India, all of which, with theexception of about six, are bitterly
. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . W v-ii. biki)-of-i\\kai)ih:. CHAPTER LIILTHE SCEPTICAL INVASION OF INDIA. One of the most serious questions connected with the press inIndia is the presence of sceptical tendencies. There is a break-up of the old faiths throughout the country. The trend is tow-ards either Christianity or infidelity. Many of the learned na-tives would rather see the infidel writings from England andAmerica introduced into India than Christianity. There aresix hundred native newspapers in India, all of which, with theexception of about six, are bitterly opposed to the Christian re-ligion. The natives associate Christianity with the downfallof their ancient nationality, and the incoming of Western welcome anything which will arrest Christianity. Theyhave drifted away from their ancestral faith, and have not ac-cepted another. They are without any religious desire or prin-ciple. That is the status of the average educated Hindu to-day.* A parallel to the India of to-day is to be found in the uni-versal
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