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Name of the event - Book discussion
Time - 6PM - 8PM
Name of the Book - Wild Wild East
Name of the author - Tanul Thakur
Bio of the author – Mr. Thakur is an award-winning journalist and film critic. In 2015, he won the National Film Award for Best Film Critic—the youngest critic to receive the honour. Over a dozen media outlets have interviewed him on cinema, culture and the H-1B programme, including the Washington Post, the Hindu, the Economist, Financial Times, BBC and CNN. Wild Wild East is his first book.
Brief on the book - Wild Wild East by National Award-winning critic Tanul Thakur unveils a scam that affects millions of American and Indian workers. A scam sustained and abetted—directly or indirectly—by thousands of firms, American politicians, think tanks, mainstream media, accrediting organisations and universities. Following the lives of three characters, Kumar, Manu and Virgil and their encounters with the draconian H1B visa programme, Thakur through the microcosms of these three disenfranchised lives explores the macrocosmic world of Big Tech giants, outsourcing behemoths, mom-and-pop body shops, educational consultancies, visa mills and federal agencies, dismantling the myth of Indian IT boom and the American dream.
We will also have the following people on the panel for discussion
- Dr. Vikas Singh, Senior Fellow, MCRHRDI
- Asiya Sherwani, Head - Sahas (साहस) - Women Safety Wing, Telangana Police (tentative)
- Sajid Hussain, CEO, Human Development Trust (HDT), Hyderabad
- Prof Mubeen Rafat - Visiting faculty Mahindra University
- Ram R Bhupathiraju, Associate Researcher, Institute of Public Enterprise
The event will be followed with Tea/ Coffee and snacks (like we usually have-please confirm the details for this.)
Please let me/ Rizwan know in case you need any further details.
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Wild Wild East by Tanul Thakur
Sat Jul 25, 6:00 PM
Lamakaan
Name of the event - Book discussion
Time - 6PM - 8PM
Name of the Book - Wild Wild East
Name of the author - Tanul Thakur
Bio of the author – Mr. Thakur is an award-winning journalist and film critic. In 2015, he won the National Film Award for Best Film Critic—the youngest critic to receive the honour. Over a dozen media outlets have interviewed him on cinema, culture and the H-1B programme, including the Washington Post, the Hindu, the Economist, Financial Times, BBC and CNN. Wild Wild East is his first book.
Brief on the book - Wild Wild East by National Award-winning critic Tanul Thakur unveils a scam that affects millions of American and Indian workers. A scam sustained and abetted—directly or indirectly—by thousands of firms, American politicians, think tanks, mainstream media, accrediting organisations and universities. Following the lives of three characters, Kumar, Manu and Virgil and their encounters with the draconian H1B visa programme, Thakur through the microcosms of these three disenfranchised lives explores the macrocosmic world of Big Tech giants, outsourcing behemoths, mom-and-pop body shops, educational consultancies, visa mills and federal agencies, dismantling the myth of Indian IT boom and the American dream.
We will also have the following people on the panel for discussion
- Dr. Vikas Singh, Senior Fellow, MCRHRDI
- Asiya Sherwani, Head - Sahas (साहस) - Women Safety Wing, Telangana Police (tentative)
- Sajid Hussain, CEO, Human Development Trust (HDT), Hyderabad
- Prof Mubeen Rafat - Visiting faculty Mahindra University
- Ram R Bhupathiraju, Associate Researcher, Institute of Public Enterprise
The event will be followed with Tea/ Coffee and snacks (like we usually have-please confirm the details for this.)
Please let me/ Rizwan know in case you need any further details.