I am disgusted by the scums on this site making this an "US -india" issue.
What the heck about the kids being sent alone? There is no humane or civilised behaviour in that.I don't care if they are somalian kids for all i care!
This is cruel and inhuman. But then the same heartless scum likely support Modi for his sponsored pogrom in gujarat. Why would i be surprised.
I have absolutely nothing against the family in news ,I donot know them but I must remind them that now they are Americans in brown skin by their choice ,no body forced them to become that. I have been travelling all over the world for the last 25 years but US has been the worst of its kind in implementing their regulations regarding visa/immigration etc .Many travellers have been sent back just because their computer refused to recognize them inspite of being holder of relevant visa issued by their embassy. If those Americal authorities can be so strict and cruel with the travellers why not Indian Authorities. I salute the Indian immigration officer who has done this ,its a lesson for these Indian turned Americans and also others that donot take Indian rules /regulations so lightly that you as claimed by the family in the news forgot to get a visa. Come on give me a break! Again congratulations and salute to authorities for doing their job diligently . Well done.
RE:Long awaited stictness ! well done
by nadia sani on Dec 31, 2006 03:08 AM Permalink
Applause may be due IF the same policy is carried out regardless of whether you are an Indian or a westerner (white). Unfortunately this is not so.Unless we change our slave mentality and treat fellow Indians with due respect,we will NEVER have equality.Haven't you seen the labourers coming from the Gulf who are treated like diret and ordered around for customs to grab what they can? A sahib is given more respect and a white is bowed to. This is not correct. Rules are rules, law is law, but they are made to serve the people NOT to be served by the people. So while corruption is a NO, humane behaviour is YES!
In other countries the citizens are helped through laws not hindered as in India. Public servants have to account for their behaviour, in India this is unheard of.People don't even know that they have the constitutional right to hold the public servant to account. So praise the immigration official's honesty, but did he take the right decision turning away 2 children whose parents ARE Indian citizens?
For those who sneer about the foreign citizenship, I bet if they had the chance they'd rush and apply themselves! To have rights abroad often implies taking citizenship.
RE:Long awaited stictness ! well done
by arvind on Dec 31, 2006 11:02 PM Permalink
Just because Americans do it, you should not promote that allow Indians or for that matter anybody else should foloow it. Seems to me that you have this blind following of everything American. You need to be mature.
Having travelled to various countries in the past two years am not surprised by the behaviour of indian officials.We should learn from the whites who go out of the way to protect their citizens and Indians have been alwaays at the mercy of god (no doubt we have to worship 1 crore gods)It is high time we started treating our people with respect and enforcing laws to earn some respect from the whites who taken the indian sub continent for granted
We should not say that "We are ashamed of being Indians". It all happened because of the greedy beggers (so called the Immigration Officers) at the Airport. The French men got the transit VISA because he gave these beggers some alms. These people are expert in exploitng pepole in trouble.
Feel sorry for the family.Indian immigration lost an opportunity to earn huge goodwill. At least they could have given more time to get the visa faxed. But what of the irresponsible parents who harp on suffering of their kids? Who caused it all? And as for white slavery, why I dont find any complain against Air France which is supposed to check the documents before issuing boarding card? Dont forget, we Indians get worst treatment at Paris and Heathrow airports and humiliatiion at New York under the pretext of security..We observe laws in UK and US but complain when in India? Anyone who is ashamed of India, please dont come back here. Such persons give bad name to NRIs,the not required Indians..VGPatel, Ahmedabad
