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Wednesday, August 27, 2025
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Topic: Conversions

Missionaries saw Hindu gods as monsters & representations of Satan: Manu Pillai

In his new book ‘Gods, Guns, and Missionaries: The Making of the Modern Hindu’, historian Manu Pillai traces the roots of Hindutva to the British Raj’s Christian conversion project.

Kashmiri Sikhs ask how to stop losing daughters to Islam— ‘It’s a threat to demography’

Nobody is using the politically loaded term ‘love jihad’ yet, but the anxieties that a handful of conversions has unleashed has ripped through the fragile peace they have established in the Kashmir conflict for decades.

‘Damaging Bharat’s social fabric’: After linking Amazon to conversion, RSS wants NIA probe

The demand came after RSS-linked publication, ‘Organiser’, accused the e-commerce company of funding conversions in Northeast India. Amazon has denied the allegations.

Ambedkar to AAP—mass conversions still bristle Indian politics. Delhi event is nothing new

If one looks at mass conversions in India over the last four decades, a large number of Dalits are embracing not just Buddhism but also Islam and Christianity.

Punjab’s Dalits are shifting state politics, flocking churches, singing Chamar pride

In this ground report, ThePrint travels across 7 districts of Punjab to highlight the fault lines, and focus on a revolution that is now starting to be recognised.

On Camera

A vicious pest is teaching Americans a lesson on why global cooperation matters

The screwworm has breached the biological wall established in Panama over decades. The pest is relentlessly marching northwards—helped by Trump’s flailing foreign policy.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.