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Types of American Visas for Indians: Which One Do You Need?

Securing an American visa for Indians can be essential for various purposes like travel, work, or study. According to the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. issued over 1 million visas worldwide in 2022, with India being one of the top countries for visa applicants. Whether you're visiting the U.S. for leisure or planning a long-term stay, understanding which visa is right for your needs is crucial. The U.S. offers a variety of visa categories, each designed for specific purposes. In this guide, we’ll break down the key types of American visas that Indians typically apply for, helping you choose the one that fits your situation.

With the U.S. being a major destination for students, professionals, and tourists, it's important to identify which visa aligns with your goals. From the popular B-1/B-2 visitor visas to the more specific H-1B work visas, the type of American visa for Indian applicants varies based on the purpose of travel. Let's dive into the details of these visa types and clarify which one you may need.

Tourist and Business Visas (B-1/B-2)

The B-1/B-2 visa is ideal for individuals traveling to the U.S. temporarily for business (B-1) or tourism (B-2). It’s one of the most common visas applied for by Indians.

For example, the B-1 visa is suitable for attending business meetings, conferences, or settling estates. Meanwhile, the B-2 visa is meant for leisure activities such as vacation, visiting family, or medical treatment. Both these visas are typically issued for 10 years, with each stay usually limited to 6 months.

Student Visas (F-1 and M-1)

Indian students make up a significant portion of international students in the U.S. The F-1 visa is the most common visa for academic studies, covering students enrolled in colleges, universities, or language programs.

Alternatively, the M-1 visa is for vocational and non-academic studies. This includes technical training programs. Both these visas allow students to remain in the U.S. for the duration of their studies, with options for extension depending on their program.

Work Visas (H-1B, L-1, and O-1)

The H-1B visa is highly sought after by professionals in specialized fields such as IT, engineering, and medicine. Every year, the U.S. allocates around 65,000 H-1B visas, and India consistently tops the list of applicants.

For inter-company transfers, the L-1 visa is designed for individuals moving from an Indian office to a U.S. branch. The O-1 visa is reserved for individuals with extraordinary abilities in their field, such as artists, scientists, and athletes.

Immigrant Visas (Family and Employment-Based)

Immigrant visas are intended for those who plan to live permanently in the U.S. Indians typically apply for family-based immigrant visas, sponsored by U.S. citizen relatives, or employment-based immigrant visas, sponsored by U.S. employers.

The family-based visa is ideal for spouses, children, or parents of U.S. citizens. Meanwhile, the employment-based visa is divided into categories like EB-1 for priority workers and EB-2 for professionals with advanced degrees.

Exchange Visitor Visa (J-1)

The J-1 visa allows individuals to participate in exchange programs that promote cultural exchange. This visa covers students, interns, researchers, and scholars who wish to gain experience in the U.S.

J-1 visa holders are often required to return to their home country for at least two years before reapplying for another U.S. visa. This ensures the exchange program benefits the applicant's home country.

Conclusion

Understanding the different types of American visa for Indian applicants is crucial for making the right decision. Whether you’re a student, professional, or tourist, each visa category comes with its own set of rules and benefits. Be sure to identify your purpose of travel before applying, as choosing the correct visa will streamline your application process. For further assistance, consult the U.S. embassy or a qualified immigration lawyer to ensure you meet all necessary requirements.

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The immigration officers in your home country know that Indian eVisa or electronic Visa is linked to your passport in the computer system. This is the most convenient way to enter India. You may be asked to upload face photo or passport page photo, if you cannot upload it then you can simply email it to us via Contact Us link on our website. Our friendly and helpful staff will respond and assist you within 24 hours. If you want to stay in India for less than 6 months, then this type of electronic Indian eVisa is ideal and best suited for your needs. The only thing you need to make sure is that your passport has 6 months of validity when you enter India and it has couple of blank pages so that immigration officers can allow you to enter the airport and seaport and put a stamp. You are not required to courier  your passport or get an eVisa stmap on the passport. Just keep the approval eVisa email on your phone or you may keep a printout copy of it. Over 166 countries are eligible to apply, here is a sample of few that can apply 100 percent online process for Indian electronic Visa, Finland, Austria, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, UAE, USA, Philippines, Estonia, Sweden, Brazil, Republic of Korea, Australia, Portugal, Brunei, Spain, Japan, Qatar, Jordan, Greece, Denmark, Lithuania, Bolivia, Hungary, Norway, Latvia, Argentina, Georgia, Croatia, Singapore, Botswana, Germany, Laos, Cyprus, Colombia, Mexico, Belgium, Malaysia, Poland, Venezuela, Oman, Bosnia  and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Sri Lanka, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Ireland, Chile, Belarus, New Zealand, Armenia, Italy, Peru, France, Bulgaria, Romania, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Iceland, Canada, Paraguay, Belize, South Africa, Vietnam, Russia, Cambodia, Fiji, Switzerland, Netherlands .

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Employers desire foreign workers who are accustomed to the hazardous work sites of industrial construction; in particular, they specifically solicit migrants who do not have a history of labor organizing within SWANA. In response, labor brokerage firms brand themselves as offering migrant workers who are deferential. Often, labor brokers conflate the category of South Asian with docility; [...] as inherently passive, disciplined, and, most important, unfettered by volatile working conditions. "We say quality, they [U.S. employers] say seasoned. We both know what it means. Workers who are not going to quit, not going to run away in the foreign country and do as they are told.” [...]

For migrants, the U.S. oil industry presents a rare chance to apply their existing skill set in a country with options for permanent residency and sponsorship of family members. Migrants wish to find an end to their tem­porary worker status; they imagine the United States as a liberal economy in which labor standards are enforced and there are opportunities for citizenship and building a life for their family. [...] What brokers fail to explain is that South Asian migrants are being recruited as guest workers. Migrants will not have access to U.S. citizenship or visas for family members; in fact, their employment status will be quite similar to their SWANA migration.

While nations such as the Philippines have both state-mandated and independent migrant rights agencies, the Indian government has minimal avenues for worker protection. These are limited to hotlines for reporting abusive foreign employers and Indian consulates located in a few select countries of the SWANA region. [... Brokers] emphasize the docility of Indian migrants in comparison to the disruptive tendencies of other Asian migrant workers. [...] “Some of these Filipino men you see make a lot of trouble in the Arab countries. Even their women, who work as maids and such, lash out. The employer says one wrong thing and the workers get the whole country [the Philippines] on the street. [...] But you don’t see our people creating a tamasha [spectacle] overseas.” [...] Just as Filipinx migrants are racialized to be undisciplined labor, Indian brokers construct divisions within the South Asian workforce to promote the primacy of their own firms. In particular, Pakistani workers are racialized as an abrasive population.

[...] While the public image of the South Asian American community remains as model minorities, presumed to be primarily upwardly mobile professionals, the global reality of the population is quite to the contrary. [...] From the historic colonial routes initiated by British occupation of South Asia to the emergence of energy markets within the countries of SWANA, migrants have been recruited to build industries by contributing their labor to construction projects. Within the last decade, these South Asian migrants, with experience in the SWANA oil industry, have been actively solicited as guest workers into the energy sector of the United States. The growth of hydraulic fracturing has opened new territory for oil extraction; capitalizing on the potential market are numerous stakeholders who have invested in industrial construction projects across the southwestern United States. The solicitation of South Asian construction workers is not coincidental. [...] Kartik, a globally competitive firm’s broker, explains the connection of Indian labor to practices of the past. “You know we come from a long history of working in foreign lands. Even the British used to send us to Africa and the Arab regions to work in the mines and oil fields. It’s part of our history.”

Seasoning Labor: Contemporary South Asian Migrations and the Racialization of Immigrant Workers, Saunjuhi Verma in the Journal of Asian American Studies

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What I discovered was that he was one of 500 Indian laborers who had been convinced to pay $20,000 apiece to come to the US on legal guest worker visas to rebuild storm-damaged oil rigs, on false promises that they could become green cards – the American dream. The workers had raised that money by selling ancestral land and taking high-interest loans. Turns out they’d been dropped into an American nightmare. They arrived into a barbed wire labor camp, where they were forced to pay $1,000 a month to live 24 people to a room, in trailers placed on top of a dump. They were fed frozen rice and moldy bread. And there were never any green cards.

