India, June 28 -- By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD
With its most recent announcement that the holding of an Indian Passport cannot be considered as proof of our Indian Citizenship, our Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has created a legal paradox, which may soon snowball into a situation akin to the opening of the proverbial Pandora's Box.
Hitherto, the possession of this presumably most important and even prestigious pocketable document, was considered to be the most irrefutable proof of our Indian citizenship. And, rightly so too, because a passport is issued by the Indian Government, in the name of the President of India and it allows you to travel across the world unhindered, as a citizen of India and return to the country as one.
It has...