India, March 23 -- Waqas Hassan, the Pakistani entrepreneur who went viral on social media for travelling to Mumbai airport on an IndiGo flight, spoke to HT.com about his experience at the airport, how people reacted to his Pakistani passport and more. Hassan, 35, also revealed that his short sojourn at Mumbai airport - thanks to a layover - was not his first visit to India.

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In fact, the Pakistani entrepreneur had travelled to India back in 2008 on a school trip, visiting famous cities like Delhi and Amritsar. The school trip occurred when Hassan was 18-years-old and had just received his passport. Consequently, the first visa stamped on his...