Check out the following picture to, well, get the real picture. (Click on the link to go to the original graphic. It’s bulky, at over 2 mb) Mike Flynn, Shikha Dalmia, and Terry Colon bring us the entire story of US Immigration. Check out the original post here. Basically, you are screwed if you...
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Tags: best way to get american citizenship, H1b visa, how to become american citizen, US Citizenship, US Greencard, us immigration
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So Shahrukh Khan says that My Name Is Khan, and that is the reason for being hassled in Newark. That incidentally also happens to be the title of his upcoming film. Not saying anything here, but people have been known to do some rather interesting things to promote their movies. As always, we jobless...
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Tags: airport, american immigration, green card, my name is khan, newark shahrukh, racial profiling, shahrukh detained at airport, Shahrukh Khan, us visa
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The bell rang, and two fighters went out at each other. Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer squared off on the Daily Show last night, and Stewart ripped Cramer apart. Jim Cramer is the host of a show on CNBC called Mad Money which is a rather, um, crazy show. It is loud and dramatic,...
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Tags: cnbc. responsible journalism, comedy central, jim cramer, jon stewart, mad money, the daily show
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Here’s how it used to work. You come to the US on a work permit (most often the H1B visa). You work for a few years and find an employer willing to file for your green card, which sorta makes you less of a bonded laborer. Once you get the green card and have...
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Tags: American Dream, H1B, immigrant visa, war on terrorism
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Big day for America, and potentially, all mankind. America’s first black president got sworn to office today. The still underway inauguration gala is a huge show, run at a cost of some $160 million, and witnessed by several million people live in Washington, besides many more viewers of the televised event. Funnily enough, Obama’s...
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Tags: barrack obama, first black president, john roberts, obama fumble, obama oath, obama swearing in
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Readers might rewind their brains to many years ago, when there was this huge outcry about an American company acquiring patent rights over Basmati rice. Yes, the very same Basmati rice that we Indians have been cultivating for, for, forever. How dare they? Basmati is India, spelt in seven letters. Well, they were told...
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Tags: basmati, basmati rice patent, biopiracy, India, jasmati, kasmati, rice, ricetec, texmati
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Today is a historic day for America. The country just elected it’s first Black president after 43 White ones. The US has come of age. Leave alone the glass ceiling, the steel door has been blasted open. Makes me think of India. When will we Indians rise through petty barriers to appoint leaders based...
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Tags: democracy, glass ceiling, mayawati, obama, Sonia Gandhi, us elections
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