Malavika Varadan/Dubai
What it means to look at your burning roots
A few days ago, the Burj Khalifa lit up with the message #StayStrongIndia. And I was suddenly aware of who I was. An N-R-I. A Non-Resident Indian, who is watching my country burn and gasp for air. I am an outsider.
Like many of my NRI friends, India, for me, has been a bubble, a photo album that I revisit every couple of months.
I land into my home city, drink my favourite filter coffee at the airport, marvel at how the neighbourhood I grew up in has changed, visit a few nice restaurants and clubs, comment on how expensive India has become wipe my hands with hand sanitizer and come back home, to Dubai.
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‘Hostility’: What the book by Pakistan’s ambassador to India during the early Modi years reveals
‘Hostility’: What the book by Pakistan’s ambassador to India during the early Modi years reveals
An excerpt from ‘Hostility: A Diplomat’s Diary on Pakistan India Relations’, by Abdul Basit, Pakistan’s ambassador to India from 2014 to 2017. Author Abdul Basit.
Earlier on 16 March, I quietly went to see an indefatigable Kashmiri leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, at his modest Delhi flat. He was unwell. I also thought to personally invite him to the Pakistan Day reception to be held on 2 April. Needless to say, I was overwhelmed. Here was a man who was totally committed to Pakistan and the cause of Kashmir. This was my first meeting with him as High Commissioner. I had met him once earlier at the high commission when he came to see Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir in February 2010.