Asian Indian Stereotypes for Desis

India stereotype map

Kashmiri
One Kashmiri = carpet salesman.
Two Kashmiris = carpet factory.
Three Kashmiris = terrorist outfit.
Four Kashmiris = shoot-at-sight order.

Tamil-Brahmin
One Tamil-Brahmin = priest at the Vardarajaperumal temple.
Two Tam-Brahms = Maths tuition class.
Three Tamil-Brahmins = Queue outside the U.S consulate in Chennai at 4 a.m.
Four Tam-Brahms = Thyagaraja music festival in Cleveland, USA.

UP Bhaiyya
One UP bhaiyya = milkman.
Two UP bhaiyyas = halwai shop.
Three UP bhaiyyas = a fist fight in the UP assembly.
Four UP bhaiyyas = mosque destruction squad.

Gujju
One Gujju = share-broker in a Bombay train.
Two Gujjus = rummy game in a Bombay train.
Three Gujjus = Bombay 's noisiest restaurant.
Four Gujjus = stock market scam.

Andhraite
One Andhraite = chili farmer.
Two Andhraites = software company in New Jersey, USA.
Three Andhraites = Naxalite outfit.
Four Andhraites = song-and-dance number in a Telugu movie.

Mumbaikar
One Mumbaikar = footpath vada-pav stall.
Two Mumbaikars= film studio.
Three Mumbaikars =The number of people standing on your foot in the train at rush hour.
Four Mumbaikars = slum

Sindhi
One Sindhi = currency racket.
Two Sindhis = papad factory.
Three Sindhis = duplicate goods shop in Ulhasnagar.
Four Sindhis = Hong Kong Retail Traders Association.

Marwari
One Marwari = The neighbourhood foodstuff adulterator.
Two Marwaris = Threaten the Jews as a community.
Three Marwaris = Finish off all Gujaratis & Sindhis.
Four Marwaris = 50% of Calcutta

Bihari
One Bihari = Laloo Prasad Yadav .
Two Biharis = booth-capturing squad.
Three Biharis = train capture.
Four Biharis = caste riots
Five Biharis = entire literate population of Patna

Bengali
One Bengali = poet.
Two Bengalis = film society.
Three Bengalis = political party.
Four Bengalis = two political parties.
More than four Bengalis = Countrywide agitation to bring Ganguly back into cricket team.

Punjabi
One Punjabi =100 kg hulk named Pinky.
Two Punjabis = Pinky with his bigger brother Twinky.
Three Punjabis = assault on the McAloo Tikkis at the local McDonalds
Four Punjabis = combined IQ equal to one.

H1B Visa Immigration Fraud Scheme by Indian Origin Man Alleged

An Indian origin businessman allegedly involved in an alleged H1B immigration visa fraud scheme.  Surprise, surprise,  Not. Many Asian Indians in the US and elsewhere are not unfamiliar with the feeling that these kinds of schemes go on in a few Indian cities involving a few/several Indian IT companies.

Get one IT employee for a reduced price and get a second employee for half the price, which for-profit corporation, would not like considering this package?  This is body shopping.   Fair quality work performed by a large supply of young non-unionized Indian citizens at low Indian prices (at will work at low wages and no additional benefits, open ended work hours, a $ucked up legal system in India, little or no legal recourse in India or the employer's country), this is an ideal perennial high yield labor-gold mine for any for-profit international corporation.  Simply put, its corporate head honchos from one hemisphere harvesting an another human in the opposite hemisphere for fulfillment of wants and profit.  It has less to do, if anything at all, with unavailability of qualified workers in the US or any other country.

H1 B Visas by Company US and Indian

Cheap labor aka wage slaves and consumers in countries like China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and South East Asian countries will continue to attract international corporations for several years to come.  Water flows from higher to lower pressure, jobs flow from higher to lower wages.  This is not in the interest of a job seeking American, on the other side, American corporations are entitled to pursue profit by shipping jobs overseas where they have a higher chance of making higher money.  This is American capitalism aka profit system folks.  Globalization nonsense has taken away food from the dining tables of American children under the mask of whatever BS they can come up with.  Recently someone compared H1B workers in California to an "infestation", how the fook is this okay?  I love the USA and I don't want it to become India. 
  
