Plight of a Nepali at Indian Transit

OpEd @ NepalNews.com,  02 January 2012 09:08

It had already been eleven years that I had not visited my country Nepal. The excitement rushed in as I was visiting my family in Nepal after that long span. On top of that, I was not worried about my visa and ironically, the saying in Nepali “even a river returns after twelve years” was getting materialized this time. The US Embassy in Nepal has always been unpredictable granting visas. My mother was denied a visa even to attend my Ph.D. graduation in the United States. In this Nepal visit, the heartrending incidents at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, India, incited an acrimonious flash-back.Going back in 1995, I vividly remember Nepalis being harassed by Indian custom officers at several check points on the Nepal-India border. more …

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