India of many colours

Young women of the Baiga tribe, aboriginals to India. The following are excerpts from the book “A history of Christian missions” by Stephen Neill, presenting some very interesting characters from India. I’d like to start with this one below, because I was impressed by how the writer rightly uses the word “invasion” to mean what we today insist on calling “migration”. In the vast majority of human history, the two words have been synonymous. We moderns ought to take note. The passage below also gives a good glimpse on the fact that, in view of being closer to God, simplicity does it. The Barbarian, the tribe with deep roots to their earth and elements and, thus, living a more natural life, is the one whose heart is closer to the call of God. Wonder why Illyrians were the first in Europe to make the Gospel their own and why they were never fully absorbed into Roman lifestyle? Because who needs artificiality when you’re the real thing in your own lands! The Albanian nati...