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Beaming with pride, Pakistani Hindu refugees ready to cast their first vote
Millennium Post Delhi|January 16, 2025
DELHI ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
Beaming with pride, Pakistani Hindu refugees ready to cast their first vote

In the crowded, narrow lanes lined with makeshift homes near Delhi's resettlement colony -- Majnu-ka-tilla, a sense of pride and "indebtedness" pervades as a group of Pakistani Hindu refugees prepare to cast their votes for the first time in the country they now call home.

These men and women, who fled persecution in Pakistan, are beaming with excitement at the prospect of participating in the India democratic process -- a right they have long yearned for.

Having endured years of hardships and discrimination in Pakistan, they now feel a profound sense of relief and belonging in India.

For them, this election is not just about voting -- it is a symbolic assertion of their identity as Indian citizens. Many of these families settled in Delhi since 2013 are now witnessing their dreams of a dignified life and political participation coming true.

This story is from the January 16, 2025 edition of Millennium Post Delhi.

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