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.
In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.
Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance.
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.
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