Dalit Theology

After breakfast we were invited to meet with Alwen Masih, General Secretary. We discussed some things like communication and working together, etc. he arranged for a car for us for the day and for our laundry to be picked up and delivered this evening. a car will be waiting door us tomorrow morning to take us to the airport. Later we met with Dr. James Massey, a noted scholar of religions and the main developer of the theory of Dalit Theology. This is very different from Liberation Theology which posits Christ as a champion of the poor and oppressed. Dalit Theology posits Christ as a Dalit, a person outside his community in every way. The discussion ranged over several hours and lunch, giving us new perspectives on some of what we have already seen and felt. It will provide a backdrop to our talks while we are in Darjeeling, debriefing.

Afterward we walked around Connaught Place, one of the reknown shopping areas in Delhi. Construction all around which should have been completed before the Commonwealth Games and dust everywhere, including the goods in every shop we entered. The only thing I bought was a bottle of organic triphala; a combination of herbs good for cleansing the system, to put it euphemistically. My search for the Apple Store was in vain, so no 3G network for me. Which is why I am staying up so late again to bring this up to date. The Bhavan has WiFi and I managed to get on tonight before dinner after initial frustrations. Dinner was provided by the Bhavan, as was the car today and tomorrow. Every day brings new surprises.