Tamil Nadu’s Lavanya case: Communal narrative vs evidence

Four years ago, a teenager in Tamil Nadu was dying.

As she was on her death bed, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Hindu Munnani and the BJP closed in. Not for justice. But to create a narrative. One that would make Hindus feel persecuted. And would turn Christians into enemies.

That narrative was amplified for years by these political actors. 

Now, the CBI has dismantled it. The CBI has told the SC that there is no evidence that Lavanya was pressured to convert. She died by suicide after abuse by a nun at her school. And the most chilling finding: While she lay dying, she was made to record video after video. 

Until she said what they wanted.

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