Staffner includes Brahmabandhab Upadhyaya (1861 - 1907), a close friend of Swami Vivekananda, who tried to interpret Christianity in
Indian philosophical categories, Narayan Vaman Tilak (1861 - 1919), who is loved throughout Maharashtra as «the poet of children and flowers», and Pandita Ramabai (1858 - 1922), who saw in Jesus Christ the hope and salvation of Indian womanhood.