When I was 9 year old, my mother (widow) who was working in Dubai as a registered nurse became terminally ill with cancer and she arranged for me to live with a family who would agree to be my guardians until I turned 18 since no one else back in Australia where me and my mother are from would agree to take me in when she died. Fortunately, a Punjabi Sikh family with a 9 year old son my age agreed to take me in and when my mother died, I moved back to Ludhiana India with this Sikh family. As soon as we arrived in India. I was told by my Sikh foster family that I am no longer allowed to cut my hair and I have to wear a patka from now on. I am fifteen years old now and I still live with my Sikh foster family and my hair is down to my waist and I still wear a patka. Are adoptive parents allowed to change the religion of any children who they adopt who are of a different religion?