Granted Indian citizenship under CAA, Hindu migrants from Pakistan embrace ticket to ‘freedom’

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New Delhi: Inside a small asbestos-roofed house in a northwest Delhi jhuggi colony, 42-year-old Radha and her family have little respite from the May heat..

But they do find refuge from their worries in the form of a brand-new TV blaring a Hindi soap opera and bright blue dossiers confirming the Indian citizenship of five family members...

Other than the Adarsh Nagar family, the newly minted Indian citizens included 29-year-old Yashoda and her younger brother Bharat Kumar, who live in a similar jhuggi colony of Pakistani Hindu migrants in north Delhis Majnu ka Tila..

Madho and his wife Radha are still waiting for their Indian citizenship due to some missing paperwork, but theyre not overly worried...

Life in India hasnt been easy for Radha and Yashodas families, who are amongan estimated30,000 refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan trying to rebuild their lives in India...