Have you watched that recent film entitled "Dunki"? No, I have not. Well, Shashi Tharoor mentioned it in one of his columns. Apparently, it inspired a Gujarati family to enter the U.S. illegally via the Canada border way as it is vast, and hence the border security force presence is comparatively less there, unlike the Mexican (walled) border. The American border was just a few feet away, and this family of four froze to death!
That is the kind of craze to go to America. Hence the title of our blog which is a take on the film title "Pyar to hona hi tha". In the article mentioned above, Shashi Tharoor says that people pay middleman hefty sums to the tune of one lakh dollars so as to land in America any which way!
Very sad it is because the Trump administration with its MAGA measures is against immigrants, illegal and legal, both. One of Mr. Trump's election promises has been to deport illegal migrants from Day One of his presidency. The Trump-Musk debate, the MAGA supporters' demonstrations clearly indicate the American mood. Yet the craze mentioned in our title!
Actually, Indians, even those with post- graduate qualifications, cannot right now be sure they would be able to get jobs in the U.S. of today. Anyways, most all Indians there get paid the minimum wages as per the U.S. legal system. Yet these wages ARE much lower than the payment made to Americans. Given such realities, the Friday 'pink slip' is going to be much shared! The American tax regime is very strict and truly heavy, in addition. The pay cheque itself, moreover, comes with the tax cut by the employer. There is hence hardly any chance of any tax deductions as in the Indian I/T filing. Yet logo kon Amrika to Jana hi hai! Sad delusions!
Actually, India IS equally good right now. Surely, moreover, there would not be any racist slurs nor the need to accept a pay cheque that pays lower than the 'natives'. As for the mad race for the green card, for American citizenship, the less said about it, the better! Why then the sad chase, especially when America is no longer the dream that it in the sixties was, given the multi-nodal geo-political development of the contemporary world. Hope people wake up from such nightmares!
Pratima@ Such dreams should be seen with open eyes!
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