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A lot has been made of the fact that a large number of Non-resident Indians (NRIs) are going back to India because of her sizzling economy and a desire to be close to family. However, the recent spate of controversies over the right to free speech and the lack of India’s commitment to it should [...] Got a link to this magnificent 1996 commencement speech by Salman Rushdie from a SAJA email list. For the first five minutes, I could not stop chuckling at the wit of Mr. Rushdie. Rest of the speech made my hair stand with excitement. Read if for yourself Text of Commencement Address at Bard College, May 25th, [...] Unfortunately, in its most trying times, the society that had the foremost claim to be the beacon of inclusiveness and sanctuary of free-enterprise, is choosing to be swept away by shades of the same narrow & divisive rhetoric that it fought world over in the last century. It has chosen to fall prey to promoters of its own insecurities and fallibility than lay trust in its organic ability to assimilate and let [...] A great majority of the skill based non-immigrants waiting to legally immigrate to the US (in simple words, temporary worker visa holders waiting to get their green cards) are from South Asia. While these workers don’t win by numbers compared to illegal workers, they are definitely an asset to the American society. Largely law abiding, [...] |
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