It happened over about 6 years and involved 13 million dollars, 13 million dollars!!!  This SOB should have made atleast 30 million in 6 years screwing desperate fellow countrymen.  13, that turned out to be unlucky for Phaniraju Bhimaraju.  Someone shock me by advising me that his origin is from the State of Andhra Pradesh in India.  It is noted that on March 22, 2013, Julie Rose of WFAE, reports in her article titled Charlotte Businessman Pleads Guilty to Immigration Fraud Scheme that  a Charlotte resident pleaded guilty in federal court this week to running an immigration scheme that parlayed hundreds of temporary work visas into profits of $13.2 million.

So a Charlotte man named Phani Raju Bhima Raju set up shop as a middleman. He recruited people from his native India – and other countries - to allegedly work for his Pineville tech company called iFuturistics.

In reality, Raju was farming those workers out to companies across the country and making a handy profit of over $13 million.

Phaniraju Bhimaraju of Charlotte North Carolina, arrest dated Nov 28, 2012

 That was over a period of six years ending last November when Raju got caught. In one episode straight out of a con-man movie, Raju got word that Immigration was coming to check on all the H-1B workers he claimed to have in Pineville, so he filled an empty office with fake employees and new computers to throw inspectors off the scent. A month later, the investigators came back to find the same office dark and deserted.

Spradlin won't say how Raju's fraud was ultimately discovered, but court documents indicate at least one woman complained to authorities after coming to the U.S. for the promise of a $60,000 job, only to be given no work and no reimbursement of her $2,500 security deposit.

"That's another common thing that we see referred to as 'benching' where these people don't actually work and they're paying to take a position that they're not actually being given," says Spradlin.

Imtiaz Muqbil writes,

During the six month period from March through August 2009, Mission India’s consular sections identified a total of 3,596 cases of suspected visa fraud (Chennai – 1,237, New Delhi – 949, Mumbai – 809, Hyderabad – 523, Kolkata – 78). 5. Most of India’s fraudulent applicants come from specific and easily defined regional areas within each consular district.

“These states have some of the most mobile populations in India and the largest concentrations of expatriate communities overseas, including in the United States. In New Delhi, cases originating from the Punjab comprise the majority of its IV (Immigrant Visa) and fraud caseloads, while the same can be said in Mumbai with Gujarat. Chennai and Hyderabad’s fraud workload comes principally from Andhra Pradesh.”

It says that “B1/B2 visa fraud is the most commonplace.   Regionally-based fraud rings throughout the country, but especially in Hyderabad, continue to produce fraudulent documents for visa application and travel purposes. Some visa “consultants” and travel agents specialize in fraudulent experience letters and fake document packages, which include passport copies of false relatives, bogus financial documents, and affidavits of support.”

Nature of Indians

In his article A Dust Over India, Mark Manson makes an observation about Indians.  He paints every Indian with a broad brush and this kind of observation is often wrong.

I have met many Indians who lie.  The most interesting are those (uneducated or highly educated, rich, middle class or poor) who lie point blank and believe it is okay to do that, even when they know it will harm someone, these are the desi psychopaths.  I guess that not lying is rare when it comes to Indian business arena and its slightly to significantly less prevalent in the personal lives of Indians.  Slum Dog Syndrome may be a factor in this habit.  If the nation of Pakistan may be arguably identified as a nation of terrorists/potential terrorists/terrorism sympathizers, what will the nation of India be identified as?

An American friend recently visited India.  I wished him a happy visit but in my heart I feared that he would see all kinds of shit on the streets of India and return with a poor opinion about India.   

