Aatish Taseer Tavleen Singh

Arundhati Roy and Jeet Thayil were among the host of writers and academics who came forward on Friday to back their British-born colleague Aatish Taseer after the Indian government's decision to revoke his Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) status.

Writer Aatish Taseer found from Twitter that his Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card had been revoked, according to his article in the TIME magazine today, titled "I am Indian. Why is the Government Sending Me Into Exile?"

Writer Aatish Taseer's Overseas Citizenship of India status has been revoked for not complying with "very basic requirements" and concealing information, the Home Ministry said on Thursday, disputing a media report suggesting the move was linked to a story published in the Time magazine in May.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday responded to the TIME magazine cover calling him "India's Divider In Chief" and asking whether India can endure five more years of his government.

Aatish Taseer, writer and New York Times columnist, has linked an unappetising encounter with the beef controversy in Delhi with unusual scrutiny of his passport by an immigration officer, to complain that there is an atmosphere of fear in the country.

Son of well-known Indian journalist Tavleen Singh and Salman Taseer, former Governor of Punjab in Pakistan, who was assassinated earlier this year in January, Aatish Taseer is a young writer who has already written his third book. The book is a thought provoking book on a personal journey of a discovery of a father and some countries along the way.

Arundhati Roy and Jeet Thayil were among the host of writers and academics who came forward on Friday to back their British-born colleague Aatish Taseer after the Indian government's decision to revoke his Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) status.

Writer Aatish Taseer found from Twitter that his Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card had been revoked, according to his article in the TIME magazine today, titled "I am Indian. Why is the Government Sending Me Into Exile?"

Writer Aatish Taseer's Overseas Citizenship of India status has been revoked for not complying with "very basic requirements" and concealing information, the Home Ministry said on Thursday, disputing a media report suggesting the move was linked to a story published in the Time magazine in May.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday responded to the TIME magazine cover calling him "India's Divider In Chief" and asking whether India can endure five more years of his government.

Aatish Taseer, writer and New York Times columnist, has linked an unappetising encounter with the beef controversy in Delhi with unusual scrutiny of his passport by an immigration officer, to complain that there is an atmosphere of fear in the country.

Son of well-known Indian journalist Tavleen Singh and Salman Taseer, former Governor of Punjab in Pakistan, who was assassinated earlier this year in January, Aatish Taseer is a young writer who has already written his third book. The book is a thought provoking book on a personal journey of a discovery of a father and some countries along the way.