Certainly not the govt. These people are ready to risk everything in life for a job in the Middle East and ready to be kicked around by Arabs. Why not show the same kind of enthusiasm to look out for jobs and work in India?
RE:Who is to blame?
by Patriotic on Dec 04, 2007 12:28 PM Permalink
What to do does india can provide this people with the jobs don't talk with out u know the true picture. Why indians like to live their people and go out to work as India is very expensive imagine 6 UAE dirhams for a litre of petrol so how can he make money that is why they go. India needs more competion and allow china to take over the indian market as we need the local industries to learn a lesson see their price they are soaring on the sky.
RE:Who is to blame?
by Man on Dec 04, 2007 12:08 PM Permalink
Do you all guys think these 45000 people are all fools and you sitting in an a/c room in front of the computer know everthing in this world. Of-course working in gulf pays more money than working in india, otherwise why would anyone sell their own land and go to work there. Grow up guys, sitting in front of the computer doesnot mean you know all the hell of this problems.
RE:Who is to blame?
by meera jagannathan on Dec 04, 2007 08:05 PM Permalink
Thanks for such good words, Man. Finally somebody who is speaking realistically.I live in great comfort and luxury in the US( and I lived this way in India too) and My heart goes out to those who are poor and illiterate. These people writing here will not care that our farmers are committing suicides, that our women are still being harassed for dowry, that politicians still hold all power, that good education is available only for a lucky few, that getting a well paying job is still a problem in a country with such high inflation.Even those who have high education struggle if they work for the government instead of the private sector. I know personally many people like this. So let us stop blaming the returnees and try to solve this problem.I am so angry about this issue that I have wasted precious time. Now it is good bye!
RE:Who is to blame?
by Venugopalan on Dec 04, 2007 11:57 AM Permalink
You are right. Instead of searching for a job in gulf these people should look for work in India itself. I am sure that they will more successful and also they won't be humiliated. Gulf is no more a lucrative area.
The answer is simple "the returns while working in india are not as high as working abroad" and the day to day needs demand more money like education,marriage of children .. .. the list goes on
Its similar to what software is like people go abroad just for money more than anything else
RE:RE:Who is to blame?
by S Kiran on Dec 04, 2007 11:59 AM Permalink
You can not compare these laborers to SW professionals. SW professionals are not cheated by their companies, whereas these people are cheated 99% of the time. These people know that very well. They go to work in the Middle East in spite of this. What they earn in the Middle East is certainly not more than what they can earn in India, if they work hard.
RE:Who is to blame?
by Pallan Babu on Dec 04, 2007 12:04 PM Permalink
This is a wrong conception. I do not know aboout the wages in AP. But Kerala a construction worker gets anything above Rs.200 a day. However, thousands of malayalees prefer to work in the Gulf for Rs.6000/- or less suffering all these problem to working in their own native state. I feel the government is not taking proper action to control the unscrupulous agents who trap these people.
