It will be hard because India likes to buy from Russia recently and doesn't see a problem with invasion.
The real geopolitics behind this is that Russia is trying to curb NATO influence. So this war is really about hurting NATO. A Russian loss helps NATO and a victory hurts NATO, but the war can be ended if either side makes the requisite concessions. But for unaffiliated parties they don’t necessarily take a pro-NATO stance so anti-war or anti-violence simply means “somebody please give in” rather than “NATO please win…
You use a lot of words in your post but none are "Ukraine".
Ukrainians have the right to decide what they want to do and what, if anything, to give up.
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…
> 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 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 inconv…
You didn't see Germany criticized for buying oil from Russia? Boy, they are the most criticized country for doing that (and oil and gas) - they basically enabled Russia to do the invasion. Nord Stream 1 and 2 come to mind. They made themselves (and few other countries) dependent on that bloody import. India received Lawrow recently, he is not allowed in any EU country. But there is a difference in long dependency and…
> India is not dependent on Russian oil, Is oil the only thing a country can be dependent on? Also, what are you? Some Eastern European, who has some emotional ties to the region? 99% of Indians have never heard of Ukraine, and yet, Indians should sacrifice their one steady ally who has stood with India all these decades?
It is not a economic war where you can easily sacrifice.
I assume India politicians heard what Russia targets in Ukraine (and it is not military). Bucha is just one example.
Would India buy cheap soap from Germany during WWII (of course if it wasn't under Britains rule)?
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.
> And, why hasn't the EU shut off all oil and gas purchases from Russia immediately? Because they let themselves get too dependent on foreign energy, so doing so would have meant letting their own people freeze.
And, India needs cheap oil and gas to make fertilizers to feed its population.
That's correct. I live in Bangalore, India and there are a lot more issues than just quality of life. 1. Since, I am from North India, Bangalore treats us like foreigners i.e. if you don't speak the native language, you will be at a significant disadvantage when requiring the assistance of police. 2. Rather, the police has been known to discriminate against `outsiders`. You can even head over to r/bangalore to know m…
> if you don't speak the native language, you will be at a significant disadvantage when requiring the assistance of police. This is true true virtually everywhere in the world.
> This is true true virtually everywhere in the world.
you don't expect it in your OWN country, just moving to a different state, you are an outsider. Its because India was put together just like that, because the British ruled over many peoples and their languages.
> India is not dependent on Russian oil, Is oil the only thing a country can be dependent on? Also, what are you? Some Eastern European, who has some emotional ties to the region? 99% of Indians have never heard of Ukraine, and yet, Indians should sacrifice their one steady ally who has stood with India all these decades?
It is not a economic war where you can easily sacrifice. I assume India politicians heard what Russia targets in Ukraine (and it is not military). Bucha is just one example. Would India buy cheap soap from Germany during WWII (of course if it wasn't under Britains rule)?
India without Russian fertizer is like Germany without Russian energy.
Do you really understand or know more about these concerns?
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.
I agree with you that administrations can do pretty much whatever they want, but I think you are missing the point: 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, th…
I don’t think we’re in disagreement. I’m not saying what “should be” the case. My point is that if Indians feel like the current system creates misleading expectations, that’s because the system is built on the shifting sand of administrative whims, not solid legal rights. People get a job with an American company, the lawyers handle all the paperwork, and nobody swears the details. Then when something like the pandemic happens, or someone like Trump does something capricious, they’re surprised to learn that their status is much more contingent than they thought.
> the insane opportunities available in India now [3]. > India’s rising startup and tech wave > Massive switch from wealth accumulation mode to wealth creation mode. > And the amount of VC funding in India combined with the startup ecosystem’s energy here is absolute fire > The collective risk appetite has never been higher. > The step after the ‘American dream’ is the ‘Indian dream’. This is great to hear about Indi…
It will be hard because India likes to buy from Russia recently and doesn't see a problem with invasion.
NATO/EU and US are allies/friends and West never been friend or kind to India/Indians.
> 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 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 inconv…
fuel vs freezing to death, not quite the same. And Europe is not filled with rich countries.
It's EU and NATO who fooled Ukraine. Your complains are misplaced.