{"product_id":"wild-wild-east-exiled-americans-enslaved-indians-and-the-systemic-abuse-of-the-h-1b-visa-programme-by-tanul-thakur","title":"Wild Wild East: Exiled Americans, Enslaved Indians and the Systemic Abuse of the H-1B Visa Programme By Tanul Thakur","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eAN EXPLOSIVE INVESTIGATION INTO THE SYSTEMIC ABUSE OF THE H-1B VISA PROGRAMME.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eWhat happens when a programme designed for \"high-skilled\" migration transforms into a vast, institutionalized scam? In \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"119\"\u003eWild Wild East\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning journalist and former H-1B worker Tanul Thakur pulls back the curtain on a decade-long saga of corporate fraud, human trafficking, and wage exploitation that has impacted millions of lives across India and the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eThrough the harrowing stories of three men—Kumar Pandruvada, Virgil Bierschwale, and Manu Mitra—Thakur documents a sprawling network of visa mills, outsourcing giants, and federal negligence. Shunning the simplistic \"migrant vs. domestic worker\" narrative, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"257\"\u003eWild Wild East\u003c\/i\u003e is a forensic deep-dive into the \"body shop\" culture and the systemic greed that has allowed massive wage theft to persist for decades. With the investigative rigor of a muckraker and the narrative pacing of a novel, this book dismantles the myths surrounding the Indian IT boom and the H-1B system itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eWhy this book is a must-read for the conscious reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eInvestigative Mastery:\u003c\/b\u003e An eight-year labor of research, parsing through court records, data, and federal history to expose a hidden industrial scandal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eA Human-Centric Exposé:\u003c\/b\u003e Moves beyond cold statistics to tell the deeply personal stories of those caught in the web of the H-1B programme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eSystemic Critique:\u003c\/b\u003e Examines the complicity of Big Tech, politicians, and accrediting bodies in a global industry defined by human exploitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8,3,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eA Trailblazing Work:\u003c\/b\u003e A bold, necessary, and critically acclaimed look at the reality behind high-skilled immigration policies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003eUnearth the truth behind the headlines. Add \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"44\"\u003eWild Wild East\u003c\/i\u003e to your collection at Beetle Bookshop today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BEETLE BOOK SHOP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52455311868187,"sku":null,"price":849.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/2150\/0699\/files\/71jNW48AuVL._SL1500.jpg?v=1783155622","url":"https:\/\/beetlebookshop.com\/hi\/products\/wild-wild-east-exiled-americans-enslaved-indians-and-the-systemic-abuse-of-the-h-1b-visa-programme-by-tanul-thakur","provider":"Beetle Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}