So much of Rama's story is obscured by time and perspective.

Who he was depends on where you were, what you were looking for.

Now, 30 years later, sifting through these memories, piecing them together, it's hard

to know what to make of them.

Are they clear recollections?

Or were they shaped decades ago by conflict, seen through a more emotional lens?

Makes it hard to know for sure who Rama really was.

What exactly happened?

What's true?

And so any hard evidence, facts, concrete, verifiable detail, it's invaluable.

There's one person I talked to who had just that.

They didn't want to be recorded or even described in any identifiable way, so I'll call them

Jordan.

Suffice it to say, back in the 90s, Jordan came to know a lot about Rama, his students,

the group's inner workings, and about can.

Jordan was a journalist, now retired from an established media organization.

And Jordan kept their records, basically a box of papers, all those years ago.

As far as I know, these documents haven't seen the light of day in three decades, till

Jordan shared them with me a few months ago.

I printed them out and started to read them.

All right, what have we got?

Here's a booklet that says, criminal assault on a religious freedom.

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