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In
the past, the biggest worry for an American
politician or an American citizen was that
immigrants who come either to work or to study
were actually settling and taking works of local
Americans. To stop that a clause was added in
these visa "Intent of migration". Under this
clause, everyone coming to America was
considered a possible immigrant and it was the
responsibility of the visitor/student/worker to
prove that he/she does not have intention to
settle in America. Many times visas were denied
under this provision. A lots of other irritating
clauses were added in visa and green card
processing. Most people who have gone through
Green Card process know that this was another
way of creating slavery and bonded labor for six
or seven years. Often it was easier to become a
permanent resident if you came illegally by
crossing the Mexican border than if you come
legally after getting H1 or F1 visas.
But that paradigm is changing. Now many
immigrants especially those who come to study in
prestigious universities like Harvard, MIT, and
Stanford are going back to their home countries
especially to India, China, Japan and Hong Kong.
Seems like these people are getting better offer
and opportunities in their home countries than
in the USA. This is becoming a major question
and headache for American policy-makers and also
American industries. A lot of experienced
professionals are also heading home for better
opportunities and also to be close with their
motherland.
Recently in "Times", a detailed article was
published with clear proof that America is
losing its cutting edge in technology because of
people going back after gaining knowledge in
America. After years of discrimination and
abuse, finally the American Government and
industries started realizing the needs and
utility of foreign professionals. For the first
time, in clear language foreign professionals
were termed as contributor, inventors and job
creators. For the first time, it is being
realized that immigrants were fuelling economy
and industry. For the first time, a need is felt
how to treat them so that these people stay here
instead of going back to their home countries.
This is a major paradigm shift.
Don't be surprised if you are in queue of US
consulate in Mumbai or Delhi and you are asked
to submit proof that you are going to stay in
America after completing your MS, MBA or PhD.
Who knows one day same thing will happen with
Biharis. Once Biharis start heading home I will
not be surprised if it sends chilling shivers to
the industries of Mumbai and Gujarat. When there
will be no Bihari rickshaw-wala in Delhi, I want
to see how Babus and Sahebs of Delhi walk to
Redline bus. In Punjab I want to see how
Sardarji then brag about green revolution. Then
I will see how Bal Thackeray sends his Shiv
Sainik to slap Biharis.
This is a dream today. Even when days are bad,
morale is low, hunger is high, we must see
dream.
Today's dream is tomorrow's reality.
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Ravi
ji, this topic is not a dream but a
fact. If Biharis will leave
Mumbai-Delhi-Punjab then these
metros will come to stand still. Who
will sell sabjis? drive
auto-rickshaw? polish shoes?
Construct road and buildings? work
on Farm-Lands?
The non-Biharis of these metros are
getting jealous on us because we are
capturing high profile jobs
now-a-days.
On the early days of civilization,
the whole universe has agrarian
society and the best brains settled
where there were possibilities of
agriculture and thus the riverine
and fertilized lands of Bihar was
most preferred and best jeans
settled here. Hence, we are the best
from centuries and given the best in
the form of "Buddha", "Mahavir", "Arya
Bhatt", "Chandra Gupt", "Chanakya",
"Ashok", "Sher Shah", "Guru Govind
Singh", "Rajendra Prasad", "JP" and
so on.
We are not jealous on anyone but the
world is jealous of us. "Haathi
chale bazaar, Kutte bhonke hazaar".
- Tarakeswar Dubey - Mar. 16,
2006
I
don't think hordes of Biharis
finding themselves lining up for
menial labor in these states is
something we should be proud of
especially when they are treated
with contempt and anger. They have
to bear the brunt of local junta for
ridiculous reasons and for every
crime that is committed, a "bhaiya"
from Bihar or UP is always targeted
to thrust the blame on. They should
not have been there in the first
place but they moved to these big
cities in search of livelihood. They
were forced to leave because their
own state could not provide the
daily wages. This exodus needs to be
reversed and is only possible if Mr
Nitish Kumar formulates ways to
create jobs for people of every
strata of the society which will
prevent them from moving to other
states.
There is nothing wrong in polishing
boots, or driving rickshaw but
whatever yo do you should do it with
your honor intact. The infamous
slappings by Shiv Sena on Biharis at
Kalyan railway station on Nov 21,
2003 was a slap on every citizen of
Bihar and till date ranks as one of
the most subversive treatment meted
out to a fellow countrymen.
But would you believe if someone
told you the same Shiv Sena who once
was renowned for its wanton attacks
on Biharis recently threw up a
chameleon act when their leader
Manohar Joshi recently approached V.
K. Kaul Central Railways GM and
asked for seven additional trains to
start plying to North India with
obvious references to UP and Bihar.
So you must be wondering why this
sudden love or so it seems - it is
because there are 45 lakh North
Indians living in Thane and Mumbai
much more than the local
Maharashtrians who used to be the
traditional vote bank of Shiv Sena.
Mumbai and Thane have 60 assembly
seats and 10 parliamentary
constituencies. And moreover Udhav
Thackeray is trying to dig old
wounds by reminding the Biharis that
it was Raj Thackeray's men who were
responsible for bashing them up.
What a cheap political stunt????
So yes Mr Ravi Pandey Ji, in an
ideal Bihar which we all wish for,
people who have left its shores,
will someday surely come back for
good. - Sidhartha Verma - Mar. 17,
2006 |
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