It seems that, for all our talk of freedom, curbing it still seems to be the way to go. The RSS has planned a mass conversion of 1000 Muslim and 4000 Christian families into Hinduism. Ironically, the 'Ghar Wapsi' (returning home) programme is scheduled to take place on Christmas this year. Organizers claim that this event, to be held in Aligarh, will be one of the biggest conversion programmes, ever. Interestingly, there has been a call to ban conversions in Parliament. "Let there be anti-conversion laws in all the states and at the Centre also," Parliamentary affairs minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said at the end of a three- hour discussion in the Lok Sabha on "conversion by inducement", as reported by The Hindu

How far has this web of conversion spread?

After the controversial comment made by UP's urban development and minority affairs minister Azam Khan regarding ownership of the Taj Mahal, Agra continues to be a hub of communal differences.

Recently, more than 50 Muslim families living in a slum in Agra attended a simple conversion ceremony where they sat for the ritual of shuddhi before a 'holy fire'.

“In Agra it was seen that communal organisations resorted to conversion of Muslims by promising them Aadhar and ration cards. VHP and other Hindu organisations have launched conversion campaign to take advantage of poverty of Muslims,” AIMPLB general secretary Maulana Nizamuddin told PTI.

Doesn't this speak of blatant intolerance towards minority communities in India? Live, but not let live?

In a related incident in Muzaffarnagar, a Bengali Muslim woman converted to Hinduism, so that she could marry for love. After which, outrage and communal tension broke out in the western UP town, once again.