[...]

I still can’t get over the fact that you managed to sneak hundreds of Indian men past armed guards out of a gated labor camp in southern Mississippi. How did you do that?

Without giving away all the details, over the course of months, we orchestrated this escape that was almost out of a heist film. It started with me smuggling Indian ingredients into the camp for Rajan, who took over the cafeteria and cooked these extraordinary meals that nursed the men out of their blank hopelessness into an appetite for something better.

The escape involved a lot of whiskey, cigars, as bribes for the guards, and then an elaborate but fictitious Indian wedding that let us ferry 500 men out of the labor camp into a hotel room, right under the guards’ noses.

[...]

What we didn’t know at the time was that we were up against an Ice agent with corrupt ties to the company, with personal reasons to cover up the company’s scheme and deport the men. When that became clear, we all realized this was going to be a much longer fight – and it took the better part of four years.

[gowns]

edit: putting this rant about US american myopia behind a read more

i think that a part of the myopia that US americans have (outside of the sheer amount of propaganda and bread and circuses they have been bombarded with since birth) is that they have the privilege of the US american passport (one that most US americans don't even exercise).

you can always simply "go" places. the whole world is your playground. visas, immigration, exile -- these words mean nothing to the average suburban white bread US american.

so i will see often, in comment sections about palestine -- "they should evacuate!" "they should go somewhere else!" "if they're innocent, they can just go on a trip while israel removes the terrorists--"

and ideological stupidity and ugliness aside,

it's like, no, you don't fucking understand. you don't understand the violence of the border wall. you don't understand what it means to be tied to a land. you don't understand things like, "my grandparents still remember the nabka"; you don't understand the horrors of colonial violence firsthand. your whole life has been a playground, a theme park. thanksgiving is just a day to dress up like pilgrims and indians and eat too much and watch football. and that's the closest that you get to an understanding of colonialism. that it's all a game, with smiling characters.

those who have passports go on honeymoons, backpacking across europe, jetsetting across latin america, whimsical safaris, serene resorts on islands where you can imagine the entire population as your waitstaff or entertainment

which is an experience that is so far removed from -- This is my land. There is nowhere to go. There are guards at the border. We have to move heaven and earth to perform brilliantly in school and maybe possibly be accepted into a university and maybe possibly get a visa and maybe possibly I can earn enough money to provide, to help my family, to save--

the juxtaposition is so jarring to me. this is everything that goes through my head when i see those comments -- "why don't they just go, if they're innocent?" go where? how? do you even think for two seconds? this "conflict" is like a football game to you. you can just tune in and comment on it so dismissively, like you're making fun of a fumbled pass. but it's real people's lives, and their reality is so different from yours, and you don't even stop and think why you are living in such a different lived reality.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

I'm not an African American. I'm an American. I was born on American soil. But I did go back to the motherland, and I loved it. And made millions going back to the motherland. But I was born in America. When the Europeans came to the native Americans. Well, they liked to call them the native Americans, but the Indians' land, we don't call them European Americans. So, I don't want to be called an African American. I'm an American. You can call me a black American, but I'm an American. When I competed in the Olympics, they didn't say I'm African American, they said "that American is fighting out of the red corner or out the blue corner. I love America. I love this country.

Americans don't quite realize how weird they look to the rest of the world. The fact they segregate linguistically is just bizarre. They have the same flag, the same national anthem, the same "football," spell words like "aluminium" incorrectly.

Arnold Vosloo is "African-American." He migrated from South Africa to the US. Oprah Winfrey is just American. Born and raised. She's not an immigrant. She's not visiting. She's not on a temporary visa. She doesn't hold dual-citizenship.

A couple of years ago, I stopped using the term "African American" entirely for exactly this reason - it was a whole Jesse Jackson thing anyway. You're Americans. If it's ever relevant, black Americans or white Americans.

[magnoliamyrrh]

and i didnt tell yall but u know a BIG reason why i broke up w that dude i was with? i found out he liked donald trump and andrew tate and he said if he had his citizenship already hed vote for him because well hes tired of the illegal immigrants and well trump is a strong businessman and leader

........ he was dark skinned indian-chisese-burmese. he had only been in america for seven years but had already internalized that now hes american go america and hes one of the good ones. when i was like????? he goes yea well i dont agree with everything he says but oh well. he brought his parents over to visit which i dont think dawned on him how much harder the visa process would have been under trump

????????

he was not a bad man. like a bad person. he really wasnt and thats important to understand. all in all as a person in daily life he was giving and generous with people and helpful and while he had some level of classism mixed w racism mixed w traditional sorta sexist ideas as frankly many people do he was not Outright a bad person he was Not hateful just ignorant and didnt think that much about it

no amount of explaning and trying to talk it though, because god help me i really did try to talk it through because i dont think cutting people off instantly helps anyone, led somewhere. no amount of saying they dont see him as one of the good ones. no amount of saying what trump has said and done to immigrants which we both fucking were. no amount of me saying hey??? im a woman i actually have a big issue w u thinking this considering trumps laws directly impact my life????

he was not a bad person he was not a deplorable piece of shit i mean that genuinely. he was kind and giving and gentlemany and gentle and honesty if we staid together would have been the sort to cook and clean and help with things and etc. i did not fear any sort of physical violence or even being cursed out.

but. but. talking did not get through to him on this

and theres many people like this

ans thats important to understand

[thetechempire]

Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris: What It Means For IT Companies in India

When it comes to U.S. politics, Indian IT companies pay close attention, especially in races with heavyweights like former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Each candidate’s policies can have ripple effects, impacting everything from visa policies to foreign direct investment and trade partnerships. For India’s booming IT sector, this rivalry could shape the future in major ways, particularly around outsourcing, talent mobility, and international tech collaborations. Here’s what each candidate brings to the table and what it could mean for the Indian IT industry.

Donald Trump’s Policies and Their Potential Impact

Trump’s “America First” agenda in his previous term brought significant shifts to immigration and outsourcing policies. His administration’s stance leaned toward prioritizing American jobs and reducing dependency on foreign workers, which affected the H-1B visa system, a crucial pathway for many skilled Indian IT professionals to work in the United States.

Key Areas to Watch if Trump Returns to Power

H-1B Visa Reform: Under Trump, the H-1B visa process became more stringent, with increased scrutiny on applications and tightened eligibility criteria. The approach aimed to reduce the number of visas granted, thus limiting the talent flow from India to the U.S. If Trump were to return, he might push for more reforms that could make it harder for Indian IT companies to place skilled workers in the U.S. for long-term assignments.

Outsourcing Policies: Trump’s stance on outsourcing often pointed toward creating incentives for American companies to move jobs back to the U.S. Although a complete shutdown of outsourcing is unlikely, a renewed Trump presidency might include policies that create hurdles or add costs to IT companies operating in India to reduce offshoring.

Taxation and Trade Barriers: Trump previously aimed to negotiate trade deals that reduced the U.S. trade deficit. Indian IT firms could face higher tariffs or restrictions if they want to establish more U.S. partnerships or expand operations on American soil.

Potential Upside: Some experts argue that Trump’s pro-business mindset and regulatory reforms, such as tax cuts, could indirectly benefit Indian IT companies if they lead to economic growth. With more American firms thriving, there may still be demand for Indian IT services, albeit in a more restrictive environment.

Kamala Harris’s Approach and Potential Influence

As the daughter of Indian immigrants, Kamala Harris’s connection to India is often highlighted. Her political stance, generally aligned with Democratic ideals, has favored immigrant rights, inclusivity, and technological advancement. Harris’s policies could potentially be more favorable for Indian IT companies, especially regarding immigration and tech collaborations.

