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06-20-2011, 11:20 AM
Indian village named for a god now honors SnapDeal.com - CNN.com (http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/06/17/india.village.name/index.html?iref=allsearch)
Visa, GC is not end of world.
It's precisely people like Bahl who have benefited from India's emerging economic prowess. His company thrives on the pocketbooks of a growing class of wealthy Indians who can afford to buy Reebok sunglasses and get massages at upscale spas.
The irony is that none of this might have happened had Bahl's H1B visa had not expired. The special visas granted to skilled workers are good only for six years. Bahl graduated from the prestigious Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
After his visa ran out, he packed his bags and went home to New Delhi. In February 2010, he launched SnapDeal.com with his partner Rohit Bansal. The company became India's foremost online retailer, selling 10,000 products a day....
Visa, GC is not end of world.
It's precisely people like Bahl who have benefited from India's emerging economic prowess. His company thrives on the pocketbooks of a growing class of wealthy Indians who can afford to buy Reebok sunglasses and get massages at upscale spas.
The irony is that none of this might have happened had Bahl's H1B visa had not expired. The special visas granted to skilled workers are good only for six years. Bahl graduated from the prestigious Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
After his visa ran out, he packed his bags and went home to New Delhi. In February 2010, he launched SnapDeal.com with his partner Rohit Bansal. The company became India's foremost online retailer, selling 10,000 products a day....