Well said Ram.
At 11:39 PM -0400 3/11/08, Ram Dhar wrote: >agree with Chandanda, baidow and Mukulda.. > >absolutely ...just wondering who is the audience here for this >minister in India > >a. Is it our fellow countrymen ? >If yes what is the message here for our fellow country men, leave >India in hordes to better yr life. Lets be blunt here .......folks >like us have left home for better economic opportunities period . >Minister saheb needs to know that 20 years back standing infront >of US consulate was not a very happy experience in Calcutta >without knowing if u will get yr visa ..... remember those days !! > >b. Is it the NRIs ? > >if yes i will say ..thank you very much Minister sahab i dont need >yr applause . >I will help my country if at all i want to in my own small way and >you are not getting any credit for it..... Send money to my >parents, any charitable contribution, open business , invest etc. >c. I GOI is making a point - hey look these NRIs are our school >/Univ products and are doing so well. > >I will humbly say yes very grateful for the schooling opportunities. >But then why we left India after class 12 ( eg my case) or after >univ or found a job abroad . 70s and 80s were lost decade in >India economically ..people struggled to get jobs , there were only >two options for us ...either become a doc or an engineer .......and >god forbid if if your marksheet had poor scores ....all yr dreams >were shattered....... > >We are lucky to have few good individuals like Manmohan Singh in >early 90s who helped our nation to change economic course and bcoz >of that we are seeing economic surge in certain industries like IT >etc ..world is coming to us and many business opportunities are >opening up in many other sectors...its all good for our youth...they >dont have to leave India like we did ...that should be the message >from our NETAS and not throw these feel good stats in parliament. > >India is at cross roads economically ....one section of our society >is steaming ahead ..but then what will happen to 70% of rural folks >? where will the jobs/investment come in Indias heartland ? why >Indian farmers are not able to make agriculture a profitable entity >? will leave this topic for some other time. >byeeee > > > > > > > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: assam@assamnet.org> Date: >>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:48:09 -0500> Subject: Re: [Assam] False >>information presented in Parliament about Amerikaaan Desis !> > > > >>The minister/s are just doing what these gods-gift-to-humanity > >>phoren-nibaaxi-desis do, day in and day out. Just look at >>assamnet.> I didn't understand. Could you give an example, C'da? >>How are these assamnetters doing what the ministers/s> are >>doing? > > Ram is right (if I understood him right, that is!), that >>however successful (many are!) the Indians are here in the US or >>any other country overseas, has nothing to do with India's economic >>prosperity. > > > > > > > > "In order to make spiritual progress >>you must be patient like a tree and humble like a blade of >>grass"> > > > > Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:18:35 -0500> To: >>assam@assamnet.org> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: >>[Assam] False information presented in Parliament about Amerikaaan >>Desis !> > >a. How many hours in a day citizens in major cities and >>or villages > >in India get running water ?> > >we dont get to see >>scorecards on such basic stuff ...never ....> > > > **** Good >>point! And we will never see them, at least not in our > >>life-times. Because people like us who others look up to, are the > >>ones who wave those false and misleading stats. to shore up the > >>sagging national identity inferiority complex. So what do you >>expect? > The minister/s are just doing what these >>gods-gift-to-humanity > phoren-nibaaxi-desis do, day in and day >>out. Just look at assamnet.> > > >a host of unsubstantiated and >>inflated figures about Indian > >professionals in US, the >>government also >> >made a laughing stock of itself.> > > *** >>Serves them right.> > > > > > > > > > > > At 9:45 PM -0400 3/11/08, >>Ram Dhar wrote:> >this is shameful .....that too a cabinet minister >>told parliament > >about these distorted fugures on> > US NRIs ( >>not required Indians ..phew)> >> >read >>-> >>>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_rising_in_US_Govt_falls_victim_to_net_hoax/articleshow/2856295.cms> >> >> >does >>it really matter whether 50% of dunkin donuts or 30 % of >>seven > >elevens in New Jersey are owned by NRIs or 10% of docs in >>USA are > >Indians .......WHO CARES....> >what was he trying to >>prove here ..that 1000s like us ( Phoren > >paglas!!) left India >>years back coz there were lack of > >opportunities/ came here for a >>better life :-) , :-)> >> >time will be better spent if these >>ministers talk about .....just > >one example -> >> >a. How many >>hours in a day citizens in major cities and or villages > >in India >>get running water ?> >> >we dont get to see scorecards on such >>basic stuff ...never >>....> >_________________________________________________________________> >>>Helping >>your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. 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