Indians/Hindus can be quite petty (particularly some women) in their personal lives and interactions with other Indians.  In interactions with Americans, this pettiness is covert and is not recognizable at first.  I have met some Indians who speak the truth and are upstanding human beings and it is indeed a pleasure to meet these rarities.  I reckon that Gandhi may have been a rarity among these rarities.  I have met a few Americans who lie.  I have met many Americans who more or less speak the truth.  

Here's the excerpt from Mark Manson's article:

The local I got to know the best was Sanjay, the 20-something year old who ran a hostel I stayed in. He had studied in London and been all over Europe so he was fairly westernized. He and I would stay up late together drinking cheap vodka regaling each other with our travel stories. There was little else to do after nightfall in India but get drunk. And little felt more appropriate.

But what Sanjay told me about Indian people is bizarre but true. He said Indians will rarely, if ever, resort to violence. As a foreigner, you never have to worry about being robbed, or having a knife pulled on you, or getting beaten up by a gang of thugs and having your kidney carved out of you. And this is true. I’ve been to many shady parts of the world. But never did I once feel unsafe in India. Even late at night.

BUT, Sanjay said, an Indian will lie to your face. He’ll say anything to get what he wants from you. And most of them don’t see it as immoral or wrong. So on the one hand, they won’t stick a gun in your face to take your wallet. But they’ll hand you fake business cards and offer to sell you something that they don’t actually have, so that you’ll voluntarily empty your wallet to them on your own accord.

And I have to give them credit, they’re really convincing salespeople.

Asian Indians linked to sex abuse and trafficking

Asian Indians from Clarkstown, New York, Vishal Jagota, Rajani Jagota Parveen Jagota Convicted of labor trafficking and assault charges

Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe today announced that three members of a Clarkstown family were convicted of labor trafficking and assault charges for using intimidation, threats and physical violence to force a 20-year-old woman into a life of servitude and sexual abuse.

Vishal Jagota (DOB 01/16/78) of 28 Butternut Drive, New City, New York was found guilty after the bench trial of: One count of Assault in the Third Degree, a class “A” Misdemeanor

Parveen Jagota (DOB 01/04/54) and Rajani Jagota (DOB 12/03/80) of 28 Butternut Drive, New City, New York were found guilty after the bench trial of: Two counts of Labor Trafficking, class “D” Felonies One count of Assault in the Second Degree, a class “D” Felony

“These convictions underscore our serious commitment to prosecuting those defendants who would prey on vulnerable - and in many cases young - victims,” said District Attorney Zugibe. “Human trafficking is a violent
and degrading crime that will not be tolerated. My office will continue to use every tool available under the law to prosecute dangerous individuals like these and to seek justice for victims.”

The victim, now 25-years-old, is an Indian citizen who was brought to the United States through an arranged marriage with Vishal Jagota in January, 2008.

The defendants engaged in a scheme, using intimidation, physical and sexual abuse and manipulation to force the victim to work as a round-the-clock servant, performing a variety of household chores, cooking, child care and other tasks under threats of violence.

When the victim threatened to contact authorities, each of the defendants vowed to concoct wild stories, accusing her of committing various types of crime.

On one occasion, Parveen Jagota and Rajani Jagota burned the victims’ hand with a hot iron in order to “teach her a lesson,” following their displeasure with her laundry skills. Rajani Jagota, the victim’s sister-in-law, and Vishal Jagota are accused of forbidding the victim from receiving medical treatment for the serious burn, telling her to treat the open wound with toothpaste.

On another occasion, Vishal Jagota is accused of biting the victim, causing permanent scarring on her cheek.

The victim was forced to face her captors for nearly three years, from her arrival in Rockland County in 2008, until September, 2010.

Parveen Jagota and Rajani Jagota face up to seven years in state prison when sentenced on May 22, 2012 before the Honorable William K. Nelson.

Vishal Jagota faces up to one year in the Rockland County jail when sentenced on May 22, 2012 before the Honorable William K. Nelson

This case apparently marks the first indictments, trial and convictions under New York State’s new Labor Trafficking Law.

This case was prosecuted by Arthur J. Ferraro, Chief Assistant District Attorney and Amanda Doty, Assistant District Attorney.

