the PIO (Persons of Indian Origin) designation was pulled together with such a scenario in mind. PIO’s can buy property in India without any hassle, though they will need power of attorney granted to a local for paperwork.
While verity’s log is funny, judging by the consternation of the person she interacted with, she might be doing a bit of guerilla journalism here – a series of staccato questions – to get a non-slick interviewee committing to a series of increasingly preposterous statements – watch out for – “so you’re saying…”‘s – designed to elicit a Yes-No responses on issues that shift a smidgen into wackie-dom with each successive closed-end question.
some poor babu got it i guess.

yes. yes he did.

I called the Indian High Commission in London… “Foreigners can’t settle in India! No, no, no! You can’t just settle in another country!” Me: “Of course, you can. With permission.” “No, you can’t.” Reasonably enough, I responded, “Well, what about the 500,000 Indians who are settled in Britain, then?” To which he responded, “They’re illegal.” “… Are you telling me all the Indian surgeons and barristers and millionaire businessmen are in Britain illegally?” “Yah.” … “What about all the tens of millions of Indians settled in the United States and Canada, then?” “Illegal.”