(OT)Re: [HSF] Broken femur

[Rwmfglycar at aol.com]

Dear Prasanna, 
Christian legend has it that St Thomas, who was on a mission to gain  
converts to Christianity, was met by a Jewish congregation that had arrived  there 
during the Syrian Diaspora. St Thomas' mission was very successful as  judged by 
the surnames one encounters in Kerala such as Thomas, John, Mathew,  Paul and 
so on, and the Syriac Christian Church which had a real presence  for 
centuries. I was told that the Jewish population was augmented during the  Spanish 
Inquisition but since the founding of Israel has dwindled and that there  has 
been a melding of various Christian sects in the last few decades. I could  go 
on about Kerala which I visited in the 80's and found fascinating,
Bob