BBC correspondent Sanjeev Srivastava traveled to the US to figure out if India was shining there or not. Writing in the Outlook, he says, we are shining, yes, but not in super power league.
Spare me. Instead of this, I suggest a visit to the US consulate.
A friend working for a software company (surprise surprise) visited the consulate in Madras for a US visa last week. He says, it is so obvious how important Indians are to America….
I have seen people standing all night in the queue on the road in front of the consulate, waiting all day in the scorching sun, not being allowed to take even a bottle of water inside the premises….. Qualified professionals, elderly people going to see their children, hopeful students… everyone gets the same treatment…. Yet we bear all this stoically….. After all, the pot of gold at the end of this humiliating experience is America, no less….