I too am from Ramapuram and though I …

Comment posted Churches on demolition line – Ramapuram Twin Churches by Louis Zacharias.

I too am from Ramapuram and though I have been away long, I have fond and beautiful memories of the Twin Churches…and never fail to visit when I go home…I would be heart-broken if the powers-that-be go through with their machinations… There are two ways of bringing the Church down – either hammer it down or let it crumble out of conscious neglect …. I believe sadly that the shortsighted one-up-manship of the Nasarani Catholics (My Church is bigger and newer than yours!!!) may ultimately prevail over any sense of history or heritage….

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