Bollywood hindi movies are made by asses for the masses

Bollywood's hindi films are made for the masses by asses is a remark that is attributed to Sunil Gavaskar, a famous cricket player of India.  He is right.  This is the biggest sixer hit by Sunil Gavaskar.      

Bollywood's hindi movies offer escapism for the idiots.  Here is what Amitabh Bachan, the most famous Bollywood actor is reported to have said about Bollywood's hindi movies.

Masses worshipping asses

CNN: Is Bollywood escapism for the Indian people?

Amitabh Bachchan: "You have to see it in a larger perspective. There are large numbers of people in India below the poverty line, there are large numbers of people who lead a meager existence. They want to find a little escape from the hardships of life, and come and watch something colorful and exciting and musical. Indian cinema provides that. So yes, the content of our television and our cinema is escapist in nature because we are there to provide entertainment.  The select group of people who do make realistic cinema, who do make cinema perhaps a little more acceptable to the Western audience, is a very small percentage".

What larger perspective is the Bollywood celebrity talking about?  Do the poor people of India want a little escape from the hardships of life?  No, its not possible for most to escape the hardship of life in India.  Poor people of India want food to eat, clothes to wear and a home to live.  They want to live in a pollution free environment which is nearly impossible in today's India.  They want to live like humans with a little bit of dignity and this too is difficult in today's India.  They want to provide a halfway good life for their children.  Asian Indians want to live in a nation where corruption is not the way of life.  The smart and educated ones realize that these dreams are not going to turn into reality and they get the heck out of that wretched country.   Anywhere but India is the motto.  Almost anywhere but India.  The good ones try to make a difference in their adopted country and/or in India.  Some expect a return for helping.  Some expect no returns for helping (eg: Asha of Cleveland).

This is India

Asian Indians don't want to see  super rich Bollywood's fruity arseholes prancing around a tree or park or on streets to loud disco music.  Or do they, I hope not.  Bollywood movies do not provide entertainment and if you think they do, I should feel sorry for your pathetic taste in entertainment.

Why Bollywood is made by asses for the masses

These are some ingredients of a typical Bollywood and Asian Indian movies:

1. A hero who is likely a bad actor with no formal education and training in acting.  He sometimes appears shirtless and this appears like an attempt to quicken the pulse of the female fans and if indeed this is happening, India is screwed. 
2. A heroine who is kinda good looking and is very likely a terrible actress.  At times, she appears scantily clad and this is targeted towards the sex starved Asian Indian males. 
3. A irritatingly loud and pompous jackass (eg: Gulshan Grover) who plays the role of the bad guy for a significant portion of the 3 hour movie duration.
4. The hero and heroine shitty dances in a disco club like setting and extra soft pornographic moves (the female dancing in rain in low rise clothing, moaning,  arching her butt close to the male's crotch kinda like a female lioness interesting in mating right away, shaking of the boobies and butt etc.)
5. I could go on but I rest my case here.

Do yourself and your family a favor.  Stop watching stupid Bollywood movies and more importantly do not get your children hooked on to the Bollywood movies.  Bollywood provides zero individual nourishment.  Bollywood does not provide entertainment either.

Nandita Dutta of Dear Cinema reviews a Bollywood movie called Bodyguard in an article titled Bodyguard : Only star, no shine.  Nandita Dutta writes

It is hard to come by characters in a film who have been relegated to caricatures of  such a lamentable status. The film breezes past you in such a superficial way that it will be more befitting to label it a commercial for a bodyguard (read Salman Khan) than cinema. Or then it can be said that the writer-director has done a bad patchwork of stitching together stunts and songs, held loosely by scenes that have neither depth nor any thought for his characters. All that Kareena Kapoor is made to do throughout the film is show off Manish Malhotra outfits and is confined to girly giggles and tears in the name of a role 

Recently, Katrina Kaif was seen moving her ass in popular song titled Sheila Ki Jawani.  At its core, this Bollywood song like others is about titillation by titty and butt shaking and covert calls for (lets call a spade a spade) fucking.

