Sindhi women in Delhi’s Adarsh Nagar refugee camp are boosting their income and dignity by stitching intricate Ralli quilts. Some retail for as much as Rs 15,000 online.
Pakistani Hindus, who want to become Indian nationals, also seek basics like schools & toilets in their settlements in Jodhpur — city that shelters bulk of their population in Rajasthan.
Deepna Rajput and her friends realise how their Instagram reel could be interpreted in India. 'This reel is not intended for any ‘propaganda’ against Indians or their politics,' she told ThePrint.
Advocacy groups working with Pakistani Hindus based in Barmer say they live in very poor conditions. Migrants say they are reviled as 'kafirs' in Pakistan, and as Pakistanis in India.
The Computerised National Identity Card, issued by Pakistan's National Database and Registration Authority, had a clause for non-Muslims. 'I hereby declare on Oath: I am not Muslim and belong to Hindu Religion.'
A decade of darkness is over in Pakistani-Hindu settlement of Delhi's Adarsh Nagar with electricity. But clean water, education, cemented roads and citizenship are still out of reach.
On 29 May 1951, Jawaharlal Nehru defended adding 'reasonable restrictions' to Article 19, arguing that free speech must be balanced with national security and unity.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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