Passage from India to America by Ignatius Chithelen*
About the book
In this book, Ignatius Chithelen tackles several key questions about Indians and India: How does India, despite its acute poverty, produce World class engineers, doctors and scientists? Why are they so successful in America? Why work visa restrictions in the U.S. will enable Canada - and perhaps China - to benefit from the talent of Indian professionals? Why there are slim chances of India's economy and defense capabilities growing as big as that of China? What are the risks of Islamic radicalism spreading among India's 180 million Muslims, due to the rise of Hindu extremism under Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
In America, Indians have founded thousands of mostly technology companies, power the global growth of major companies and are chief executives of Microsoft, Google and over 20 other big companies. In turn, most Indians have achieved financial success, including six billionaire engineers. Meanwhile, India needs at least $500 billion of foreign investments to create 100 million jobs and tackle its massive unemployment. But western investors are holding back, awaiting higher profit guarantees. They are also nervous that the rise the attacks on Muslims, under Modi, may destabilize India.
*About the author
Ignatius Chithelen is manager of Banyan Tree Capital in New York. Earlier he was an analyst and fund manager at First Eagle (SoGen) funds. A former reporter at Forbes, he has written for Knowledge@Wharton, The New York Times and Barron’s. His essay on Indian Entrepreneurs in the U.S. was published in both editions of The Oxford University Press Companion to Economics in India. A Chartered Financial Analyst, he earned an M.Phil. in Development Economics from the Centre for Development Studies, India, an MS in Journalism from Columbia University, New York and an MA in political science from Mumbai University.
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