Samba (Jammu and Kashmir), Aug. 17 -- : The abrogation of Article 370 has come as a ray of hope for nearly 21,000 families who migrated to India from Pakistan after partition.
West Pakistan refugees, as they are known, fled Pakistan due to religious violence triggered by the partition in 1947 and settled in the border district of Samba.
Barred from government jobs, admission in colleges and scholarships, welfare schemes, and right to own land, they have been living 'stateless' within India for more than 70 years.
Now, things are all set for a change after the Parliament voted to strip Jammu and Kashmir of the special status it had been enjoying for decades.
Hoping for a dignified life in future, they hail Prime Minister Narendra Modi fo...