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Review decision to revoke Aatish Taseer’s OCI status: 250 writers and activists to PM Modi
November 15, 2019 3:13 am
On November 8, the government revoked Taseer’s OCI card, accusing him of concealing the fact that his late father Salmaan Taseer was a Pakistani national.
Rushdie, Atwood among authors to urge PM Modi to review Aatish Taseer’s OCI card revocation
November 14, 2019 7:24 pm
The letter says "We write to respectfully request that the Indian government review this decision, to ensure that Aatish Taseer has access to his childhood home and family, and that other writers are not similarly targeted."
The mighty state
November 08, 2019 11:51 pm
It needs to hound and victimise a writer to feel strong and decisive
Sending my son Aatish Taseer to exile is not just wrong but evil
November 09, 2019 8:58 am
I have to say that I am truly horrified that this was done without my even being given a hearing. Of course, as the BJP’s Twitter trolls tell me gleefully, I could go to court.
BJP-led govts gave PIO and OCI cards to Aatish, eased norms for single parent
November 09, 2019 9:49 am
The fact that the government cited Taseer’s “Pakistan origins” to revoke his OCI card despite him being raised by his mother sits at odds with the BJP-led government’s moves towards progressively liberalising the passport rules about a single parent.
Explained — This Word Means: Overseas Citizen of India
November 09, 2019 1:33 am
The status author Aatish Taseer enjoyed until Indian government revoked it. Who are eligible for it?
Taseer's OCI revoked: Writers term move 'outrageous', 'vindictive'
November 08, 2019 3:22 pm
The decision comes seven months after Taseer wrote an article titled "Divider-in-Chief" in TIME magazine on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Aatish Taseer after OCI revocation: 'India my country... had never before felt it necessary to articulate it'
November 08, 2019 10:55 am
The 38-year-old also said that the Indian government's move was "symptomatic of a much larger movement", and compared his "exile" to the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and the National Register of Citizens in Assam.
Govt revokes author Aatish Taseer’s OCI card for hiding father’s Pakistan origin
November 08, 2019 7:26 am
A spokesperson for the Union Home Ministry Thursday said that Aatish Taseer, while submitting his PIO application, “concealed the fact of Pak origin of his late father”.
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