Ladies and gentlemen, I had written about the somewhat degrading processes that we need to face to get a Visa for a trip to the America/Europe earlier, here. The experience makes one ponder the futility of life for sure. I had also written about the, in my mind, completely unfair lampooning…
Month: July 2026
No, The Indian Tourist is not Ugly!
The number of Indians travelling abroad (not all being Indian tourists) has increased from about 4.5 million in 2000 (total departures, not unique travelers) to about 35 million approx, in 2025. If these 35 million were to form a country, 140 countries of the world would be smaller. Effectively, the…
Confessions of an Indian Applying for a Western Visa
One of the abiding humiliations that citizens of the ‘largest democracy in the world’ have to face is applying for a Visa to other democracies in The West, often having the population of Chinchpokli in Mumbai. I am quite sure each developed country, with the US only as an example,…