Ghar Wapsi
Ghar Wapsi (Hindi, meaning "Home Coming") is a series of religious conversion activities, organized by Indian Hindu organizations Vishva Hindu Parishad and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, to convert non-Hindus to Hinduism which became the subject of public discussion in 2014.[1][2][3] The Bharatiya Janata Party has claimed this is a means to get conversions banned altogether in the country.[4]
The Vishva Hindu Parishad and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh organized several Ghar Wapsi events in Kerala and Goa.[5][6]
About 1,200 people were converted to Hinduism in a Ghar Wapsi event organized by Vishva Hindu Parishad in Telangana.[7] The Indian Express reported that Scheduled Caste Manjhi families demanded better facilities along with education and healthcare before they converted.[8]
Etymology
The word 'ghar' is of Sanskrit origin which means "home"[9] and 'wapsi' is of Persian origin which means "coming back".[10]
Repercussions
According to some sources, fears have been raised about Ghar Wapsi and its associated violent tendencies. Earlier, Ghar Wapsi has led to anti-Christian violence in The Dangs in Gujarat,[11] and Kandhamal district in Orissa.[12][unreliable source?]
See also
References
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- ↑ VHP to hold 'ghar wapsi' for 4,000 Muslims in Ayodhya in January, Times of India, 24 December 2014
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- ↑ http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/believer?page=0,3
- ↑ http://www.countercurrents.org/kandhamal.htm
Further reading
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- Ghar Vapsi: Civil society needs to challenge RSS's conversion agenda, Firstpost, 14 December 2014
- 'Reconversion' Paradoxes, Christopher Jaffrelot, Indian Express, 7 January 2015
- The politics of othering, Charu Gupta, Indian Express, 20 December 2014.