Aren't Bollywood love songs about this?

 Bollywood Dances aka Item Dances

Back in the old days (there were no movies or television then), Asian Indians had a word for a woman who did these kind of dances. They were called tawaif (courtesans).  Tawaifs worked at kothas/quasi brothels.  Men used to visit kothas to watch dances (old school strip tease), drink and get sexual services.  Some tawaifs were associated with prostitution.  Fast forward to the birth of movies in India.  Bollywood adopts these themes realizing that titillation sells and brings it into the mainstream.  Is this kind of entertainment appropriate for little children to watch in your home?  Is it appropriate for young girls to aspire to become a Bollywood Item Girl?  Its not about bobbies, it about brains.  Asian Indians refer to a woman as Jagat Janini.  But disrespect of women is passed of as entertainment by some Bollywood asses.

Who the fuck is Amitabh Bachan?  Who the fuck is Salman Khan of Bollywood?  I do know the awesome Salman Khan of the difference making Khan Academy though.  However, Bollywood does have exceptions, here is one of them.  

Bollywood in Cleveland Ohio

In the Cleveland area, Tollywood and Bollywood movies have been screened in a theater on Ridge Road in Parma.  So far, the influence of Bollywood in Cleveland is marginal.   Asha of Cleveland has organized Bollywood parties in bars located near downtown Cleveland.  A bar is indeed the most appropriate place for Bollywood.  Using the proceeds of a Bollywood party to help the education of underprivileged children in India, priceless.  Kudos to the youngest and the newest Cleveland Asian Indian students.    

Lastly, but not least importantly, Bollywood and the related quasi-Bollywood activities have no connection with Hinduism/Sanatana Dharma and should be kept out of all Hindu temples in general.

Vijaya Emani of Kent State University gets Presidential Citizens Medal

I met Vijaya Emani a few times at Kent State University and talked to her on the phone too. I saw eye to eye with her on a few matters. On the other hand, she was an excessively strong advocate for her personal beliefs and a tad bit pushy in a "leader" kind of manner. She was overall nice and helped out new students by going out of the way. Sorry to note that Kent State University has deleted the article from their website. 

Kori Schulman writes on The White House Blog that in May, President Obama called on the public to help identify outstanding Americans for the 2011 Citizens Medal, the nation's second-highest civilian honor. Nearly 6,000 nominations were submitted and reviewed this year, and the President has selected 13 outstanding Americans to receive the award. "This year’s recipients of the Citizens Medal come from different backgrounds, but they share a commitment to a cause greater than themselves," said President Obama, "They exemplify the best of what it means to be an American, and I am honored to be able to offer them a small token of our appreciation."

Vijaya Emani 
of
Kent State University

Vijaya Emani became a role model for victims of domestic abuse because of her strength and determination in overcoming domestic abuse in her own life, and by speaking out about the issue publicly, she broke a long held taboo in the Indian American community. Vijaya Emani lived and breathed many causes including projects to aid the homeless and promoting diversity. Although she was killed in a tragic vehicle accident, her example and message live on. Emani posthumously receives the Citizens Medal for her courage in overcoming and speaking out against abuse.

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IN REMEMBRANCE OF VIJAYA EMANI

HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

OF OHIO

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Mr. DENNIS J. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today in remembrance of Vijaya Emani, a pro-foundly respected and well known leader throughout Northeast Ohio for her work pro-moting peace, her work with Cleveland’s Asian-Indian American community and for working to bring Cleveland’s many inter-national communities together. Vijaya Emani was killed in a tragic accident on the Ohio Turnpike on January 15, 2009, at the age of 51. On that morning Vijaya was on her way to work at Kent State University when she stopped to help crash victims along an icy stretch of the turnpike. She is being honored by the Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation on April 14 at its Annual Spring Dinner at

