TCS Nashik Case: Controlling Women In The Name Of 'Corporate Jihad'?
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[*]Protests and campaigns invoking ‘corporate jihad’ gain ground after the Nashik TCS case, despite lack of evidence supporting organised conversion claims.
[*]Muslim employees report rising workplace hostility, while experts warn of hiring bias
[*]Activists say the narrative is curbing women’s freedom across communities—through surveillance, moral policing, and pressure on education, jobs, and relationships.
Wearing saffron sarees, dupattas and carrying posters against alleged ‘corporate jihad’ around hundred women gathered at Indira Nagar in Nashik for a protest march to the Collector's office on April 16. This wasn’t any ordinary protest march for the cause of women’s safety: it was high on Islamophobic rhetoric. Women who participated in these protests, expressed their anguish, raising Islamophobic slogans in the wake of the TCS case in Nashik in which women were allegedly sexually abused by the Muslim men employees, who also allegedly hurt religious sentiments.
This saffron protest march in Nashikisn’t an isolated instance of rising Islamophobia. Shruti Boraste, a young professional, was recently dropped off at her residence in Nashik by an Uber Bike last week. The rider refused to take the trip charges from her as a part of the initiative 'Safety of Hindu Women’.
“When I asked him about money, the young man said, ‘I have a good job, I don’t do this for money.' He said he was part of an initiative where his group provided free and safe rides to Hindu women,” says Boraste. “He also told me to not take a ride on Uber or other apps if a Muslim driver is assigned,” adds Boraste.
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