Tanul Thakur discusses H-1B visa critique in new book

Tanul Thakur, winner of the National Film Award for Best Film Critic, discusses his debut book 'Wild Wild East' on the H-1B visa economy.

Thakur worked as an H-1B electrical engineer in the US from 2011 to 2013 and observed a scam in the visa programme involving primarily Indians exploiting Indians.

The book explores morality, enslavement, and identity of modern Indian elites, uncovering collusion among corporations, visa mills, and immigration forums to perpetrate and hide the scam.

Thakur found that entities he once considered heroes—American media, academia, and some politicians—were often complicit as villains.

The H-1B scam operates brazenly in plain sight yet remains silenced, revealing a broader societal complicity.