Karlin Hall in Cleveland’s Slavic Village. Vijaya Emani was an active member of the Asian-Indian community of Greater Cleveland and served at the President of the Federation of Indian Community Associations in Cleveland. Due to her leadership, India is now among the many international countries represented in the Cleveland Cultural Gardens in Rockefeller Park. The Cleveland Cultural Gardens is an internationally known site which serves to represent the numerous diverse ethnic groups which continue to make Cleveland and the United States into the diverse, egalitarian, and pluralistic society we enjoy. Prior to Vijaya’s involvement, representation at the Cleveland Cultural Gardens was mainly European; however, following the dedication of the India Cultural Garden, we celebrated the opening of the African-American and Azerbaijani gardens and plans are now underway for Native American, Hispanic, Syrian, Philippine, and Vietnamese gardens. The India Cultural Garden is also significant for the giant statue of Mohandas K. Gandhi for which Vijaya worked to raise money for. She was a tireless advocate for peace, a Hindu, and a follower of the teachings of Gandhi. She was instrumental in bringing in Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Rajmohan Gandhi, to speak at One World Day at Rockefeller Park last year. Another aspect of Vijaya’s quest for world peace was her participation in Toastmasters International. She appreciated Toastmasters founder Ralph Smedley’s belief that if people could communicate better with one another, they could break barriers to peace. Vijaya was an active member of the Crossroads Toastmasters club in Strongsville and Toastmasters District 10 in Northern Ohio. She received the one of the highest honors last year when she received the Advanced Communicator Silver award by the Toastmasters International. Vijaya used her communication skills to advocate peace not only among nations, but among families. She bravely broke her own silence about domestic violence, which even today is not widely discussed among immigrant families. After her own experience, she counseled other immigrant wives and girlfriends trapped in abusive relationships. She brought together fellow community activists in Cleveland’s international community to form a coalition to confront domestic violence in immigrant communities. Madam Speaker and colleagues, please join me in remembrance of one of Cleveland’s great champions of peace, Vijaya Emani. She developed her skills as a communicator and community organizer to bring peace in the home and peace in the world. The Greater Cleveland community will surely miss the presence of Vijaya at community events, but the passion and commitment she brought to everything she did will never be forgotten. Our condolences go out to her daughters Sujata and Nirmala, and her extended network of family and friends around the world.

Asian Indians, Heart Disease and Diabetes

Asian Indians Have Less Space To Store Fat Than White Caucasians

It's not fair, but it's true. A new study by researchers at McMaster University has found that some ethnic groups are more likely to be adding dangerous fat onto their internal organs like their liver when they gain weight, while others just add it to their waistline.

Sonia Anand, McMaster University

Dr. Sonia Anand, who led the study published today in the medical journal PLoS ONE, said South Asians are particularly more likely to add the type of organ-hugging fat that can lead to diabetes and coronary artery disease.

Previously the researchers at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine and the Population Health Research Institute had found that, even with the same body mass index as white Caucasians, people who originate from the Indian subcontinent have more risk factors for cardiovascular disease including Type 2 diabetes, low "good" or HDL cholesterol, and more abdominal obesity.

"The new study showed South Asians have less space to store fat below the skin than white Caucasians," said Anand, a professor of medicine and epidemiology. "Their excess fat, therefore, overflows to ectopic compartments, in the abdomen and liver where it may affect function."

This visceral fat, she added, is associated with metabolic problems such as elevated glucose and abnormal lipids which are risk factors which ultimately lead to coronary artery disease.

The study was sponsored by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. Anand holds the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario/ Michael G. DeGroote Chair in Population Health Research.

"Many Canadians of South Asian descent — as well as those of Aboriginal, African and Chinese descent — are experiencing historic levels of risk for heart disease and stroke. It is only through research like this that we can learn how better to treat and prevent these diseases, so lives are not cut short," said Mary Lewis, vice-president, research, advocacy and health promotion of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. "The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario is proud to support such important work."

