I have chosen this religion and these Gods as my guides through life

Look for Ruby's comment on this message board in reaction to a REDIFF article by Rajeev Srinivasan. Much has been said abt the topic covered by Rajeev (and I will contribute my share very soon), but right now I want to invite attention to Ruby's case. Isn't she right by and large abt (a) how we shd find our God - not by birth or by "incentives" provided by the usual crowd of, ahem, "message-carriers" and (b) how unwelcoming Hindus (Indians in the large part) are towards people unlike them, esp in colour?

Ruby is a Mexican American married to a South Indian (as per the post)