Established Indians abroad "gatekeep" or exploit new workers of their own nationality
I recently went to The Big Meet and noticed all the companies that came there. I visited some stalls over there but unfortunately, I was wary of meeting people who were of the same nationality as me, either naturalized citizens/PR or with working visas. I met one of the guys who was at a stall for the Defence Company and realized after having a conversation with him that he turned into a citizen some 5–6 years back. His background lies in Mechanical Engineering, and he switched fields by joining this company. When I asked him about the interview rounds, what kind of questions they asked him, and what did he study to go to this field, he refused to give anything away any information, mostly giving vague answers such as he learnt about defence, he applied for it and got the job. He refused to tell me how many rounds happened, what exactly did he do to study and how he got his citizenship. It's the classic "Kicking away the ladder" or about how much hard he worked t...