Dr. Arya Sharma, director of the Canadian Obesity Network and a co-author of the study said: "This study helps explain why South Asians experience weight-related health problems at lower BMI levels than Caucasians. For the clinician, this also means that individuals of South Asian heritage need to be screened for the presence of heart disease and diabetes at lower BMIs."

Asian Indian Names Figure in H1B Visa Fraud Indictments

Shiva NEELI, Ramakrishna MAGULURI, Villiappan SUBBAIAH, Suresh POLA,  Vishnu REDDY,  Chockalingam PALANIAPPAN, Vijay MYNENI, Venkata GUDURU, Praveen ANDAPALLY, Amit JUSTA, Karambir YADAV Indicted for H1B Visa Fraud

Federal agents arrested 11 individuals in 6 states Wednesday as part of an investigation into suspected visa and mail fraud. Matthew G. Whitaker, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, announced the operation, which was carried out by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in Iowa, California, Massachusetts, Texas, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and New Jersey.

VISION SYSTEMS GROUP, INC., a New Jersey Domestic Profit Corporation, with a branch office in Coon Rapids, Iowa, was also indicted in a ten count federal indictment that included one count of conspiracy, eight counts of mail fraud, and one count of ‘Notice of Forfeiture’ in the amount of $7,400,000.

“Today’s multi-state enforcement action is the result of an extensive, ongoing investigation into suspected H1B visa fraud, mail fraud, and conspiracy,” said U.S. Attorney Whitaker. “Dubbed Operation Pacific Vision, this investigation is the result of outstanding cooperation and collaboration among law enforcement agencies at all levels of government.”

The investigation is being conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in collaboration with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - Fraud Detection and National Security Division (FDNS); U.S. Department of Labor - Office of Inspector General; U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS); U.S. Department of State; Social Security Administration - Office of The Inspector General, and is supported by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.

“This case highlights the Department of Homeland Security’s commitment to identifying and dismantling visa fraud schemes,” said Homeland Security Acting Assistant Secretary for ICE John P.

Torres. "Ensuring the integrity of our nation's legal immigration system is a top priority for ICE.”

“This is a prime example of how the Department of Homeland Security identifies fraud,” said Michael Aytes, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Acting Deputy Director. “Our adjudication officers can spot inconsistencies during the application process that ultimately lead to the successful outcome we’re seeing today. Visa fraud undermines the integrity of the immigration system and I’m proud that our officers have helped to ensure that the American people and our customers can continue to depend on a reliable system.”

Federal authorities, with assistance from state and local law enforcement, served search warrants at addresses in Urbandale and Clive, Iowa; in Santa Clara, Rancho Cucamonga and Arcadia, Calif.; and in South Plainfield, N.J.

This investigation involves companies that sponsor primarily H-1B non -immigrants, or temporary workers in specialty occupations that require particular expertise. The companies that are the subject of this investigation have asserted that the foreign workers have been brought to the U.S. to fill existing vacancies. However, the companies allegedly have not always had jobs available for these workers, thereby placing them in non-pay status after they arrive in the United States. In some cases, the foreign workers have allegedly been placed in jobs and locations not previously certified by the Department of Labor, displacing qualified American workers and violating prevailing wage laws. The companies and foreign workers have allegedly submitted false statements and documents in support of their visa petitions. The false statements and documents were mailed or wired to state and federal agencies in support of the visa applications. The companies are suspected of visa fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy.

“The foreign labor certification programs are designed to permit U.S. employers to hire foreign workers to fill jobs essential to American businesses,” said Daniel R. Petrole, Deputy Inspector General, United States Department of Labor. “Our agency remains resolute in its commitment with its law enforcement partners to investigate fraud committed against these Department of Labor programs.”

U.S. businesses use the H-1B program to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise in specialized fields, such as scientists, engineers, or computer programmers. As part of the H-1B program, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) require U.S. employers to meet specific labor conditions to ensure that American workers are not adversely impacted, while the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division safeguards the treatment and compensation of H-1B workers. Congress sets a numerical cap for the admission of skilled workers into the U.S. The current H-1B cap is set at 65,000 per fiscal year. H-1B aliens can work in the United States for three years, with an option for an additional three years (for a maximum of six years).

