The excessive publicity about Indian success stories and their high income and wealth levels has begun to breed envy and resentment in non-elite Americans.
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Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance.
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.
The piece sure reads like it’s well written, but I am not clear on what point it’s trying to make. Come to think of it, was the Indian diaspora, collectively, ever an asset to India? And do Indians figure much in the broader American public consciousness today to become a liability due to broad swaths of envy? The author doesn’t provide anything to support that claim. And I haven’t read any conservative writing here that hits at Indian CEOs. In fact, they are generally seen as smart and to have earned their passage due to merit.
Also, if you live in India and read TOI you will be led to think the US and Americans are obsessed with India, while coverage of India here is next to nil. It’s a big disconnect that media has created in the minds of Indians living in India.
That said, are things going to get worse for non-Whites here? Probably yes. But I don’t think the Indian diaspora has a role to play. And the same will happen to Pakistani and Bangladesh because of the color of their skin.
And Modi has already taken a firm stand against US coercion while back channel diplomacy and lobbying is active. So, what the author preaches is already happening.
It is not Resentment , but the nepotism and anti american policies were being pursued by some indian tech companies to get permanent residency in the usa, through backchannel is responsible for that.. American ignored this for far too long. Indian swaminarayan sponsored visa for too many indians to get them permanent residency, the same is with VHPA,.iskcon
Great article with alot of commonsense.I really hope our leaders who in their own branding pursuit have gone overboard with the Vishwaguru image for the country which we are not. However harsh and painful the lesson is the learning to hide our strength jyst like China did.
The Indian tech companies are also to blame. They stuff their US subsidiaries with Indians, focus solely on labor arbitrage and discriminate against American employees.
That continued for decades without a check because there was a demand supply gap. No longer. This has led to widespread anger against Indians.
The piece sure reads like it’s well written, but I am not clear on what point it’s trying to make. Come to think of it, was the Indian diaspora, collectively, ever an asset to India? And do Indians figure much in the broader American public consciousness today to become a liability due to broad swaths of envy? The author doesn’t provide anything to support that claim. And I haven’t read any conservative writing here that hits at Indian CEOs. In fact, they are generally seen as smart and to have earned their passage due to merit.
Also, if you live in India and read TOI you will be led to think the US and Americans are obsessed with India, while coverage of India here is next to nil. It’s a big disconnect that media has created in the minds of Indians living in India.
That said, are things going to get worse for non-Whites here? Probably yes. But I don’t think the Indian diaspora has a role to play. And the same will happen to Pakistani and Bangladesh because of the color of their skin.
And Modi has already taken a firm stand against US coercion while back channel diplomacy and lobbying is active. So, what the author preaches is already happening.
It is not Resentment , but the nepotism and anti american policies were being pursued by some indian tech companies to get permanent residency in the usa, through backchannel is responsible for that.. American ignored this for far too long. Indian swaminarayan sponsored visa for too many indians to get them permanent residency, the same is with VHPA,.iskcon
Great article with alot of commonsense.I really hope our leaders who in their own branding pursuit have gone overboard with the Vishwaguru image for the country which we are not. However harsh and painful the lesson is the learning to hide our strength jyst like China did.
The Indian tech companies are also to blame. They stuff their US subsidiaries with Indians, focus solely on labor arbitrage and discriminate against American employees.
That continued for decades without a check because there was a demand supply gap. No longer. This has led to widespread anger against Indians.