Arti BaliNew Delhi, June 22 -- An Italian national, Anna Roma Sapienza, who spent five years mastering one of India's oldest classical dance forms, is facing a race against time to secure a visa extension before her student status expires. She is caught in a documentation impasse with immigration authorities that neither she nor her institution can easily resolve.
Anna, who completed an integrated Master's programme in Bharatanatyam, a classical South Indian dance form with roots in temple traditions dating back centuries, at MGR Janaki College for Arts and Science for Women in Chennai in April, applied in late May for a 90-day extension of her student visa through India's Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO). Her visa expires on...