In Christine Mehta's account of how she was deported from India last November, published in The Hindu on Thursday, there is a telling line. "India's progressive visa policy makes living and working in India easy for most second and third generation Indians living abroad, except for those working in environmental and human rights," the Amnesty International India researcher writes.


It reveals the uneasy relationship the State has with research, particularly on human rights undertaken by non-governmental organisations. The work has to pass muster with the Home Affairs Ministry.

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