Although India does not allow dual citizenship, I am eligible for special recognition by the government of India because my parents were born in the nation state of India (after independence). With this recognition comes several benefits, like bypassing visa processes for each visit to India.
I’m having this debate now in my life because [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Immigration’
OCI or PIO?
Posted in Race, tagged Immigration, Wayanad on 10 October 2009 | 1 Comment »
An interesting documentary about Indian women on H-4 visas
Posted in Gender and sexuality, TV and film, Women and feminism, tagged Immigration, Two worlds on 16 April 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t seen this documentary yet, but I look forward to checking it out. Here’s a preview:
The Times of India on Sanjay Gupta’s nomination for surgeon general
Posted in News clippings, Women and feminism, tagged Immigration, the New York Times, the Times of India on 7 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As the article begins:
It is one senior US administration post that has had “Indian” written on it for many years – probably because of the number of physicians India has exported to America. But it needed Barack Obama to fulfil [sic] the decades-long expectation.
I sense some bitterness about this brain drain perhaps? Well justified, [...]