Published : Sep 18, 2025 13:11 IST - 8 MINS READIndian Christian “converts”, some say, are difficult to track or identify. This anxiety-inducing native Christian lies at the heart of Mou Banerjee’s thought-provoking book, The Disinherited: The Politics of Christian Conversion in Colonial India, published by Harvard University Press. In the first chapter, Banerjee traces the historical beginnings and growth of modern apologetics in India, specifically in Bengal. The Baropakhya CaseChapter 4 sheds light on a hitherto unexplored episode in the peasant struggles of colonial Bengal. This is a peculiar upper-caste predicament in colonial Bengal which may or may not resonate with other Indian Christians.