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The situation in Ukraine is more black and white than most others. That India can't recognize that both surprised me and disappointed me. It would make a big difference if they dared to speak out against Russian agression. Even if they would like to remain on friendly terms with Russia they should recognize the atrociousy which Russia displays in Ukraine. Putin needs to hear it also from India.
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Presumed wrong. I don’t comment on the state of affairs without having been back. Again I want to contribute to humanity and this planet, I don’t pledge allegiance to a line drawn by dipshits 70 years back.
You don't want to indentify as an Indian or a person of Indian origin. Yet you couldn't keep yourself from commenting on this thread. > If you are a guy (or worse a girl) who insists it’s not that bad in india, then you grew up with extreme privilege or are extremely clueless about realities of life in this country. What kind of argument is this even? "If you disagree with me, you're clueless"? There's definitely som…
Stop projecting.
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> India received Lawrow recently, he is not allowed in any EU country. And? Your point? Speaking to diplomats is suddenly taboo? > India is not dependent on Russian oil No. But, it is dependent on oil and gas being cheap enough to make basic inputs with. It is a region and country on the brink of poverty in many ways. What did you expect?
> And? Your point? Speaking to diplomats is suddenly taboo? You can speak on phone, receiving one from countries killing civilians on purpose is making a statement. If you make a statement you will be heard, and I don't think many EU countries will be happy. Not to mention, you know humanitarian aspects - you can buy your oil without blood.
And, why hasn't the EU shut off all oil and gas purchases from Russia immediately?
Why should a poor country support this sanctions regime and then witness massive internal disruption?
Most of the countries and populations of the world have in fact NOT imposed sanctions.
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INA 214(h) may be interpreted as follows: "In addition, INA 214(h) provides that an H-1B nonimmigrant may have "dual intent," i.e., the fact that an H-1B nonimmigrant has sought permanent residence in the United States or will be seeking such status in the future does not preclude him or her from obtaining or maintaining H-1B nonimmigrant status. The applicant may legitimately come to the United States as a nonimmigr…
You’re quoting a State Department policies and procedures handbook. Its not the statute or even a regulation. It describes the current “wink, wink” practice that exists—as I noted above. But it doesn’t tell you what the law means, or give H1B holders any legal rights. See United States v. Mead. And it can be changed by any administration on a whim.
1. if H1Bs are not to lead to green cards per your interpretation of existing laws, then no H1Bs should lead to green cards, regardless of country of origin
2. if H1Bs do lead to green cards as we know they do in practice, as per my 'dual intent' understanding, or as per your 'wink wink' description, then they should lead to green cards regardless of country of origin
But the inconsistency in providing green cards to Tunisian H1Bs in 18 months while providing green cards to Indian H1Bs in 100 years is where the problem arises, and that is why the young author with a bright future is headed to India instead of applying his intelligence and abilities in the US.
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Yes, but that doesn’t come close to supporting the war. On the other hand, they’ve provided considerable humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. For better or worse, that’s just the situation — economic and geopolitical — India is in. They don’t have the luxury of looking at things black and white like most western nations.
The situation in Ukraine is more black and white than most others. That India can't recognize that both surprised me and disappointed me. It would make a big difference if they dared to speak out against Russian agression. Even if they would like to remain on friendly terms with Russia they should recognize the atrociousy which Russia displays in Ukraine. Putin needs to hear it also from India.
Not for India’s economy and defense. Surely, you recognize they are not a rich country and in an unstable region?
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Your point being? They literally hosted Russia Foreign Minister week or two ago. They abstained in votes against Russia for that invasion in UN. US warned them no to go in bed with Russia. Do you think EU or US will look kindly to support India now?
So your point is let the conflict brew and let us isolate Russia but let us not help negotiate peace.
This country needs to be cleaned from the head, just like Germany after WWII. If not it will always be a danger to world peace.
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Comments like this make me really mad. Do you know that Europe is _still_ buying from Russia?? Do you know that the US is also _still_ buying from Russia?? India does about $8Bn/year of trade with Russia. That's peanuts. And nearly 50% of the tankers carrying Russian oil are Greek; and yet you don't hear a word about Greece.
Issue is that India started new trade with Russia, it is not dependent on it (like Europe, I don't know what the heck US is doing), they just jumped on opportunity. And Europe works hard on stopping that, but it is a bit hard to stop e.g. gas import if your own supply won't be able to heat people homes (it is not India, in Europe we are just starting spring, but still temperatures can hit freezing point). I didn't kn…
In other words, Europe continues to buy from Russia so as to not to inconvenience its own citizens (need gas to heat people’s homes). But India shouldn’t buy from Russia to keep a check on fuel prices in a poor country.
Seems like you don’t care as long as someone else is inconvenienced.
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It will be hard because India likes to buy from Russia recently and doesn't see a problem with invasion.
And did you consult India before you orchestrated the regime changes and laid the seeds for conflict. India isn't a colony, and India is capable of and willing to be a mediator to bring peace, the west isn't or won't.
What regime changes, what orchestration?
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>Who cares whether india is a democracy or not? Anybody who wants to do business. Democracies have stable, predictable rule of law. Do you want to invest in a country where a dictator could simply decide that he is going take your assets?
Rule of law is largely orthogonal to democracy. England had rule of law long before it was a democracy.
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> And? Your point? Speaking to diplomats is suddenly taboo? You can speak on phone, receiving one from countries killing civilians on purpose is making a statement. If you make a statement you will be heard, and I don't think many EU countries will be happy. Not to mention, you know humanitarian aspects - you can buy your oil without blood.
Not everyone shares those sentiments -- and that's all they are, just sentiments. And, why hasn't the EU shut off all oil and gas purchases from Russia immediately? Why should a poor country support this sanctions regime and then witness massive internal disruption? Most of the countries and populations of the world have in fact NOT imposed sanctions.
Because they let themselves get too dependent on foreign energy, so doing so would have meant letting their own people freeze.