Doubting his nationality, are we? Apart from the fact that nationality should not mean anything when a university if awarding doctorate, I think Anand has credited India more by being himself, than Kapil Sibal ever will, even if he shuts his trap and never utters another word, in speech or print. Thank you for paying your dues to people who hole on to their Indian Pasports despite difficulties, Sibal you prize-ass!
We have Bangladeshi refugees all over the North East, we have Srilankan Tamil refugees all over the south, we have Pakistani men walking into Mumbai with impunity so they can shoot up the city - and these Babus are only concerned with Vishwanath Anand's citizenship.
Why the donkeys at the HRD ministry not taking up the nationality of Harvard University mathematician David Mumford who will also get the same doctorate with Anand? The world is trying to move forward blurring the narrow-mindedness of nationality, caste and ethnicity. While our bureacrats are wasting time over such petty things. What the hell if Anand prefer to live in Spain? It gives him more access to the international chess circuit than just rottening in cricket-mad cities of India. Sashi Tharoor spent many decades in the US serving UN but nobody questions his nationality. The donkeys in HRD doesn't have the minimum knowledge that nobody will lose nationality by just working abroad.
Re: nationality ?
by anonymous on Aug 24, 2010 09:14 PM
India does not allow duel citizenship, so if anyone takes Citizenship of any other country, he/she automatically looses Indian Citizenship. If some one acquires citizenship of another country without returning/ canceling their Indian passport (many countries allow this), then there is no way for anyone to find that out other than asking Govt of each and every country. Many people take advantage of this loophole to gain from best of both worlds. Probably that's why Indians living abroad for longer duration are put to more scrutiny.
Re: nationality ?
by Neeraja MBalchander on Aug 26, 2010 12:20 AM
Absolutely agree with you! Anyway, as if these asses are solving national crises by being merely Indian!
Re: Sania V Anand
by R Balasubramanian on Aug 24, 2010 05:59 PM
her partner is an enemy to you but not to her, atleast now.
Anand, being an indian, why should he stay majority of the time in Spain and he could have clarified the doubt of the ministry and settled the issue. He should take a leaf out of Dr. Kalam's simplicity when he was security screened at the airport by an US airlines.
He should accept the Doctorate when the doubt is cleared and the Minister has spoken to him and apologised for the mistake.
Re: Re: Sania V Anand
by aaaa on Aug 24, 2010 08:41 PM
People are free to live anywhere in the world and pursue their dreams. There is no requirement in the constitution that only Indians who live in India are Indians. More l!ke you should keep your Ahole shut if you don't know the requirements of being a citizen.
Re: Re: Sania V Anand
by Prasad Vemparala on Aug 24, 2010 10:05 PM
Is there any bar on giving docterate due to this?What the law says?Though I support Anand should be given Docterate for his contribution, It is sad if he chooses Spanish citizenship.
Re: Re: Sania V Anand
by krishna on Aug 24, 2010 06:23 PM
Why the donkeys at the HRD ministry not taking up the nationality of Harvard University mathematician David Mumford who will also get the same doctorate with Anand? The world is trying to move forward blurring the narrow-mindedness of nationality, caste and ethnicity. While our bureacrats are wasting time over such petty things. What the hell if Anand prefer to live in Spain? It gives him more access to the international chess circuit than just rottening in cricket-mad cities of India. Sashi Tharoor spent many decades in the US serving UN but nobody questions his nationality. The donkeys in HRD doesn't have the minimum knowledge that nobody will lose nationality by just working abroad.
Probably in the eyes of the sickular government, faded star Sania Mirza, who has married some Pakistani match fixer and now even representing India in Commonwealth Games, is more Indian than soft-spoken Anand.
