In a heartwarming letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the newly elected External Affairs Minister – S Jaishankar, an 11-year-old Polish girl has written how she misses India, and she and with her mother wants to get an entry back to India after the Indian government blacklisted them.
Alicja Wanatko, in her handwritten letter, has expressed her immense love for the country. She wrote that despite not being an Indian citizen, she still calls India her “home”.
the letter my daughther who is out of school due to lack of action from MHA officers has written to Honoreable Prime Minister of India for help in our case @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/PVIolpD9Ez
— Marta Kotlarska (@KotlarskaMarta) June 2, 2019
Alicja wrote in the letter that she misses Goa where she was studying. “ I love my school in Goa, the beautiful nature and I am missing my volunteering in the animal rescue centre there where I was helping to take care of cows.”
Stressing on her education, she said she was not able to attend her last semester as she and her mother were forced to leave the country.
please help us @narendramodi @PMOIndia she is out of school and very distressed about her schooling next year. India is the place we call home. https://t.co/7EA3raLWP6 https://t.co/mDKxifaWK2 pic.twitter.com/kWNoUuWWJF
— Marta Kotlarska (@KotlarskaMarta) June 2, 2019
The Indian government blacklists Alicja’s mother Marta Kotlarska, who is an artist and photographer for overstaying in the country. She had entered the country multiple times with B-2 business visa.
On March 24, Marta was barred from entering the country at the Kempegowda airport, Bengaluru, from Sri Lanka, where she had gone to renew her visa for India. She waited for a couple of days in Thailand before she was allowed to enter India on a condition to pick up her daughter and leave the country within a few days.
Alicja in her letter also evoked her love for Lord Shiva and the Nanda Devi mountain. “It feels like everything is just destroyed again. I pray to Shiva and Nanda Devi to help us and I have decided to write to you because you are the most powerful person that can help me and my mum come back to India, my home. Please help us and allow us to remove us from this blacklist,” she added.
please help Honoreable Prime Minister of India, you are our only hope! We are praying to God you see tweet or emails I have sent. My daughther since 25 April can not go to school due to ban which was issued not due to our fault. @narendramodi @iAmitabhSoni @RajuPushola https://t.co/mDKxifaWK2 pic.twitter.com/iTrIRVSvzb
— Marta Kotlarska (@KotlarskaMarta) June 2, 2019
She concluded the letter by saying that she is in Sri Lanka with her mother, but she misses her old life in her “favourite” country- India. “I am now with my mum, but I am missing my old life in my favourite country more than ever. I feel so alone away from everything I have always known in India. I know my animals will be so confused without me and I cannot sleep without feeling angry or upset”, she adds.
Earlier in April, Marta had pleaded the then External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to let her enter the country. She also claimed that due to “misunderstanding” she was blacklisted by the Foreigner Regional Registration Office in Chamoli in Uttarakhand.
Madame i beg you help me reunite with my minor daughther, she has school in India and i was refused entry on immigration. im so much trying that you see my tweets @SushmaSwaraj https://t.co/umJ4Zfpxwh https://t.co/0MZFUmqh0E
— Marta Kotlarska (@KotlarskaMarta) April 6, 2019
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