Comments on: Obama and India

By: Swapna

Swapna — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:12:22 +0000

I am horrified to read bloggers ask when will India have an Obama. We have already had Ambedkar from the poorest, most disadvantaged community writing our constitution,(let any country match that), Jagjivan Ram, as the Defence Minister, any no.of Scheduled Caste folk as ministers, CEOs etc. yes women too. And Obama has NOT came up without money, education or patronage. And alas, not from a degraded US black slave background of ghettos and drugs either. Re immigrants doing well, look at the Sikh and Sindhi community in India after partition: never a hand asking for anything. They left Pak, with rags, worked and went on to riches and power.

Americans do not seem to find it ‘bizarre’ that it matters where your father comes from: See where a lot of the Ivy League comes from, where Bush comes from, or that Patrick Kennedy need not suffer jail for drunk driving or Ted Kennedy can escape th law after drowning the pregnant Mar Jo Kopechne in his car.

I am tired of PIO not recognizing what India has achieved(and not with NRI effort either, just criticism). If 350 million are middle class, that is the same no. as the entire US population. It took America more than 60 yrs to do that! But then it is so hard for Indians to acknowledge any good their govt/ fellow citizens do.

I was born after Independence and remember a colonized country without food or machines or anything that worked. That is not so today for at least 350 mill.
And no thanks to those who left after an education at the highly subsidised IITs, and medical schools and had no inclination to do anything to help.

By: umesh

umesh — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:10:51 +0000

america has proved it that they can change for a better…i belive obama will live up his words and his hib visa is great

By: A

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:45:41 +0000

For Obama the hard work starts now. His people expect the world ffrom him. The expectations are so high, if he can be true to him he will go down as the greatest leader america has seen, if not, the americans will disown him.

Its a celebration of hope. Turning this hope to reality is another task altogether.

http://www.lucky-six.blogspot.com

By: Tarlochan Singh

Tarlochan Singh — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:54:30 +0000

H1B Visa is considered as top class type of Visa for job seekers, But job contarators by the vitue of defficiencies of H1B Visa rules behaves with highly educated H1B Visa holders as slaves. H1B Visa holders are entirely dependent on fancies of the job contactors. H1B Visa rules require amendments in favors of employees. This is not less than body shopping and has to be declared illegal.

By: Kamla Bhatt Blog » Bangalore Diaspora Global Voices India User Generated Content » Global Voices: Obama and India

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:42:40 +0000

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