H1B Visa
They come to
As temporary business
contract worker
Indian or American head
hunters!
They gain American
experience
Through on the job training
And get ready to change
sponsor
As they gain confidence.
Soon they get pushed
By parents or fiancée left
back home
To get married going back
home?
They make their first trip
Back to
Passage paid by the father
of the bride
Get married arranged?
Totally by family
and friends.
They come back to work in
Along with newly wed bride
Beautiful, educated, homey,
smart and cultured
In an apartment surrounded
by people
Totally unknown
and foreign to her.
They become busy at work
Staying late to cover missed
hours
During
The new bride,
Can’t work in
Without any honeymoon or
site seeing,
Starts working at home
totally alone
Cleaning and preparing food
For her arranged husband.
Soon the bride, frustrated
and lonely,
Tries to find friend
In a far way land
Getting involved in
community events
Showing a little of her
cultural strength!
Culture takes time
Away from home
Which gets
obvious
Through rudeness and
suspicion,
Quarrel and abuse
Worries and
deception.
Finally, for family peace
and security,
Surrendering to friends and
in-laws
The bride gets pregnant!
Making everybody happy
Ending all worries for the
groom and family!
And ensuring guaranteed
Author: Deepak Sarkar,