@lone @tma

TL is scary. Bloody scary. IT firms are the new bastion of the enemy now. HR has always been the most civilisationally compromised department in the corporate. But I feel this is bigger than HR.

THIS GOES BEYOND NASHIK, TCS. IT'S A PATTERN. The very tolerance that defines a democracy can, if unchecked, be used against it. SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE DEEPER QUESTIONS, THE MORE UNCOMFORTABLE THE BETTER. What NASHIK case exposes, just like AJMER did is not just crime but a pattern where belief is weaponised through grooming and deception. A secular democracy cannot allow faith to become a tool of coercion. Hindu tradition is a univeral truth. Hindus don't convert. But it is up against aggressive proselytisation that blurs the line between consent and exploitation. India already has anti-conversion laws. They exist. And yet cases like this keep surfacing. Which raises a blunt question. Are these laws failing, or are they inherently incapable of policing intent and coercion? Besides laws don't change mindsets. So the debate must now move beyond law to first principles. Can coercive or induced conversion ever be cleanly regulated? Or does the very act of proselytisation in vulnerable settings create conditions for misuse? Can a society that permits conversion also guarantee that it remains truly voluntary? Liberals may resist the question. They will chaffe and troll. But what is the alternative? And is the current model strengthening social harmony or steadily eroding trust in a plural society?