Caste ? A hurdle for home comers

Home coming is the word for those from Islam or Christianity who re-embrace Hinduism. Home comers face several problems. One is the caste in which the reconverted person wants to fit himself in. That is the case of S Maharaja, a diploma-holder in ITI (Wiring). He stated that although his grandparents were Christians, his father, elder brother, younger sister and himself have been following Hindu rites and rituals since childhood and that he belongs to the Hindu Pallan Community (SC). But when he sought the community certificate the Tahsildar rejected on the grounds that there was no document to prove the conversion and three of his family members had Christian names. Aggrieved Maharaja sought a direction from the Court.

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