A week after noted Hindi scholar Francesca Orsini was deported from Delhi for allegedly violating visa conditions, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has criticised the government’s stance, saying that the Indian establishment “needs to grow a thicker skin, a broader mind and a bigger heart.”

Tharoor’s remarks came in response to a column by former BJP MP Swapan Dasgupta, who argued that while the state must ensure compliance with visa rules, it “has no business assessing a professor’s scholarship.” He also cautioned that India must avoid creating the impression that it is closing its doors to foreign academics.

Sharing Dasgupta’s post on X, Tharoor wrote that he agreed with the sentiment.

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