Weaponising the basic human right of travel
The visa system is oppressive, discriminatory and arbitrary. Nobody should have the right to stop humans from travelling around the world, whatever the purpose.
A couple of days ago, British architecture professor Lindsay Bremner who came to India with a valid visa was denied entry by Indian immigration officials. She is not the first foreign academic to be denied entry into India in 2022. A few months ago Filippo Osella, an anthropologist who has focussed on Kerala and loves the state, was denied entry into I…