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Red Tape
over Emotions
By Syed
Faiyazuddin Ahmad
Aug. 15, 2008 |
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I feel very
dejected as I can not pursue my plan. I am a
Bihari by birth and was in Patna in 1933. I have
not visited Patna for the last 54 years! I
wanted to go down the memory lane and celebrate
my 75th birthday in Patna but I have been
refused visa to India as before settling in
Britain and having British nationality for last
20 years plus my parents migrated to Pakistan
where from I came to England and has therefore a
Pakistan origin card which facilitates my visit
to Pakistan without a visa. Now the Indian
Deputy High Commission in Birmingham has refused
visa to me though they had given me visa on two
occasions earlier but that I could not avail
because of my dear wife, who also was a Bihari
from Gaya, was very seriously ill in 2003, 04 ,
05 and 06 and who passed away in Dec 2006.
I am so sad that I cannot visit my ancestral
home and the school where I had my early
education and where I had so many sweet
memories. Thanks anyhow for the cruel hands of
the Indo-Pakistan politics which does not
recognise any sentiments of love and affection.
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I hope
Indian High Commission grants a
visa. I wish him best of luck. -
M Nauman Khan - Aug. 15, 2008 |
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