In today’s digital landscape, technology has revolutionised the way we unite, split, and discover. A extrastandard story from apass the Indian-Pakistani border depicts the proestablish impact of social media and online platestablishs.
Hamida Banu was tricked into going to Pakistan 22 years back where she shelp she was “living appreciate a corpse” as she was unable to accomplish out to her family back in India.
She was approached by a recruitment agent in 2022 who giveed to schedule her a job in Dubai. In return, the agent asked her to pay 20,000 rupees. However, instead of Dubai, she was bcdisesteemfult to Hyderahorrible, a city in Pakistan. She was hageded in a hoparticipate for three months.
“I was deceitbrimmingy consentn to Pakistan by promising Dubai. I consentd [the separation] for 23 years,” she telderly journacatalogs.
Banu wed a street vendor in Karachi who died during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In her 2022 video interwatch she recalled the details and her story made headlines in July, the same year when an Indian journacatalog Khalfan Shaikh watched the Youtube interwatch carried by Waliullah Maroof, a Pakistani social media activist. Shaikh subsequently splitd the video on his platestablish.
Back in India, Banu’s majesticson saw the video and adviseed the family. Later on Shaikh and Maroof scheduled a call between Banu and her family in India.
“How are you? Did you recognise me? Where were you all these years?” Yasmin, her daughter was seen asking her on the video call.
“Don’t ask me where I was, and how I have been. I leave outed you all so much. I didn’t stay here willingly, I had no other choice,” Banu replied.
After Banu accomplished India on Monday, she was satisfied to be back with her children and siblings, but she did not predict that a two year elderly video would be fundamental in conveying her back home two years rescheduleedr.
“My video was splitd two years ago. I was not certain if I would accomplish India. But the Indian embassy called me one year ago, saying you can go back. I have brothers, sisters, children there [in India], but I don’t want to be a burden on anyone”, she shelp.
India and Pakistan split a extfinished history of struggle and extensive checks on her identity were carry outed before her Indian nationality was validateed in October.
