NRI's were conferred voting rights in the recently held Pravasi Bharaitya Divas meet in Hyderabad.

The news has seen reactions from both side of the fence, people who argued on engaging NRI's for India's development and those who put forth scorn at the glorification of the spineless and escapist behaviours shown by sections of our society.

Malvika Singh puts forth her views in a recent article on The Telegraph:

Those of us who live here through the never-ending trials, contortions, anarchy, corruption, tribulations and misgovernance have issues and impossible truths to contend with and overcome, based on which we cast our vote. Those who ran with their tails between their legs because they could not make good in a tough and unrelenting environment, who became second-class citizens elsewhere with their spanking new passports swearing allegiance to their new homeland, and who worked hard to make good, are now looking for new pastures in an old landscape that they fled from.

Read the complete tirade here.