Continuations

I just ran across an article titled “Skilled Immigrants on Why They are Leaving the U.S.” in BusinessWeek (via Techmeme). It is not surprising to find diminished job prospects in the U.S. as a key reason, but I was shocked to read that the wait time for a Green Card for Indian and Chinese citizens is now 10 years (that’s a decade!). That is a very long time for anybody to wait and live with the uncertainties faced by visa holders. Just entering the country when you are here on a visa can be a...

We just spent two weeks in India traveling to some of the famous tourist destinations including Varanasi, Agra and Jodhpur. It was an intense sensory experience of colors, sounds and smells that this blog post won’t even try to do justice. Instead here are some things that stuck out for me (in no particular order): First, India celebrates Christmas. This came as a surprise to me as India only has about 2% Christians and yet Christmas is a national holiday. There were Christmas decorations in ...