Key Areas to Watch if Harris Gains More Influence

Visa and Immigration Reform: Harris has shown consistent support for immigration reform that would protect skilled foreign workers, including those from India. Her stance could bring improvements to the H-1B program, possibly increasing quotas or reducing the administrative burden on Indian IT professionals. This would be a welcome shift, making it easier for Indian firms to deploy talent in the U.S.

Tech Collaborations and Bilateral Ties: Given Harris’s strong ties to India, she could prioritize policies that foster U.S.-India tech partnerships. This could mean better collaboration on AI, cybersecurity, and cloud computing initiatives, offering Indian IT companies more opportunities to work alongside American firms on high-stakes projects.

Outsourcing Flexibility: Unlike Trump, Harris is less likely to advocate for aggressive curbs on outsourcing. While some regulations may still push companies to consider American workers first, it’s likely that Harris’s approach would be more balanced and encourage mutual growth, allowing Indian IT firms to continue serving U.S. clients without significant restrictions.

STEM Education and Training Initiatives: Harris may also introduce policies aimed at training and upskilling the American workforce. However, this approach could complement the Indian IT industry rather than limit it, as it could create avenues for partnerships in training programs or tech-driven education solutions.

Potential Upside: A Harris-led approach may result in more collaborative policies, boosting IT companies’ confidence in expanding U.S. operations. By maintaining a balanced approach to immigration and tech regulations, she could make it easier for Indian firms to both work in the U.S. and bring American investments back to India.

What This Means for Indian IT Companies

Indian IT companies like TCS, Infosys, and Wipro rely heavily on their U.S. clientele, and visa restrictions can significantly impact how they operate. Here’s a summary of what IT firms should expect:

Talent Mobility: A Trump-led administration might restrict it, while Harris would likely enhance it.

Outsourcing Stability: Trump could discourage offshoring, whereas Harris might adopt a more relaxed stance.

Trade Relations: Trump’s trade policies could become more protectionist, while Harris might lean toward fostering partnerships.

Adaptations and Strategic Moves for Indian IT Firms

Regardless of who wins, Indian IT companies should prepare by adopting a flexible approach:

Diversifying Talent Locations: With potential visa issues on the horizon, companies can consider moving talent to other locations, such as Canada or even remote setups within India, to serve U.S. clients.

Increasing Local Hiring in the U.S.: To align with possible hiring preferences, Indian firms may continue to hire more U.S.-based talent and offer training to local employees.

Emphasizing Partnerships and Joint Ventures: Both political paths present opportunities for tech collaborations. Indian firms could look for joint ventures with U.S. companies, fostering a partnership approach that aligns with potential regulations.

Final Thoughts

The outcome of a Trump vs. Harris contest would have unique implications for the Indian IT industry. Trump’s focus on reducing dependency on foreign talent and protecting U.S. jobs could mean tighter visa regulations and fewer opportunities for Indian workers in the U.S. Harris, on the other hand, could be a gateway to a more balanced, globally-minded U.S. policy that emphasizes collaboration and growth.

Regardless of the outcome, Indian IT firms have shown resilience and adaptability, adjusting to regulatory changes while remaining global leaders in IT services.

[ndbookstudy]

i am that, nisargardatta maharaj, ch. 96.

Questioner: I am an American by birth and for the last one year I was staying in an Ashram in Madhya Pradesh, studying Yoga in its many aspects. We had a teacher, whose Guru, a disciple of the great Sivananda Saraswati, stays in Monghyr. I stayed at Ramanashram also. While in Bombay I went through an intensive course of Burmese meditation managed by one Goenka. Yet I have not found peace. There is an improvement in self-control and day-to-day discipline, but that is all. I cannot say exactly what caused what. I visited many holy places. How each acted on me, I cannot say.

Maharaj: Good results will come, sooner or later. At Sri Ramanashram did you get some instructions?

Q: Yes, some English people were teaching me and also an Indian follower of jnana yoga, residing there permanently, was giving me lessons.

M: What are your plans?

Q: I have to return to the States because of visa difficulties. I intend to complete my B.Sc., study Nature Cure and make it my profession.

M: A good profession, no doubt.

Q: Is there any danger in pursuing the path of Yoga at all cost?

M: Is a match-stick dangerous when the house is on fire? The search for reality is the most dangerous of all undertakings for it will destroy the world in which you live. But if your motive is love of truth and life, you need not be afraid.

Q: I am afraid of my own mind. It is so unsteady!

M: In the mirror of your mind images appear and disappear. The mirror remains. Learn to distinguish the immovable in the movable, the unchanging in the changing, till you realise that all differences are in appearance only and oneness is a fact. This basic identity -- you may call God, or Brahman, or the matrix (Prakriti), the words matters little -- is only the realisation that all is one. Once you can say with confidence born from direct experience: 'I am the world, the world is myself', you are free from desire and fear on one hand and become totally responsible for the world on the other. The senseless sorrow of mankind becomes your sole concern.

Q: So even a jnani has his problems!

M: Yes, but they are no longer of his own creation. His suffering is not poisoned by a sense of guilt. There is nothing wrong with suffering for the sins of others. Your Christianity is based on this.

Q: Is not all suffering self-created?

M: Yes, as long as there is a separate self to create it. In the end you know that there is no sin, no guilt, no retribution, only life in its endless transformations. With the dissolution of the personal 'I' personal suffering disappears. What remains is the great sadness of compassion, the horror of the unnecessary pain.

Q: Is there anything unnecessary in the scheme of things?

M: Nothing is necessary, nothing is inevitable. Habit and passion blind and mislead. Compassionate awareness heals and redeems. There is nothing we can do, we can only let things happen according to their nature.

Q: Do you advocate complete passivity?

M: Clarity and charity is action. Love is not lazy and clarity directs. You need not worry about action, look after your mind and heart. Stupidity and selfishness are the only evil.

Q: What is better -- repetition of God's name, or meditation?

M: Repetition will stabilise your breath. With deep and quiet breathing vitality will improve, which will influence the brain and help the mind to grow pure and stable and fit for meditation. Without vitality little can be done, hence the importance of its protection and increase. Posture and breathing are a part of Yoga, for the body must be healthy and well under control, but too much concentration on the body defeats its own purpose, for it is the mind that is primary in the beginning. When the mind has been put to rest and disturbs no longer the inner space (chidakash), the body acquires a new meaning and its transformation becomes both necessary and possible.

Q: I have been wandering all over India, meeting many Gurus and learning in driblets several Yogas. Is it all right to have a taste of everything?

M: No, this is but an introduction. You will meet a man who will help you find your own way.

Q: I feel that the Guru of my own choice can not be my real Guru. To be real he must come unexpected and be irresistible.

M: Not to anticipate is best. The way you respond is decisive.

Q: Am I the master of my responses?

M: Discrimination and dispassion practised now will yield their fruits at the proper time. If the roots are healthy and well-watered, the fruits are sure to be sweet. Be pure, be alert, keep ready.

Q: Are austerities and penances of any use?

M: To meet all the vicissitudes of life is penance enough! You need not invent trouble. To meet cheerfully whatever life brings is all the austerity you need.

Q: What about sacrifice?

M: Share willingly and gladly all you have with whoever needs -- don't invent self-inflicted cruelties.

Q: What is self-surrender?

M: Accept what comes.

Q: I feel I am too weak to stand on my own legs. I need the holy company of a Guru and of good people. Equanimity is beyond me. To accept what comes as it comes, frightens me. I think of my returning to the States with horror.

M: Go back and make the best use of your opportunities. Get your B.Sc. degree first. You can always return to India for your Nature Cure studies.

Q: I am quite aware of the opportunities in the States. It is the loneliness that frightens me.

M: You have always the company of your own self -- you need not feel alone. Estranged from it even in India you will feel lonely. All happiness comes from pleasing the self. Please it, after return to the States, do nothing that may be unworthy of the glorious reality within your heart and you shall be happy and remain happy. But you must seek the self and, having found it, stay with it.

