Re: Re: [nukkad] PM's address to NRIs

[Harshal Chhaya <>]

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Gupta ji,

You wrote:
> Pravas does not mean traveller, but might loosely convey that sense 
> since one cannot get away to another place without travelling their. 

Many colloquial Hindi phrases use 'pravas' for travel and 
'pravasi' for traveller. For eg. all railway stations and airlines
use 'pravasiyon se nivedan hai...' (passengers/travellers are
requested to...). 

This (the NRI mela) is the first time I have seen 'pravasi'
being used in the 'non-resident' or 'residing elsewhere' sense. 

> parivrajak is a hindi word that connotes traveller.

But it is hardly used. Hence my question.



And Rohit bhai, thanks for your views on the importance of
Indian citizenship to you. As you mentioned in your second
message, my query was not to current Indian citizens. Most
citizens of India won't be able to take advantage of the dual
citizenship and their/our views on the matter are sort of 
irrelavant. I am curious to find out if people who are now
citizens of other countries and who are elegible for the dual
citizenship will apply for it. 

When the PIO (person of Indian origin) card was announced a 
couple of years back, the initial excitement waned quickly 
when people realised that each card (one for each member of 
the family) would cost $1000. Many NRIs labelled the scheme 
as a money-making plan by the govt and those who planned to 
apply for the card dropped their plans.

Clearly, the dual citizenship scheme is more attractive 
because it has a lot more benefits than the PIO scheme and 
so is likely to have a much better response.

BTW, do you know if people holding dual citizenship will be
allowed to vote in Indian elections? That raises many 
interesting scenarios and questions and is an excellent topic
of discussion.

- Harshal



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