Grand Tamasha
Grand Tamasha
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Dark Side of the H-1B Dream
1 hour Posted Jun 17, 2026 at 1:00 am.
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Milan Vaishnav and Tanul Thakur discuss Tanul's new book "Wild Wild East: Exiled Americans, Enslaved Indians and the Systemic Abuse of the H-1B Visa Programme." The book follows the lives of Indian H-1B seekers, displaced American tech workers, and the firms that profit from a deeply broken system. It is at a story about immigration, labor exploitation, globalization, and the darker side of the U.S.-India tech corridor.