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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicAatish Taseer

Topic: Aatish Taseer

Losing OCI was an intimate shame at first. It freed me later: Aatish Taseer

In 'A Return to Self', Aatish Taseer revisits the places that formed his identity, asking broader questions about the complex forces that make a culture and a nationality.

Panelists exit JLF New York, BJP’s Shazia Ilmi says ‘cancel cancel-culture’

At least two panellists withdrew from the New York edition of Jaipur Literature Festival this week allegedly protesting BJP spokesperson Shazia Ilmi’s invite.

‘Can Bollywood survive Modi?’ Aatish Taseer predicts a ‘heartbreaking’ confrontation

'Bollywood’s only chance of survival lies in its ability to stick together and marshal its star power,' author Aatish Taseer has written in The Atlantic.

Aatish Taseer becomes US citizen, months after Modi govt revoked his OCI card

In November 2019, the Modi government had revoked author Aatish Taseer's OCI card for allegedly hiding his father's Pakistani origin.

Happy & sad reactions to Chidambaram’s bail, a mother-son spat over Modi

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Review Aatish Taseer OCI order: Rushdie, Pamuk, Atwood, Steinem & 260 others write to PM Modi

The letter, published by PEN America, calls the revocation of Taseer's OCI status a retaliation to his writing.

Aatish Taseer needs Muhammad Ali, Vijay Mallya wants ‘justice’, Chetan Bhagat’s ‘love’ note

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Prankster and Pakistani patriot: Aatish Taseer’s dad Salmaan was a man of many selves

Modi govt revoked author and journalist Aatish Taseer’s OCI status because he ‘concealed’ that his father Salmaan was Pakistani.

Aatish Taseer: Why is father’s name an issue for OCI if it’s not needed in Indian passports?

Unlike the OCI card, the new Passport rules don’t require an applicant to disclose the father’s name.

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.