Yesterday, I visited Meerut’s Ambedkar Colony, where 30+ families have converted to Christianity

They attended Sunday prayer services at a pastor’s house till his arrest

We organized a Yajna-havan there. Deepest gratitude to those whose support made it possible

A thread 🧵
This largely Jatav community has seen rapid conversions over the past 8-9 years, mostly through dubious "medical healing" promises when healthcare costs became overwhelming

As missionaries face global backlash, they prey on the vulnerable in India

How did a conversion racket find its way in a posh colony full of retired police and army personnel in west Uttar Pradesh?

A couple of weeks ago, a conversion racket was busted in Vikas Enclave, a colony in Meerut, western UP

Here’s what I found on the ground 🧵
Vikas Enclave, located on Rohta Road in Meerut, is home to retired police and army personnel

For three months, residents were observing an unusual gathering at the first floor of a three-storey house on the corner of the colony

Every Sunday, 30-40 people would arrive around 10 am, staying for about two hours. House owner would tell the neighbours it was ‘satsang’

Picture of the corner house:

Since I am among the privileged ones to receive an invite for #RamMandirPranPrathistha, let me live tweet my experience 😀

I had booked two flights from Delhi to Lucknow for today. Good decision as the other one got cancelled. One flight finally taking off after delay of 2 hours Scenes at Lucknow airport

With only a day left for #RamJanmbhoomiMandir opening, you may like to read my series of ground reports from Ayodhya about the temple struggle since 1850s

I spent a good two weeks in Ayodhya to understand the movement

Below is a thread of all my reports with context 👇 Who are Bairagis, what is Ramkot, and what role Bairagis and Ayodhya’s most visited temple Hanuman Garhi played in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri conflict in 1850

swarajyamag.com/reports/hanuma…

We all know that after demolishing the colony of poor #PakistaniHindu refugees, Jaisalmer administration in Rajasthan gave them 40 bigha land to resettle amid much chest-thumping

But do we know the ground reality?

Our @sewanyaya team visited the spot two days ago. A thread: Tha land is uneven, full of pits and ditches. There is no road, no water, no resources to build houses.

Land is such they cannot build a shelter using bamboo and tarpaulin as they do in other places

Majju Ram says discarded like a burden by admin

Do watch both the video’s twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

You see these kids dancing on Radhe Radhe? They are Hindu migrants from Pakistan living in Jodhpur; their families awaiting Indian citizenship

Living in slums where water is scarce, their houses and water tanks were demolished by govt. When @sewanyaya team visited this week + They said they don’t play or dance or sing for fear of getting thirsty. It was heartbreaking

We gifted nine 1000-litre four-later water tanks that should suffice for a camp. We also organised a party where kids danced and played and had sharbat to their hearts’ content ❤️ twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Gujarat court has given a verdict that Hindu daughters of a woman, who remarried and had conversion-nikah, have no claim on their mother’s property

A thread on the case:

Ranjan Tripathi had three daughters from her husband, who was a govt employee. After his untimely death + she got a govt job on compassionate grounds. Tripathi remarried, leaving her daughters with her in-laws. She had conversion-nikah with a Muslim man. Daughters filed a case in court to assert their rights on mother’s savings

In this thread, I am giving a list of songs hugely popular in qawwali events and religious processions that have been completely left out of Leftist and global reportage on ‘Hindutva pop songs’ on India

1. Kaafir ka sar kaat ke rakh denge Ek baar mein mit jayega 100 baar ka jhagda, bulaun kya Ali ko