Q: Will compete solitude be of any benefit?

M: It depends on your temperament. You may work with others and for others, alert and friendly, and grow more fully than in solitude, which may make you dull or leave you at the mercy of your mind's endless chatter. Do not imagine that you can change through effort. Violence, even turned against yourself, as in austerities and penance, will remain fruitless.

Q: Is there no way of making out who is realised and who is not?

M: Your only proof is in yourself. If you find that you turn to gold, it will be a sign that you have touched the philosopher's stone. Stay with the person and watch what happens to you. Don't ask others. Their man may not be your Guru. A Guru may be universal in his essence, but not in his expressions. He may appear to be angry or greedy or over-anxious about his Ashram or his family, and you may be misled by appearances, while others are not.

Q: Have I not the right to expect all-round perfection, both inner and outer?

M: Inner --- yes. But outer perfection depends on circumstances, on the state of the body, personal and social, and other innumerable factors.

Q: I was told to find a jnani so that I may learn from him the art of achieving jnana and now I am told that the entire approach is false, that I cannot make out a jnani, nor can jnana be conquered by appropriate means. It is all so confusing!

M: It is all due to your complete misunderstanding of reality. Your mind is steeped in the habits of evaluation and acquisition and will not admit that the incomparable and unobtainable are waiting timelessly within your own heart for recognition. All you have to do is to abandon all memories and expectations. Just keep yourself ready in utter nakedness and nothingness.

Q: Who is to do the abandoning?

M: God will do it. Just see the need of being abandoned. Don't resist, don't hold on to the person you take yourself to be. Because you imagine yourself to be a person you take the jnani to be a person too, only somewhat different, better informed and more powerful. You may say that he is eternally conscious and happy, but it is far from expressing the whole truth. Don't trust definitions and descriptions -- they are grossly misleading.

Q: Unless I am told what to do and how to do it, I feel lost.

M: By all means do feel lost! As long as you feel competent and confident, reality is beyond your reach. Unless you accept inner adventure as a way of life, discovery will not come to you.

Q: Discovery of what?

M: Of the centre of your being, which is free of all directions, all means and ends.

Q: Be all, know all, have all?

M: Be nothing, know nothing, have nothing. This is the only life worth living, the only happiness worth having.

Q: I may admit that the goal is beyond my comprehension. Let me know the way at least.

M: You must find your own way. Unless you find it yourself it will not be your own way and will take you nowhere. Earnestly live your truth as you have found it -- act on the little you have understood. It is earnestness that will take you through, not cleverness -- your own or another's.

Q: I am afraid of mistakes. So many things I tried -- nothing came out of them.

M: You gave too little of yourself, you were merely curious, not earnest.

Q: I don't know any better.

M: At least that much you know. Knowing them to be superficial, give no value to your experiences, forget them as soon as they are over. Live a clean, selfless life, that is all.

Q: Is morality so important?

M: Don't cheat, don't hurt -- is it not important? Above all you need inner peace -- which demands harmony between the inner and the outer. Do what you believe in and believe in what you do. All else is a waste of energy and time.

[zeroterabytes]

My concern with Kamala Harris

I know that a lot of us (including me) like Kamala Harris, as she is for making stuff more affordable - you know, housing and groceries and whatnot - and is ranked pretty highly for social change.

But I just wish she addressed H-1B visas a bit more.

My family is Indian (🇮🇳), and my parents legally immigrated here from India on a nonimmigrant Visa. My dad is stuck on an H1-B visa, and currently has no way of actually participating in American democracy. He can't vote. All he can do for the government is pay taxes.

It takes Indians 100 years to get an Green card.

I'm fortunate enough to have been born in the USA, and so can sponsor my parents for a citizenship when I turn 21. But my sister wasn't born in the USA, and so could be kicked out when she turns 21.

And if anything happens to my dad's employment status from now until I turn 21, that would mean that all of my immediate family gets kicked out of the country.

I hope Kamala Harris addresses these issues at some point. It's something that affects people in the USA, especially people like me.

[beardedmrbean]

ASSIS BRASIL, Brazil (AP) — Dozens of migrants sleep in a mosquito-infested six-bedroom wooden shelter in the Brazilian Amazon, their dreams of a better life in the U.S. on hold because of President Joe Biden’shalt on asylum.

Johany “Flaca” Rodríguez, 48, was ready to leave behind the struggles of life in Venezuela. She has been waiting in the shelter holding 45 people in Assis Brasil, a city of 7,000 residents bordering Peru, because others told her how difficult the journey to the U.S. has become.

Migrants, police, officials and analysts say Biden’s actions have caused a wait-and-see attitude among migrants who are staying in Latin America’s biggest economy, at least for now. Like anywhere along migrants’ routes toward hoped-for new lives, local communities are finding it hard to meet new populations’ needs.

After sleeping on dirty mattresses and in half-torn hammocks, and eating rice, beans and ground beef, Rodríguez decided this month that she and her dog Kiko would spend a few weeks with friends in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Wearing a headband, leggings and a small backpack, Rodríguez woke early to walk more than 100 kilometers (62 miles) for two days to a nearby city of 27,000 residents. There, she hopes to make some money and take a bus to Brazil’s south, then reach the U.S. one day.

“I have to stay here until it is safer to go,” Rodríguez said. “I am not super happy about staying (in Brazil), but that’s what I can do.”

Brazil saw waves of migrants passing through to North America in the first part of the year. There were Indians, Bengalis, Senegalese and Nigerians, among others, said Rêmullo Diniz, the coordinator of Gefron, Acre state’s police group for border operations,

When Biden said he was going to crack down, many people in those groups began staying in their countries instead of heading to Latin America, Brazilian government officials and independent analysts said. For citizens of South American countries, it’s easier. Brazil allows residents of its 10 neighboring nations to stay visa-free for up to two years.

The Biden administration said last week that arrests for illegal crossings from Mexico fell more than 40% since asylum processing was temporarily suspended at the U.S. border with Mexico on June 5. Arrests fell below 2,400 a day for the first time during Biden’s presidency.

Acre state offers a snapshot of the attitude among many migrants, and raises the possibility that Acre and other resting spots will become long-term hosts.

The city of Assis Brasil has little to offer to migrants but the wooden shelter where Rodríguez was staying and a school gymnasium where 15 men can sleep. There are two small hotels and a bus stop used by vans crossing into Peru. It has five restaurants scattered along its main road, two grocery shops and an ice cream parlor that has Amazon flavors like local fruits cupuacu and tapereba. Migrants frequently beg for money at the city’s only square.

There are three daily flights into state capital Rio Branco, where 21-year-old Jay came from India en route to the U.S. to study engineering. He declined to disclose his hometown and his last name.

Wearing a white cap reading “RIO DE JANEIRO,” he said that “it would take too long if I just sat and waited,” in India.

“It is a long trip, very risky. But it is my dream to study there and I will accomplish it,” he said.

Brazil’s westernmost state is a remote enclave in the middle of the rainforest, used by tourists as part of an alternative route to visit Cuzco, once the capital of the Inca empire in Peru.

One of Assis’ main attractions for locals is sitting on the benches of its main square Senador Guiomard to watch soccer on TV and eat barbecue. The small city’s founders came to the Amazon in 1908 to start a rubber plantation that 50 years later became a city. Not much has changed since, despite the BR-317 road that runs by it, the only land connection between Brazil and Peru. When residents of Assis Brasil are bored, and they often are, they go to neighboring Peruvian city of Iñapari to have a drink, generally a pisco sour.

Venezuelan migrant Alexander Guedes Martinez, 27, said he will stay as long as needed to get more cash and maybe in a year go to Houston, where he has family. He came with his 17-year-old partner and their 5-month-old baby.

At the Assis Brasil shelter where they were staying last month, he said that he hopes “to go (back) to Venezuela and get key documents to try to cross in a better fashion.”

“I want to be cautious because of my daughter,” he said. “Being here helps.”

