Reading the Deportation of Francesca Orsini | Arup Kumar Sen

Francesca Orsini, a renowned scholar of Hindi and South Asian literature and professor emerita at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, was deported from Delhi airport on October 20, 2025, for her alleged violation of visa conditions. The PTI reported that a source in the Ministry of Home Affairs stated that Orsini has been on a