This does require a response. Just for posterity.
Amber G. wrote:
Yes, it is quite ugly. (unfortunately he is not alone - these kind of took-kits work with their bots) Quite despicable. I ignore most but have to admit, some are Rahul Gandhi type
logic..
Amber, using my nomedeguire and associating with a toolkit gang (in your words took-kit) and calling another forum member as a bot is quite despicable. It still does not hurt me, since when I read the above, my first reaction was, why is Amber frothing at mouth? And second reaction was, hope Amber takes care of himself.
But what really saddened me was this:
Amber G. wrote: "Garcetti must resign ".... "We don't get visa" ..
. [Arree Baba if there is no one at US embassy who will give you Visa???...
My reaction was, what karma did Amber brought upon himself?
First of all you are NO scientist. I have enough technical publications and patents to my credit to make that attestation. I do not need to prove any of my technical achievements to you. Since only one image will do:
So from one quant to another, before you call yourself a scientist, please try to become more humane. And this goes for anyone. Not just you.
The below statement is not only inhumane. But pure evil.
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[Arree Baba if there is no one at US embassy who will give you Visa???...
Please try telling that to:
1. Thousands of H1b workers who are stuck in US, paying taxes in US, social security in US and have not got a path to citizenship for decades. What happened to US independence slogan, no taxation without representation? What about the aspirations of those H1Bs? They do not require someone at US embassy to give visa.
2. Try telling
there is no one at US embassy who will give you Visa to the sole earning H1b family member who has a family to take care off and got laid off in the tech recession. And his GC is in limbo.
3. Try telling
there is no one at US embassy who will give you Visa to the mother who is waiting to go to meet her daughter or son since last 3 years, and hopefully see her first grandkid, but unable to travel because the visa appointment time is so far out that their kids not only conceived but delivered the baby.
I hope you feel the angst and the sadness and the frustration so far.
4. Try telling
there is no one at US embassy who will give you Visa to the parents whose kid is going to a US college and they have to leave the country because they have not got the GC yet. And they are going to pay "out of state" tuition. The financial impact itself is in crores of rupees. Borne by an Indian.
5. Try telling
there is no one at US embassy who will give you Visa who has their homes broken in by illegal immigrant, their siblings shot at by america's special community, that they do not have proper representation, just because they are *not* permanent resident or citizen.
In one stroke of your outburst Amber, you brought the angst and frustration of thousands on yourself. I believe in Karma. The above is not a karma I would want to take.
From my perspective, everytime anyone from US administration talks about "democracy, human rights" in India, I want them to also acknowledge that there are thousands of Indian citizens that are suffering in US due to disparate treatment and they are humans as well. Tokenisms like public holiday in NYC during diwali will go only so far.
This is for the Indians already residing in US. There are other facets to Indo-US relations. An acknowledgement from any US government, present or in future that they have done wrong by India, not once, not twice but at least thrice should be the goal. At a minimum, US government needs to apologize to India for its role in 1965, 1971 and in 1998.
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As India's economy grows and as India-US relations continue on an upward trajectory, there *will* be travel between India and US. There will be time when Indians will chose to work in US for various reasons. It cannot be stopped. What can be acknowledged is that they have genuine aspirations and while they are contributing to US economy legally and with their hardwork, their aspirations also has a space.
And US government, one after another, has played footsie with people on H1Bs. For US government, it is another form of indentured servitude. Only difference is that the previous government in its MAGA policy increased the salary requirement for H1bs and the current government is trying to do away with that so that H1bs can be hired by companies at a cheaper rate.