Acre state’s patrol has about 40 agents to inspect 2,600 kilometers (1,615 miles) of border with Peru and Bolivia. A main road connects the three countries, but local police say that many migrants also move through the forest, some of them carrying drugs.

Cuban migrant Miguel Hidalgo, 52, tried to get to the U.S. years ago. He left the island to Suriname, then came to Brazil and doesn’t plan on leaving any time soon.

“I like Brazil. I have been here for a short time, but people are not prejudiced against me, people are lovely,” he said. “I want to live like a human being. I am not asking for any riches. I want to live in tranquility, help my family in Cuba.”

Acre Gov. Gladson Camelli said in a statement to the AP that he is worried about a bigger influx of South American migrants coming soon.

“Our government has tried to do its part in the humanitarian support,” he said.

Assis Brasil’s Mayor Jerry Correia also is bracing for more demand. City hall is feeding about 60 migrants every day and voters are feeling upset in a year of mayoral elections.

“This is all on our back. This is a policy that has to be handled by the federal government,” Correia said. “People don’t know what happens on our border. We need to be seen.”

[emirates23]

Exploring Nursing Opportunities Abroad: Top Countries for Indian Nurses

Nursing is one of the most in-demand jobs inside and outside India. A profession that is in most demand in GCC countries for Indians is the nursing job. For Indian nurses, who are looking to broaden their horizons, many countries are waiting with promising career opportunities. If you are a skilled nurse and have multilingual capabilities then wide opportunities will be there. The overseas opportunities will give you high pay as well as a high-standard working environment. The respect for nurses outside India is much higher than inside India. Nurses are being recruited through top nursing consultancy in Kerala and here is a list of the top countries that offer promising careers.  

Five top countries that offer promising nursing career

United Arab Emirates: Dubai which is an opulent city right due to cultural and development richness hires nurses from India. A large part of nurses who work in Dubai are Indian and they a decent pay but not much higher than European and American countries. But the most attractive feature of Dubai is that the nurses can take their entire income to their homeland since there are no taxes. In Dubai, there are many world-class hospitals, medical centers, and clinics that offer good employment prospects for Indian and other nationalities. 

Saudi Arabia: In Saudi Arabia, there are a plethora of job opportunities for nurses in both the private and Government sectors. They offer good pay, accommodation facilities and also travel allowances. Saudi Arabia is one of the largest nations in GCC countries and also the pilgrimage place for Muslims, the demand for medical facilities is very high. The demand for trained professionals especially from India is of high demand in Saudi. However, finding the right opportunity is a bit challenging since there is a high scam in the field of recruitment. 

Canada: Canada is a country that offers a healthcare system with the highest standard. This country is facing staff shortages and is now actively recruiting nurses worldwide. The high-quality life and the welcoming stances towards immigrants make Canada an excellent choice for nurses. The medical facilities and education are completely free for immigrants. 

Australia: Australia's flourishing healthcare industry and stunning landscapes attract nurses worldwide. With modern facilities and advanced technology, nurses can work efficiently. During leisure time, they can explore the country's picturesque natural environment. Competitive salaries and excellent benefits make it a lucrative career option. To work as a nurse in Australia, one must register with the AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency) and pass English language proficiency tests.

United States of America (USA): The USA boasts a robust healthcare system with a significant demand for skilled nurses across various specialties. Indian nurses aspiring to work in the USA can pursue opportunities through programs like the H-1B visa for skilled workers or the EB-3 visa for professionals with tertiary education. Opportunities exist in hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, and community health settings throughout the country.

United Kingdom (UK): With its National Health Service (NHS), the UK offers extensive opportunities for Indian nurses to work in both public and private healthcare sectors. The UK's Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) oversees the registration process for international nurses, which includes passing the Occupational English Test (OET) or International English Language Testing System (IELTS) and meeting other requirements. Work settings range from hospitals and nursing homes to community healthcare centers.

Conclusion

If you are planning for an overseas nursing job, first research the rules and regulations for immigrants. Based on it decide which country is most suitable for you. There will be medical tests, mandatory examinations, and other verifications for each country. It is better to connect with any nursing consultancy in Kerala before you plan to move, they will guide you through the process and also provide you with data regarding the recruitment.

[jubaer01]

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Description : የህንድ መንግስት ከ2014 ጀምሮ ኢቪሳን ለፈጣን ማፅደቂያ አስተዋውቋል።ይህ ተቋም ለጥቂት ሀገራት የተገደበ ቢሆንም አሁን ግን ከ166 በላይ ብሄረሰቦች ተዘርግቷል። እንደ ኮንፈረንስ፣ ቢዝነስ፣ ቱሪስት፣ የህክምና እና የህክምና ረዳት ያሉ አምስት የህንድ ኢቪሳ ዓይነቶች አሉ። የህንድ ኢቪሳ የመስመር ላይ ቅጽ ለማጠናቀቅ 2 ደቂቃ ብቻ ይወስዳል። አንዴ ክፍያ ከፈጸሙ በኋላ ኢቪሳ ህንድ በኢሜል ለመቀበል 72 ሰአታት ይወስዳል። ለህንድ ቢዝነስ ቪዛ ወይም ለህንድ ቱሪስት ቪዛ በሚያስፈልገው ፓስፖርት ላይ ምንም ማህተም ወይም ተለጣፊ የለም። ወደ አውሮፕላን ማረፊያ ወይም ወደብ መንዳት እና ህንድን መጎብኘት ይችላሉ. በአገርዎ ያሉ የኢሚግሬሽን ኃላፊዎች የሕንድ ኢቪሳ ወይም ኤሌክትሮኒክ ቪዛ በኮምፒዩተር ሲስተም ውስጥ ካለው ፓስፖርትዎ ጋር የተገናኘ መሆኑን ያውቃሉ። ይህ ወደ ህንድ ለመግባት በጣም አመቺው መንገድ ነው. የፊት ፎቶግራፍ ወይም የፓስፖርት ገጽ ፎቶ እንዲጭኑ ሊጠየቁ ይችላሉ፣ መስቀል ካልቻሉ በቀላሉ በድረ-ገጻችን ላይ በሚገኘው የ Contact Us ሊንክ በኢሜል ሊልኩልን ይችላሉ። የእኛ ወዳጃዊ እና አጋዥ ሰራተኞቻችን በ 24 ሰዓታት ውስጥ ምላሽ ይሰጡዎታል እና ይረዱዎታል። በህንድ ውስጥ ከ6 ወር በታች ለመቆየት ከፈለጉ የ��ህ አይነት የኤሌክትሮኒክስ የህንድ ኢቪሳ ተስማሚ እና ለፍላጎትዎ ተስማሚ ነው። ማረጋገጥ ያለብህ ብቸኛው ነገር ህንድ ስትገባ ፓስፖርትህ የ6 ወር አገልግሎት እንዳለው እና ሁለት ባዶ ገፆች ስላሉት የኢሚግሬሽን ኦፊሰሮች አውሮፕላን ማረፊያና ወደብ ገብተህ ማህተም እንድታስቀምጥ ነው። ፓስፖርትዎን በፖስታ መላክ ወይም በፓስፖርት ላይ የኢቪሳ ማህተም ማግኘት አይጠበቅብዎትም። የተፈቀደውን የኢቪሳ ኢሜል በስልክዎ ላይ ብቻ ያስቀምጡ ወይም የህትመት ቅጂውን ያስቀምጡ። ከ166 በላይ አገሮች ለማመልከት ብቁ ናቸው፣ ለህንድ ኤሌክትሮኒካዊ ቪዛ፣ ፊንላንድ፣ ኦስትሪያ፣ ሳዑዲ አረቢያ፣ ኢንዶኔዥያ፣ ኤምሬትስ፣ አሜሪካ፣ ፊሊፒንስ፣ ኢስቶኒያ፣ ስዊድን፣ ብራዚል፣ ኮሪያ ሪፐብሊክ 100 በመቶ የመስመር ላይ ሂደትን ማመልከት የሚችሉ ጥቂቶች ናሙና እዚህ አለ። , አውስትራሊያ, ፖርቱጋል, ብሩኒ, እስራኤል, ስፔን, ጃፓን, ኳታር, ዮርዳኖስ, ግሪክ, ዴንማርክ, ሊቱዌኒያ, ቦሊቪያ, ሃንጋሪ, ኖርዌይ, ላቲቪያ, አርጀንቲና, ጆርጂያ, ክሮኤሽያ, ሲንጋፖር, ቦትስዋና, ጀርመን, ላኦስ, ቆጵሮስ, ኮሎምቢያ, ሜክሲኮ , ቤልጂየም, ማሌዥያ, ፖላንድ, ቬንዙዌላ, ኦማን, ቦስኒያ እና ሄርዞጎቪና, ቼክ ሪፐብሊክ, ስሪላንካ, አዘርባጃን, ካዛኪስታን, አየርላንድ, ቺሊ, ቤላሩስ, ኒውዚላንድ, አርሜኒያ, ጣሊያን, ፔሩ, ፈረንሳይ, ቡልጋሪያ, ሮማኒያ, ዩናይትድ ኪንግደም, ታይዋን , አይስላንድ, ካናዳ, ፓራጓይ, ቤሊዝ, ደቡብ አፍሪካ, ቬትናም, ሩሲያ, ካምቦዲያ, ፊጂ, ስዊዘርላንድ, ኔዘርላንድስ  Indian Government has introduced eVisa for rapid approvals since 2014. This facility was limited to a few countries, but now it has been extended to over 166 nationalities. There are five types of India eVisa such as Conference, Business, Tourist, Medical and Medical Attendant. The online form for Indian eVisa takes only 2 minutes to complete. Once you have made the payment, then eVisa for India takes 72 hours to receive by email. There is no stamp or sticker on the passport required for Indian Business Visa or Indian Tourist Visa. You can drive to the airport or seaport and visit India. The immigration officers in your home country know that Indian eVisa or electronic Visa is linked to your passport in the computer system. This is the most convenient way to enter India. You may be asked to upload face photo or passport page photo, if you cannot upload it then you can simply email it to us via Contact Us link on our website. Our friendly and helpful staff will respond and assist you within 24 hours. If you want to stay in India for less than 6 months, then this type of electronic Indian eVisa is ideal and best suited for your needs. The only thing you need to make sure is that your passport has 6 months of validity when you enter India and it has couple of blank pages so that immigration officers can allow you to enter the airport and seaport and put a stamp. You are not required to courier  your passport or get an eVisa stmap on the passport. Just keep the approval eVisa email on your phone or you may keep a printout copy of it. Over 166 countries are eligible to apply, here is a sample of few that can apply 100 percent online process for Indian electronic Visa, Finland, Austria, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, UAE, USA, Philippines, Estonia, Sweden, Brazil, Republic of Korea, Australia, Portugal, Brunei, Spain, Japan, Qatar, Jordan, Greece, Denmark, Lithuania, Bolivia, Hungary, Norway, Latvia, Argentina, Georgia, Croatia, Singapore, Botswana, Germany, Laos, Cyprus, Colombia, Mexico, Belgium, Malaysia, Poland, Venezuela, Oman, Bosnia  and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Sri Lanka, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Ireland, Chile, Belarus, New Zealand, Armenia, Italy, Peru, France, Bulgaria, Romania, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Iceland, Canada, Paraguay, Belize, South Africa, Vietnam, Russia, Cambodia, Fiji, Switzerland, Netherlands. 

