Banished from India after the cancellation of his OCI card, the writer-journalist speaks in this interview about his new book ‘A Return to Self’, his journeys through distant lands, and how exile reshaped his sense of home and belonging
In late 2019, writer Aatish Taseer found himself abruptly cut off from the country he identified as home. The Indian government revoked his Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card, citing questions over his father’s Pakistani nationality, though many saw it as a punitive response to his outspoken journalism.