http://www.indianexpress.com/story/23467.html
Babu-raj combined with mafia-raj!! How to streamline adotion process .
I think Chinese children (girls) are being adopted by Americans in large
numbers (thousands each year) - due to one-child policy many girls are
discarded by urban parents (the policy is not fully implemented in rural areas
(told to my classmates by a Chinese girl-child - who is my only classmate from
abraod in US now - gave me $500 towards my work visa fees) . Jing Huang is soon
to be mother in US -after marrying a fellow Chinese PhD student.
I purchased a video by National Geographic Society on it last year.
http://www.amazon.com/National-Geographic-Chinas-Lost-Girls/dp/B000784WOK
Umesh
umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ministry of Human Resources is perhaps for those humans whose relatives
work in Shastri Bhawan, Delhi (where Ministry of HRD is based).
I recall my application to its National Commission for UNESCO - whose Depy
secy (now secy) I talked to (Mr Sharma ) --for a $7,000 - 15,000 schol to study
at Harvard . There were only 8 applicants when I applied in April 2004 (its
last date).
It was given (name forwarded to UNESCO Paris) to some Shekhar Sharma whose
admission letter had not even been received by their office (from Trinty Intl
Univ, USA for bio-ethics course) by FAX. I overheard the babus (clerks)
discussing in Aug 2004 whether they had recd his admission letter. (It was time
to receive approval from UNESCO, Paris - long past the application invitation
date) They spoke of him as if he was their own.
While at Harvard I did send an email to Mr Sharma (now Secy for National
Commission for UNESCO) with some query about India's Edu. reforms and a
reminder about our talk in Delhi -- he never replied.
The govt is perhaps Of the Babus, For the Babus and By the Babus (and their
families)!!!
Thats one reason I never visited Indian embassy in US (except recently to
protest against farmer suicides in Maharsthra etc)
Umesh
"Alpana B. Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi All: This is so typical - of some "rules" that India so strictly follows.
Do you also know that one can't adopt (internationally) from India, if the
parents' age together is more than 90? How ridilulous that can be - in a
country where millions of children get neglected, abused, starved, and most of
all where "child labor laws" had to be implemented (have they?)only after
international organization made a hue and cry about it? We see how children (or
less privileged - the poor, in general) are treated in India. We have been
enquiring on that for quite a few years, ever since our son wept and wanted us
to adopt the boy child instantly who was begging at a Bangalore railway
station. But with no luck.
C'da: any comments? :)
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From: Ram Narayanan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 9:30 AM
To: Sarangapani, Alpana
Subject: American scholars and India
http://www.indianexpress.com/iep/sunday/story/23071.html
THE SUNDAY EXPRESS
Are you an American scholar? You arent welcome in India
Shubhajit Roy
Posted online: Sunday, February 11, 2007 at 0000 hrs
Thats the signal from the UPA to Fulbright scholars in the US: delaying their
visas for weeks, months; rejecting their research proposals without any reason.
Even asking them to change their subject. This when Indo-US equation couldnt
have been better
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 10 :For all the talk about a buzzing, confident India,
there couldnt be a better or, to be more accurate, worse showcase of how
some things havent changed than this: the country, which is on its way towards
signing a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, whose engagement with
Washington is a centrepiece of its foreign policy, makes US scholars virtually
bend and crawl when it comes to their visiting India for research.
The Sunday Express accessed latest official records on the Indo-US Fulbright
programme, one of the most prestigious bilateral scholar-exchange programmes,
under which about 100 scholars from India go to the US and an equal number of
Americans come here to pursue research with relevant institutions. Fulbright
scholars including graduates from premier universities, like Stanford,
Harvard, Berkeley and Chicago have gone on to win 34 Nobels and more than 60
Pulitzer Prizes.
Records show that for US scholars, the last two years since the UPA came to
power have been the worst in the 57-year history of the programme. Not only
has the Government kept the highest number of scholars waiting for anywhere
between anywhere between six months to 21 months effectively derailing their
entire schedule it has also, in several cases, rejected research proposals
without giving any reason.
Sample the subjects rejected by the babus of this secular Government:
Democratization in Kerala and the role of associations; perceptions of Muslim
women; Left politics in Mumbai; how migration affects Hindus and Muslims in
Hyderabad and Dubai. Many scholars refused to re-apply while some changed their
subjects to get a visa (see chart).
Significantly, the scholars get no explanation why their research proposals
have been rejected.
While Indian scholars, selected under the Fulbright programme, get their visas
from anywhere between two hours to two weeks, US scholars are told that the
Indian government needs three months to process their application. Even those
three months are only on paper.
At the beginning of the academic year, in August 2006, when the Fulbright
scholars should have been in India, there were 93 applications pending for
grant of visas of a total of 100. And this included not just last years
pending applications, but also some from 2005.
So delayed was the process that the Fulbright Commission in India, popularly
known as the United States Educational Foundation in India (USEFI), had little
choice but to cancel its August orientation programme. And 33 scholars sent an
angry letter to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asking her to intervene.
As of today, over six months into the academic year, there are still eight
applications pending. Another seven are still waiting for their visas after
they changed their subject.
Key to the delay is the stifling red tape: HRD, the nodal ministry, first gets
the visa applications from scholars through USEFI; it then sends each scholars
file to the Ministry of External Affairs and the Home Ministry which, in turn,
asks the Intelligence Bureau for clearance. Sometimes, even the Ministry
concerned is asked to vet the subject. For example, the Environment Ministry
may be asked to clear a research proposal on Indias energy needs.
While HRD officials do not specify who decides on the suitability of the
proposal, sources said an IB-negative report or a Ministrys concerns lead
to the blacklist.
When asked to explain the delay, HRD Secretary R P Agarwal said: Our Ministry
is only a postbox. We have asked the MEA and Home Ministry to speed up
clearances.
(Tomorrow: Desperate scholars appeal to US Secretary of State)
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