Keywords : ሕንድ ቪዛ፣ ቪዛ ህንድ፣ ኢቪሳ ሕንድ፣ ህንድ ኢቪሳ፣ ሕንድ ቪዛ ኦንላይን፣ ህንድ ቪዛ ማመልከቻ፣ ህንድ ቪዛ ኦንላይን ማመልከቻ፣ ህንድ ቪዛ ኦንላይን ማመልከቻ፣ ህንድ ቪዛ ማመልከቻ በመስመር ላይ፣ የህንድ ቪዛ ማመልከቻ በመስመር ላይ ኢቪሳ ኢንዲያ፣ ኢንዲያ ኢቪሳ፣ ህንድ ቢዝነስ ቪዛ ሕንድ ሕክምና ቪዛ፣ ሕንድ ቱሪስት ቪዛ፣ ሕንድ ቪዛ፣ ሕንድ ቪዛ፣ ሕንድ ቪዛ ኦንላይን፣ ህንድ ቪዛ ኦንላይን፣ ቪዛ ህንድ፣ ህንድ ቪዛ፣ ህንድ ኢቪሳ፣ ኢቪሳ ህንድ፣ የህንድ ንግድ ቪዛ፣ የህንድ የቱሪስት ቪዛ፣ የህንድ የህክምና ቪዛ የቪዛ ማመልከቻ ማእከል፣ የህንድ ቪዛ ለእኛ ዜጎች፣ የህንድ ቪዛ ከአሜሪካ፣ የህንድ ቪዛ ለአሜሪካውያን። አስቸኳይ የህንድ ቪዛ፣ የህንድ ቪዛ ድንገተኛ አደጋ። የሕንድ ቪዛ ለእኛ ዜጎች፣ የሕንድ ቪዛ ለካናዳ ዜጎች፣ የሕንድ ቪዛ ለኒውዚላንድ ዜጎች፣ የሕንድ ቪዛ ለአውስትራሊያ ዜጎች፣ የሕንድ ቪዛ ለብሪቲሽ ዜጎች። የሕንድ ቪዛ ለጃፓን ዜጎች፣ የሕንድ ቪዛ ለኮሪያ ዜጎች፣ የሕንድ ቪዛ ለታይዋን ዜጎች፣ የሕንድ ቪዛ ለዴንማርክ ዜጎች፣ የሕንድ ቪዛ ለቤልጂየም ዜጎች፣ የሕንድ ቪዛ ለስዊስ ዜጎች። indian visa, visa for india, evisa india, india evisa, indian visa online, indian visa application, india visa online application, indian visa online application, india visa application online, indian visa application online

[sivavakkiyar]

now you know I’m not a ‘Bush had his good points’ guy by any means. But at least he listened to the Indian American petition to deny Modi a visa so he couldn’t do a propaganda tour (didn’t work, obviously)

[aroundtheworldwithphillyfogg]

December 3rd: San Francisco, where Verne really has it for Americans

(warning for the N word)

on the 3rd of December, the “General Grant” entered the bay of the Golden Gate, and reached San Francisco.

Mr. Fogg had neither gained nor lost a single day.

It was seven in the morning when Mr. Fogg, Aouda, and Passepartout set foot upon the American continent, if this name can be given to the floating quay upon which they disembarked. These quays, rising and falling with the tide, thus facilitate the loading and unloading of vessels. Alongside them were clippers of all sizes, steamers of all nationalities, and the steamboats, with several decks rising one above the other, which ply on the Sacramento and its tributaries. There were also heaped up the products of a commerce which extends to Mexico, Chili, Peru, Brazil, Europe, Asia, and all the Pacific islands.

Passepartout, in his joy on reaching at last the American continent, thought he would manifest it by executing a perilous vault in fine style; but, tumbling upon some worm-eaten planks, he fell through them. Put out of countenance by the manner in which he thus “set foot” upon the New World, he uttered a loud cry, which so frightened the innumerable cormorants and pelicans that are always perched upon these movable quays, that they flew noisily away.

Mr. Fogg, on reaching shore, proceeded to find out at what hour the first train left for New York, and learned that this was at six o’clock p.m.; he had, therefore, an entire day to spend in the Californian capital. Taking a carriage at a charge of three dollars, he and Aouda entered it, while Passepartout mounted the box beside the driver, and they set out for the International Hotel.