Those arrested Wednesday by ICE agents include:

1. Shiva NEELI,  Arrested in Boston, Massachusetts
2. Ramakrishna MAGULURI, Arrested in Atlanta, Georgia
3. Villiappan SUBBAIAH, Arrested in Dallas, Texas
4. Suresh POLA,  Arrested in Pennsylvania (SAC PHI)
5. Vishnu REDDY,  Arrested in Los Angeles, California
6. Chockalingam PALANIAPPAN,  Arrested in San Jose, California
7. Vijay MYNENI,  Arrested in San Jose, California
8.  Venkata GUDURU,  Arrested in New Jersey
9.  Praveen ANDAPALLY, Arrested in New Jersey
10.  Amit JUSTA, Arrested in New Jersey
11. Karambir YADAV, Arrested in Louisville, Kentucky

As with any criminal case, a charge is merely an accusation; a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

Hindus and hindu temple support Babu Bhai Patel

Babu Bhai Patel, Vice-Chairman, Hindu Temple of Canton

Tresa Baldas of Detroit Free Press reports that Babu Bhai Patel

lives in a half-million-dollar home, which has a mortgage, and owns 26 pharmacies with 80 employees. He also is vice chairman of the Hindu Temple of Canton. He has one misdemeanor conviction from 1997, although the crime was not disclosed in records.

"Mr. Patel is not a portrait of the common criminal or drifter," Patel's lawyer, Martin Crandall, wrote in court documents. "There is no risk he would flee."

Since Patel's indictment, several in the Hindu community have come to his defense. More than 20 supporters showed up for a detention hearing Tuesday. Several character reference letters have been filed with the court -- including one from the president of the Hindu Temple -- and many offer their homes as collateral to secure Patel's release.

Asian Indian Derogatory Dictionary

These are some of the terms used by some desis aka Asian Indians to refer to other desis and non-desis:

Casteism is a specialized form of racism

• Gora-White man
  
• Gori-White woman
• Kallu-Black man
  
• Kalli-Black woman
  
• Kala, Kalu-Black man of desi origin
  
• Kali-Black woman of desi origin
  
• Chinku-Chinese or oriental man
  
• Chinki-Chinese or oriental woman
  
• Mallu-Man or woman from Kerala
  
• Katua-A Muslim man (referring to circumcision)
• Katui-A Muslim woman
  
• Gulti-Man of Telugu origin
• Gultan-Woman of Telugu origin
  
• Chapta-Oriental man
• Chapti-Oriental woman
  
• Madrasi-South Indian man or woman
  
• Gujju-Man or woman of Gujrati origin
• ABCD-American Born Confused Desi
  

Then some of us desis complain about racism in Australia.  The reality is that desis moved to Australia because they wished to, most desis were not invited by the Australian Government or Australians.  And its unlikely that the Australian Government will prevent them from leaving Australia, if Indians choose to do so.  Australian Indians should consider being grateful to their adopted country and take the much good and the little bad that Australia offers with equanimity. 

Among Asian Indians, racism starts when an Asian Indian lays eyes on another Asian Indian.  The first instinct is to identify the state and language of the other person by observation (skin color, clothes, spoken language etc) and begin the process of making judgements based on that observation.  Is it okay for Indians to read book by the cover and not okay for Australians to do this with Indians?   

As an example of racism in India; K. R. Narayanan was the first Dalit (belonging to Harijan or untouchable caste) President of India.  He is reported to have confessed that he was not allowed to forget his Dalit origin even in the Indian Presidential home, the Rashtrapathi Bhavan.   One has to wonder if APJ Abdul Kalam, one of the Indian Presidents who deserved that job, was similarly discriminated because he was a Muslim.  Further, one has to wonder if Pratibha Patil the current Indian President gets discriminated because she was linked to a bank scam involving several her relatives and her reported belief in voodoo.  HTF did this Patil thing become the President of India?