The Intriguing Implications of N.V. Tilak's Life and Thought Narayan Vaman Tilak was raised in western India in a Brahmin family as a Hindu of the highest caste. He was an ardent nationalist and gifted poet. Baptized in 1895, he remained one of the most highly placed Hindu leaders to turn to faith in Jesus Christ. Tilak was never fully at home in the westernized systems of church and mission life...