From his exalted position Passepartout observed with much curiosity the wide streets, the low, evenly ranged houses, the Anglo-Saxon Gothic churches, the great docks, the palatial wooden and brick warehouses, the numerous conveyances, omnibuses, horse-cars, and upon the side-walks, not only Americans and Europeans, but Chinese and Indians. Passepartout was surprised at all he saw. San Francisco was no longer the legendary city of 1849—a city of banditti, assassins, and incendiaries, who had flocked hither in crowds in pursuit of plunder; a paradise of outlaws, where they gambled with gold-dust, a revolver in one hand and a bowie-knife in the other: it was now a great commercial emporium.

The lofty tower of its City Hall overlooked the whole panorama of the streets and avenues, which cut each other at right-angles, and in the midst of which appeared pleasant, verdant squares, while beyond appeared the Chinese quarter, seemingly imported from the Celestial Empire in a toy-box. Sombreros and red shirts and plumed Indians were rarely to be seen; but there were silk hats and black coats everywhere worn by a multitude of nervously active, gentlemanly-looking men. Some of the streets—especially Montgomery Street, which is to San Francisco what Regent Street is to London, the Boulevard des Italiens to Paris, and Broadway to New York—were lined with splendid and spacious stores, which exposed in their windows the products of the entire world.

When Passepartout reached the International Hotel, it did not seem to him as if he had left England at all.

The ground floor of the hotel was occupied by a large bar, a sort of restaurant freely open to all passers-by, who might partake of dried beef, oyster soup, biscuits, and cheese, without taking out their purses. Payment was made only for the ale, porter, or sherry which was drunk. This seemed “very American” to Passepartout. The hotel refreshment-rooms were comfortable, and Mr. Fogg and Aouda, installing themselves at a table, were abundantly served on diminutive plates by negroes of darkest hue.

After breakfast, Mr. Fogg, accompanied by Aouda, started for the English consulate to have his passport visaed. As he was going out, he met Passepartout, who asked him if it would not be well, before taking the train, to purchase some dozens of Enfield rifles and Colt’s revolvers. He had been listening to stories of attacks upon the trains by the Sioux and Pawnees. Mr. Fogg thought it a useless precaution, but told him to do as he thought best, and went on to the consulate.

He had not proceeded two hundred steps, however, when, “by the greatest chance in the world,” he met Fix. The detective seemed wholly taken by surprise. What! Had Mr. Fogg and himself crossed the Pacific together, and not met on the steamer! At least Fix felt honoured to behold once more the gentleman to whom he owed so much, and, as his business recalled him to Europe, he should be delighted to continue the journey in such pleasant company.

Mr. Fogg replied that the honour would be his; and the detective—who was determined not to lose sight of him—begged permission to accompany them in their walk about San Francisco—a request which Mr. Fogg readily granted.

They soon found themselves in Montgomery Street, where a great crowd was collected; the side-walks, street, horsecar rails, the shop-doors, the windows of the houses, and even the roofs, were full of people. Men were going about carrying large posters, and flags and streamers were floating in the wind; while loud cries were heard on every hand.

“Hurrah for Camerfield!”

“Hurrah for Mandiboy!”

It was a political meeting; at least so Fix conjectured, who said to Mr. Fogg, “Perhaps we had better not mingle with the crowd. There may be danger in it.”

“Yes,” returned Mr. Fogg; “and blows, even if they are political, are still blows.”

Fix smiled at this remark; and, in order to be able to see without being jostled about, the party took up a position on the top of a flight of steps situated at the upper end of Montgomery Street. Opposite them, on the other side of the street, between a coal wharf and a petroleum warehouse, a large platform had been erected in the open air, towards which the current of the crowd seemed to be directed.

For what purpose was this meeting? What was the occasion of this excited assemblage? Phileas Fogg could not imagine. Was it to nominate some high official—a governor or member of Congress? It was not improbable, so agitated was the multitude before them.

Just at this moment there was an unusual stir in the human mass. All the hands were raised in the air. Some, tightly closed, seemed to disappear suddenly in the midst of the cries—an energetic way, no doubt, of casting a vote. The crowd swayed back, the banners and flags wavered, disappeared an instant, then reappeared in tatters. The undulations of the human surge reached the steps, while all the heads floundered on the surface like a sea agitated by a squall. Many of the black hats disappeared, and the greater part of the crowd seemed to have diminished in height.

“It is evidently a meeting,” said Fix, “and its object must be an exciting one. I should not wonder if it were about the ‘Alabama,’ despite the fact that that question is settled.”

“Perhaps,” replied Mr. Fogg, simply.

“At least, there are two champions in presence of each other, the Honourable Mr. Camerfield and the Honourable Mr. Mandiboy.”

Aouda, leaning upon Mr. Fogg’s arm, observed the tumultuous scene with surprise, while Fix asked a man near him what the cause of it all was. Before the man could reply, a fresh agitation arose; hurrahs and excited shouts were heard; the staffs of the banners began to be used as offensive weapons; and fists flew about in every direction. Thumps were exchanged from the tops of the carriages and omnibuses which had been blocked up in the crowd. Boots and shoes went whirling through the air, and Mr. Fogg thought he even heard the crack of revolvers mingling in the din, the rout approached the stairway, and flowed over the lower step. One of the parties had evidently been repulsed; but the mere lookers-on could not tell whether Mandiboy or Camerfield had gained the upper hand.

“It would be prudent for us to retire,” said Fix, who was anxious that Mr. Fogg should not receive any injury, at least until they got back to London. “If there is any question about England in all this, and we were recognised, I fear it would go hard with us.”

“An English subject—” began Mr. Fogg.

He did not finish his sentence; for a terrific hubbub now arose on the terrace behind the flight of steps where they stood, and there were frantic shouts of, “Hurrah for Mandiboy! Hip, hip, hurrah!”

It was a band of voters coming to the rescue of their allies, and taking the Camerfield forces in flank. Mr. Fogg, Aouda, and Fix found themselves between two fires; it was too late to escape. The torrent of men, armed with loaded canes and sticks, was irresistible. Phileas Fogg and Fix were roughly hustled in their attempts to protect their fair companion; the former, as cool as ever, tried to defend himself with the weapons which nature has placed at the end of every Englishman’s arm, but in vain. A big brawny fellow with a red beard, flushed face, and broad shoulders, who seemed to be the chief of the band, raised his clenched fist to strike Mr. Fogg, whom he would have given a crushing blow, had not Fix rushed in and received it in his stead. An enormous bruise immediately made its appearance under the detective’s silk hat, which was completely smashed in.

“Yankee!” exclaimed Mr. Fogg, darting a contemptuous look at the ruffian.

“Englishman!” returned the other. “We will meet again!”

“When you please.”

“What is your name?”

“Phileas Fogg. And yours?”

“Colonel Stamp Proctor.”

The human tide now swept by, after overturning Fix, who speedily got upon his feet again, though with tattered clothes. Happily, he was not seriously hurt. His travelling overcoat was divided into two unequal parts, and his trousers resembled those of certain Indians, which fit less compactly than they are easy to put on. Aouda had escaped unharmed, and Fix alone bore marks of the fray in his black and blue bruise.

“Thanks,” said Mr. Fogg to the detective, as soon as they were out of the crowd.

“No thanks are necessary,” replied Fix; “but let us go.”

“Where?”

“To a tailor’s.”

Such a visit was, indeed, opportune. The clothing of both Mr. Fogg and Fix was in rags, as if they had themselves been actively engaged in the contest between Camerfield and Mandiboy. An hour after, they were once more suitably attired, and with Aouda returned to the International Hotel.

Passepartout was waiting for his master, armed with half a dozen six-barrelled revolvers. When he perceived Fix, he knit his brows; but Aouda having, in a few words, told him of their adventure, his countenance resumed its placid expression. Fix evidently was no longer an enemy, but an ally; he was faithfully keeping his word.

Dinner over, the coach which was to convey the passengers and their luggage to the station drew up to the door. As he was getting in, Mr. Fogg said to Fix, “You have not seen this Colonel Proctor again?”

“No.”

