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The Battle of Belonging: Why India’s Passport Controversy Matters
A passport is undeniably a travel document, but it is also the republic’s assurance of belonging and sovereign protection in moments of crisis. Reducing it to mere travel facilitation strips it of its civic meaning, since passports are issued not to transients but to members of a political community.
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48-year-old Mahadev Dubey, vice-president of BJP's Giridih Chapter despite owning a two-storey building, works as MNREGA labour, and also gets ration from Antyodaya card, both Dubey and Savitri belong to same assembly segment
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