Indian Passports, NRC Debate Put Muslims on Edge

Larger uncertainty in a country without a universal citizenship certificate

By: Nava Thakuria

India’s renewed debate over whether passports prove citizenship has revived anxieties among Muslims, particularly as political leaders speculate about a possible nationwide update of the National Register of Citizens that critics say could disenfranchise as many as 80 million people as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 12-year-old Hindutva…