“I will come back to America to find him,” said Phileas Fogg calmly. “It would not be right for an Englishman to permit himself to be treated in that way, without retaliating.”

The detective smiled, but did not reply. It was clear that Mr. Fogg was one of those Englishmen who, while they do not tolerate duelling at home, fight abroad when their honour is attacked.

At a quarter before six the travellers reached the station, and found the train ready to depart. As he was about to enter it, Mr. Fogg called a porter, and said to him: “My friend, was there not some trouble to-day in San Francisco?”

“It was a political meeting, sir,” replied the porter.

“But I thought there was a great deal of disturbance in the streets.”

“It was only a meeting assembled for an election.”

“The election of a general-in-chief, no doubt?” asked Mr. Fogg.

“No, sir; of a justice of the peace.”

Phileas Fogg got into the train, which started off at full speed.

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Sunday, September 24, 2023

As the world’s problems grow more challenging, the head of the United Nations gets bleaker (AP) At the annual meeting of world leaders last year, the U.N. chief sounded a global alarm about the survival of humanity and the planet. This year, the alarm rang louder and more ominously, and the message was even more pressing: Wake up and take action—right now. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ assessment, delivered in his no-nonsense style, aimed to shock. We are becoming “unhinged,” he said. We are inching closer to “a great fracture.” Conflicts, coups and chaos are surging. The climate crisis is growing. Divides are deepening between military and economic powers, the richer North and poorer South, East and West. “A new Rubicon” has been crossed in artificial intelligence. Guterres has spoken often on all these issues. But this year, which he called “a time of chaotic transition,” his address to leaders was tougher and even more urgent. His message to the presidents and prime ministers, monarchs and ministers gathered in the vast General Assembly hall was unambiguous and stark. “We seem incapable,” Guterres said, “of coming together to respond.”

Surveillance of Indian diplomats in Canada led to allegations around Sikh killing, official says (AP) The allegation of India’s involvement in the killing of a Sikh Canadian is based on surveillance of Indian diplomats in Canada, including intelligence provided by a major ally, a Canadian official told The Associated Press on Thursday. The official said the communications involved Indian officials and Indian diplomats in Canada and that some of the intelligence was provided by a member of the “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing alliance, which includes the U.S., Britain, Australia and New Zealand, in addition to Canada. The official did not say which ally provided intelligence or give details of what was contained in the communications or how they were obtained. The revelation came as India stopped issuing visas to Canadian citizens and told Canada to reduce its diplomatic staff as the rift widened over allegations by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of suspected Indian involvement in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a 45-year-old Sikh separatist.

White House preparing for government shutdown as House Republicans lack a viable endgame for funding (AP) The White House on Friday directed federal agencies to get ready for a shutdown after House Republicans left town for the weekend with no viable plan to keep the government funded and avert politically and economically costly disruption of federal services. A federal shutdown after Sept. 30 seems all but certain unless Speaker Kevin McCarthy can persuade his rebellious hard-right flank of Republicans to allow Congress to approve a temporary funding measure to prevent closures as talks continue. Instead, he’s launched a much more ambitious plan to try to start passing multiple funding bills once the House returns Tuesday, with just five days to resolve the standoff. McCarthy signaled his preference for avoiding a closure, but a hard-right flank of his House majority has effectively seized control. The standoff with House Republicans over government funding puts at risk a range of activities—including pay for the military and law enforcement personnel, food safety and food aid programs, air travel and passport processing—and could wreak havoc with the U.S. economy.

Election emotions (Yahoo News) What’s the No. 1 feeling that comes to mind for Americans when thinking about the upcoming presidential election? “Dread,” according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll. The survey of 1,636 U.S. adults, which was conducted from Sept. 14 to 18, offered respondents seven emotions—three positive, three negative, one neutral—and asked them to select any and all that reflect their attitude toward the 2024 campaign. Dread, the most negative option, topped the list (41%), followed by exhaustion (34%), optimism (25%), depression (21%), indifference (17%), excitement (15%) and delight (5%). In total, a majority of Americans (56%) chose at least one of the three negative feelings (dread, exhaustion or depression), while less than a third (32%) picked at least one of the three positive feelings (optimism, excitement or delight).

Mexico Feels Pressure of Relentless Migration From South America (NYT) At a Mexico City shelter, the nun in charge made another difficult announcement to the mothers and children arriving Wednesday: There was no more space. Five hundred migrants were already crammed into a facility built for 100. Near Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala, frustrated people stormed a refugee aid office on Monday after waiting weeks for appointments to receive the necessary documents that allow them to travel farther north. And in Tijuana, nearly all of the city’s 32 shelters were at full capacity this week, as people from nearly 70 countries waited for a U.S. asylum appointment or a chance to sneak across the border. Similar scenes are playing out across the country as Mexico’s immigration system strains under a tide of people desperately trying to go north. The relentless surge has led to a hodgepodge response in Mexico ranging from shutting down railways heading north to the busing of people to areas with fewer migrants. American officials are also contending with a new wave of unlawful border crossings that is straining government resources and leaving local officials scrambling as thousands of migrants are released from federal custody. On Wednesday, thousands of people crossed into Eagle Pass, Texas, leading the mayor to declare a state of emergency and a deployment of 800 active-duty military personnel to help process the arrivals.

Costa Rica’s homicide rate rises in deadliest year ever (Reuters) More than 656 people have been killed so far in Costa Rica’s deadliest year on record, official homicide data showed on Friday, though the government expects this figure to soar past 900 by the end of this year. Costa Rica, which has for decades been recognized as the safest Central American country, saw more homicides in six of its seven provinces, with the capital San Jose seeing the highest increase—double those in the same period last year. Authorities have reported crimes such as torture, gang murders and assassinations carried out by highly-trained hitmen, similar to crimes committed by Mexican cartels. They attribute two-thirds of such killings to turf war gangs for control over drug trafficking operations in the country, a strategic location between producers in Colombia and consumers in the United States and Europe.

U.S. will send Ukraine long-range missiles, after delay (Washington Post) The Biden administration plans to provide Ukraine with a version of ATACMS long-range missiles armed with cluster bomblets rather than a single warhead, according to several people familiar with the ongoing deliberations. The cluster-armed ATACMS, with a range of up to 190 miles, depending on the version, could allow Ukraine to strike command posts, ammunition stores and logistics routes far behind Russian front lines and dug-in defenses. Biden moved during the summer from a firm and long-standing “no” to saying the issue was “still in play.” Although the administration backed away from initial concerns that Kyiv, which has asked for hundreds of the long-range weapons, would use them to strike inside Russian territory, the Pentagon still worried that drawing down enough ATACMS from relatively small military stockpiles to make a difference on the Ukraine battlefield would undercut the readiness of U.S. forces for other possible conflicts.

For South Korea’s Senior Subway Riders, the Joy Is in the Journey (NYT) The subway rumbled toward its final stop north of Seoul. Along the way, hordes disembarked, with the determined, brisk gait of those with somewhere to be. By the end of the line, many who remained on board were noticeably older—nodding off, gazing out the window, stretching their shoulders. Lee Jin-ho had taken two subway lines for more than an hour from his home to the last stop, Soyosan, on a steamy August day. He ambled about a hundred yards beyond the station, rested briefly in the shade—and then got right back on the train heading south. An 85-year-old retired interior designer, Mr. Lee is one of Seoul’s throngs of subway-riding seniors, who take advantage of the country’s longstanding policy of free fares for people older than 65 and spend their days riding the trains to the end of the line, or to nowhere in particular, and sometimes back again. On long summer days—with Seoul’s temperatures averaging highs of more than 87 degrees in August—the air-conditioning is robust, the people-watching is engrossing and the 200 miles of subway tracks in the city are almost limitless in their possibilities for urban wanderings. Older adults who ride free of charge make up about 15 percent of Seoul’s annual ridership. The riders have become such an established part of the city’s fabric that they have a nickname—“Jigong Geosa,” derived from the phrase “free subway”—and the lines and stations frequented by them are well known.