Syrian Christians are synonymous with Ingratitude!!

Found this on #Hinduism #Today (replaced the word India with Bhaaratham):

Bhaaratham Facts by Rakesh Simha

If you could sum up the history of #Christianity in Bhaaratham in one word, that word would be ingratitude. Among the earliest refugees to arrive in Bhaaratham were the #Syrian #Christians, who were facing persecution in their native lands in the Persian Empire in the fourth century CE. The Syrian Christians sought refuge in Bhaaratham. Kerala's #Malabar coast attracted them because they had heard of an ancient community of Jews who had been living there since the first century CE, having also fled the turmoil of the Middle East.

How were these Syrian Christians - or #Nasaranis as they are still called by the locals - treated? "The Bhaaratham king received them with great kindness," #George #David #Malech writes in #History of the #Syrian #Nation and the Old Evangelical-Apostolic Church of the East.

"At the Kotem school in Malabar there are still some copper tablets in existence on which there are written messages from the king to the Christian leader, permitting him and his followers to settle in some places and recommending them to neighboring chiefs."

Around the time when the #Portuguese marauders led by #Vasco #Da #Gama arrived in Malabar in 1498, the Syrian Christian community was thriving, with at least 30,000 members. Now, here's how they repaid Bhaaratham's generosity. When Da Gama returned for the second time in 1502, he was met by a delegation of Syrian Christians: "They identified themselves, surrendered their ancient honors and documents, and invited him to make war on their Hindu kings," writes #Ishwar #Sharan in The #Myth of #Saint #Thomas and the #Mylapore Shiva Temple!!