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MIGRANT TALES:Enough! They took flight to India


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from there in the Indian Express link June 14,2005 :

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MIGRANT TALES:Enough! They took flight to India
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New Delhi, June 14: Darius Zeller and Ghulam Rasool are two Indians who bought the hype of Canada, sold everything they owned there and jetted to the cold country to get away from the heat and poverty of India. But they regretted it forever.

After years of trying hard to cruise on the highway to riches, their Canadian experience left them virtual beggars, desperately seeking to escape to their mother country with nothing in their pockets, not even the money they brought with them.

Coming from a middle class background in India, they were doing all right back home, they had security, they had an extended family, they had friends and relatives as back up in case of emergencies, in short, the 5000 year old history of India by the late 20th century had put at their service a system of help they could always rely on. India may never have made them crorepatis, but they would never be left to fend for themselves, alone.

Falling prey to dreams of becoming millionaires created by these countries in their media, generation after generation of Indians packed their bags and made their way across continents and oceans to plug themselves into the Western economic experience and who knows, get affluent.

But, in a short span of time, Canada wore them down dollar by dollar, till at last, the despairing Indian cried 'Enough!' and took flight to India.

Bonanza dreams turns from Boom to bust

Zeller says that he had come to Canada with a Textile Engineering degree from National Institute of Design, Delhi with a working experience in the best companies in India.

However, while dealing with foreign clients he was told this experience would be a very big asset and help him in "getting good jobs".

He says, "But the fact of the matter is firstly, there are not many jobs here and secondly whatever top level jobs are on offer are "discreetly" reserved for the Canadians. The immigrants come last in the list of probables.

Things turned from bad to worse as years rolled and the Canadian experience turned to dust, forcing him into jobs that he detested - on the factory shopfloor in all the grease and dirt. He describes the feeling: "In a factory you are treated like a machine and if you are late by even a minute your services can be terminated."

His advice: "DO NOT MAKE THE MISTAKE I DID. Your children's lives may or may not be made here but your life will certainly be ruined".

Anwar, living in Canada, tells of the humiliating life that another Indian lived through (also covered by The Weekly Voice).

Ghulam Rasool, a Mechanical Engineer (1976) with M. E. in Production (1979) and Industrial Engineering (1980) came to Canada with years of experience in machine building industry.

His e-mail to Voice read: "I may not be able to access my mail anymore now. There is no time left for me. My phone is gone and I am in a basement living on bread and water, waiting for the next three days to go by so that 14th dawns (the day he left for India).

Talking about the daily harassment and discrimination he faced in Canada from day one of his life there, he said, "The only advantage of Canada (for an immigrant) is its scanty population. But the narrow mind does more harm!"

After five long years of chasing the elusive Indian dream in an alien environment Ghulam says, "Enough is enough! It's never too late to call it quits. I am going back to my country, for good. The ruling equation here is that while immigrants build Canada, Canada batters and shatters them! The very people who come here drawn by attractively designed websites or on the 'invitations' of immigration consultants', eager to build a new life while contributing to this country are destroyed and consumed by it!"

Looking back on half-a-decade's worth of knowledge garnered there he says, "Barring a very miniscule few, other immigrants have had to resort to unethical means to get rich quick. Skill, talent, knowledge, wisdom, hard work, honesty, discipline, loyalty etc. have no place here!"

Rasool came to Canada with $60,000, by disposing off of everything that he owned in India. When he left, he had earned $122,000 in five years. What did he have on his departure date? Just about $3,000 and a $750 car.

He wailed, "Now, I go back to where I came from to start all over again, with no money at all, a beggar in my own country."

His time in Canada mirrors those of tens of thousands of other Indians, who try to stick a hand into the riches there. Sending resumes, making phone calls, cold calls and much else in a futile fishing exercise to land a decent job. Yet all he managed to net were odd jobs that paid a pittance and enabled just basic survival.

He cries, "There is really no place and no way for immigrants to settle here. All this country desires is to squeeze out the last cent an immigrant brings with him and then dumps him! And Canada wants more skilled immigrants to come here!"

His grouse is that Canada, rated as the number one country to live in has shocking cases of racism, brutality, and corruption. He says, "They may have hi-tech systems to detect and track down a car parked at a mall for 10 minutes over the scheduled time, but a child fast asleep at home, gets kidnapped and murdered yet the case completely baffles the police."

The cost of living is so high that it is impossible to make ends meet without a steady job that pays well. Because there are high costs involved in everything. With no family and friends in a new land, a man has to get insurance - life, medical and everything else in between to cover against calamity. But, insurance is so costly that it will drive you to penury too. Ghulam says, "Canada is supposed offer free medical care. However, a slight toothache resulted in an expense of $1,880 as the dentist did everything that can be done to a tooth and relieved me of all this money. And, finally my tooth itself! One visit means the patient is roped in for life! And if he has insurance, then the dentist becomes a millionaire in no time! But, if health care is free, how come eyes, teeth, and bones are not always covered?"

The most highly qualified professionals, with degrees worth dying for, can be found in Canada picking up garbage, driving taxicabs and delivering pizza!

And, yet, Canada shouts its need for medics, engineers, and teachers to the world.

He ends by saying, "All in all, this immigration business (racket) to Canada is only a very clever method to get skilled servants to work for free and pay for the people here who want to only enjoy life without doing anything! The system here ensures that talent, hard work and skill, do not get rewarded."

In the end, the immigration bubble bursts for many abroad, but there are thousands who defy logic and still seek to find their fortunes in lands that are not Indian. They know the dangers, they know the plight of their many brothers and sisters in countries like Canada and other countries, nevertheless it never acts as a deterrent. Till they believe that their lives are bad in India and that they can improve it in the West, no matter how much proof to the contrary, it will ensure that the planes keep jetting abroad overflowing with Indian migrants. And, the tales of misery will keep increasing.
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from there in the Indian Express link June 14,2005 :
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Ghulam Rasool, a Mechanical Engineer (1976) with M. E. in Production (1979) and Industrial Engineering (1980) came to Canada with years of experience in machine building industry.

His e-mail to Voice read: "I may not be able to access my mail anymore now. There is no time left for me. My phone is gone and I am in a basement living on bread and water, waiting for the next three days to go by so that 14th dawns (the day he left for India).

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