My Name is, Indian!

Three years ago, at the beginning there was lot of uproar about IPL but once begun, although in infancy we been nurturing it as an adored child! We also have made a successful international tour with it!

But now its the time for some maturity I suppose. Scars of 26/11 are deep and none needs to be convinced of the stubborn stand India is seeking against the scar-inflicting nation. Just when I was to get convinced that Individual nationalism is a thing of past for India, I was awoken from this nightmare by recent IPL players auction.

Purportedly none of the Pakistani players were selected by any of the IPL teams. Now I am not too naive to believe that those team owners were exercising divine love for their country. I am sure those were mostly business driven decisions, but realize that if they think that by hiring those players their business will be impacted, it certainly means that they were aware that public opinion is much against those players. Nonetheless political controversy could also be motivating factor but I guess they were too unlucky to avoid that quagmire. But at the end as of now there are no Pakistani players playing in IPL!

Just about when the fire was getting doused, few heads are calling it a foul play. Mr. Khan, Shahrukh Khan, thinks that IPL did wrong thing. Alright Mr. Shahrukh, so you think that no matter what other country does to your country, we must abide by righteousness. What a hypocrisy Mr. Khan!

I think what IPL did, for whatever reason they did it, they did it right. They need not be sorry about it at all and they can always throw the 'Business reasons' to pacify those barking mongrels. I feel that this is a chance that Indians can exhibit their nationality and it should not be intrude upon or toiled with. Mr. Khan better keep mum when Mr. India is speaking!

Beaware H1-bs!

Today a dear friend of mine notified me of this news - http://www.murthy.com/nflash/nf_h1conc.html

This initially infuriated me, I mean what is wrong with USCIS? Why is it sending legal contract workers back to their native country (OR India!?) all of a sudden? But then I thought, from American perspective, that actually is a right step. I mean if their economy is in shambles I do not see any befitting reason why they should entertain foreign workers. This by no means exonerate anyone who have misused this system to its full stretch. In conclusion I suppose, both the sides were right and wrong. USCIS offered this system and then turned their blind eye to its misuse so long as they were getting profits out of it. Go Capitalism! We Were using this system because we were getting monitory benefits from it. But since USA's own house is in disarray they are turning the knob on H1-bs and I guess we should byte the bullet.

But then, is government of USA doing right for the native business? Would big clients in USA like IBM, Bank of America Or Walmart can afford to loose this workforce? I am pretty sure they will start talking back to the government about this worrisome attitude of theirs! After all are they not capitalists? Also, another practical matter is, if a consultant is re-entering into USA what a mess it is for him to get turned away! All his liabilities and personal items just go unaccounted for. I think if USCIS really cares for these people (which I personally don't think they do) they should let them into this country and put them on leash and ask them to leave in a amount of time.