{
  "id": 5350712,
  "title": "How Conversions, Casteism Pushed Dalit Voters To A Crossroads In Punjab",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/how-conversions-casteism-pushed-dalit-voters-to-a-crossroads-in-punjab-5350712",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T13:05:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NDTV",
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    "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/how-conversions-casteism-pushed-dalit-voters-to-a-crossroads-in-punjab-11997910"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Elections in Punjab do not invent Dalit conversion; they only make it visible. Videos of turbaned men, most of them Dalits, stepping into baptismal tanks circulate every campaign season.",
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        "outlet": "NDTV - India News",
        "title": "How Conversions, Casteism Pushed Dalit Voters To A Crossroads In Punjab",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/how-conversions-casteism-pushed-dalit-voters-to-a-crossroads-in-punjab",
        "published": "2026-09-03T13:05:55.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}