Earlier this month, I spent a week in South Gujarat, mostly Surat and Bharuch, speaking extensively to those who have been working closely with victims of forced religious conversion (1/n)
I wrote a four part series on my learnings. I also got to speak to a girl who was victim of grooming jihad when she was a minor. Here is my report on the heart wrenching conversation with her. (2/n) opindia.com/2022/01/gujara…
Here is my article on the shady dealings that take place in some darghas which work as centres for religious conversion and also how they dilute the faith of others who visit them (3/n) opindia.com/2022/01/gujara…
Remember the viral video clip where burqa clad woman in a Surat apartment was asking a houseowner if the house is up for sale? I visited the apartment and spoke to people there. Here is my piece on Disturbed Areas Act in parts of Bharuch and Surat (4/n) opindia.com/2022/01/bharuc…
I also went to Kankariya village in Bharuch district’s Amod Taluka where recently a case was registered about forced religious conversion of 37 tribal families. Here is how they were brainwashed (5/n) opindia.com/2022/01/gujara…
There were still a lot of things I learnt, unlearnt… thing that changed my perspective about a lot of things and people and associations. A lot of these things were not part of these articles. But they need to be talked about (6/n)
Because of which tomorrow at 7 PM, @rahulroushan and I will be live on our YouTube channel [youtube.com/OpindiaEnglish] where we will discuss these things as well as try and answer some of the questions you, our readers, might have on these. Do join in! (7/7)
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