Why Mataji send me to Canada from India ...and then why I was rejected in Canada ?

[Guest guest]

Dear Ajay,

 

i remember prior to leaving for Canada i was talking with my friend's

elder brother, a Jain holding a good government job. We were

discussing about the growing trend of migration by Sikhs from Punjab

to all parts of the world. He admitted that unlike Punjabis, Hindus

are reluctant to migrate as they have a conservative tendency to not

take risks or labour, and hence venture into the unknown. But Sikhs

have this Klondike frontier spirit to risk all and endure hardships

to eventually succeed. This Jain friend even joked that Sikhs can

survive practically anywhere and that wherever there are potatoes you

are bound to find Punjabis too.

 

The Sikhs in Canada, America, Australia and Europe today are a far

cry from their illiterate farming relatives in Punjab in terms of

economic and social success. It is their adventurous and competitive

spirit, combined with their tough and hardy rural roots, that drives

them to work very hard to succeed in a matter of years. i know for a

fcat that 12 hour shifts 7 days a week jobs are sought. If that is

not possible two day jobs are sought, with weekends off. Wives throw

their working weight behind their husbands, while managing their

children too.

 

The same goes for the Chinese and other enterprising oriental groups.

They work hard at their small business and save in prodigious

amounts, just like the Sikhs. Their emphasis is on education,

education, education for their children. The whole family works as a

team to succeed in the future, not as individuals. The parents

sacrifice so much so that their children will succeed. It is not

their present limited success that matters but that of their

children. They know that investing in their children's future is

worth all their blood, sweat and tears.

 

Canada is a land of ample opportunities for those willing to get down

on all fours. Ajay, you just gave yourself 2-months to succeed!!!???

i just cannot believe your shortsightedness and lack of perception of

a highly-devoloped economy. The Canadian government gave you the PR

visa because your skills were needed, and yet you did not have the

patience. You were even not willing to lower your dignity and work in

a factory on a temporary basis .............. till you had an

opportunity to work towards the job you are qualified for!!!??? i

just cannot believe the tradegy you brought upon yourself.

 

My sister-in-law worked for a short while as a receptionists in

Montreal before moving to Toronto where she landed a well-paying

government job because of this short all-important Canadian

experience. She was patient enough to wait and work at a lower paying

job. Her technician husband, who was a well-paid supervisor in an

electronic firm in Malaysia, took a lower paying store clerk job and

is now happy. They are investing in their children's future, at the

expense of their own. That is why Punjabis and potatoes ar efound all

over the world.

 

Immigrants have to lower their expectations because Canada offers so

much more besides jobs, social benefits and standard of living that

Indians will never have for decades. And i can talk more about

quality of life but will not since money is more important for you.

 

Ajay, you say that " Mataji send me to Canada from India ...and then

why I was rejected in Canada. " Just blame yourself for all that you

have brought upon your family and yourself. Millions of immigrants

have found all types of 'diamonds' in Canada since the Klondike rush.

You are one of the extreme few who thought they were picking useless

pieces of glass. Maybe you just did not want to get down on all fours

and dirty yourself like them. Next time leave your social class,

pride and community standing back in India.

 

So don't ever blame Shri Mataji for your own shortcomings. And take

this medicine like that Buckley's cough medicine - It's bitter but it

works. Return to Canada once you are well again, and willing to work

your way up. We are here more for our children's future than our own.

 

warmest regards,

 

 

jagbir

 

Mehesh, how about giving some input since Aja's case is almost like yours/

................. but you are still here.

 

 

, Ajay Agarwal

<ajay_msh> wrote:

>

> Dear Jagbir,

> While i was reading your update...it was like looking

> in mirror.

>

> I live in India currently. I had got the PR visa for

> canada. i went to canada in mar-05, but i was not

> able to find any job of my career or any office

> job...only labour job... so frustrated and dejetected

> i came back with my family....in june-05. This trip

> ripped much of my savings...this setback was too much

> for me...

> right now, i live in INDIA...and trying to recover the

> loss.. Still sometime when i am alone ..i think and

> think about why i failed in getting any job in

> Canada.?

> Why Mataji send me to Canada from India ...and then

> why I was rejected in Canada ? Still i am unable to

> understand the things... Still the life is disturbed

> ...Hope it stabilize fast...

>

> - Ajay

>

[Guest guest]

, " jagbir singh "

<adishakti_org> wrote:

>

> Dear Ajay,

>

> i remember prior to leaving for Canada i was talking with my

> friend's elder brother, a Jain holding a good government job. We

> were discussing about the growing trend of migration by Sikhs from

> Punjab to all parts of the world. He admitted that unlike

> Punjabis, Hindus are reluctant to migrate as they have a

> conservative tendency to not take risks or labour, and hence

> venture into the unknown. But Sikhs have this Klondike frontier

> spirit to risk all and endure hardships to eventually succeed.

> This Jain friend even joked that Sikhs can survive practically

> anywhere and that wherever there are potatoes you are bound to

> find Punjabis too.

>

> The Sikhs in Canada, America, Australia and Europe today are a far

> cry from their illiterate farming relatives in Punjab in terms of

> economic and social success. It is their adventurous and

> competitive spirit, combined with their tough and hardy rural

> roots, that drives them to work very hard to succeed in a matter

> of years. i know for a fact that 12 hour shifts 7 days a week jobs

> are sought. If that is not possible two day jobs are sought, with

> weekends off. Wives throw their working weight behind their

> husbands, while managing their children too.

>

>

 

Canadian elections get an Asian flavour

By Daniel Lak

BBC News, Brampton, Ontario

19 January 2006

 

It is a typical Saturday in January in this suburban community, west

of Toronto.

 

Wet snow is falling from a grey sky, the streets are full of cars as

people run errands and take advantage of a day off work.

 

For Jaipal Massey-Singh, Bal Gosal and Jagtar Shergil however,

Saturdays for the past month and a half means knocking on doors,

listening to complaints and plaudits and eating take-away food.

 

Not to mention begging people to vote for them.

 

All three men are running in the Canada's 23 January general

elections.

 

They are among nearly 50 candidates of South Asian origin who are

vying to become members of parliament.

 

Family campaign

 

Bal Gosal arrives at the Conservative Party headquarters in a

Brampton mall with his wife, son and two daughters in tow.

 

Campaigning is a family affair for the Gosals.

 

Wife Paranjit settles in a chair with a copy of the Globe and Mail,

Canada's national newspaper, and calls out the headlines to her

husband, who is discussing the day's door-knocking with campaign

manager Geoff Ritchie.

 

Nearby, a volunteer makes comforting noises into a phone receiver,

before hanging up and saying wistfully, " If I spoke Punjabi, I would

know whether or not I was promised that vote. "

 

Mr Gosal says he campaigns in three languages, Punjabi for his

largely Sikh constituents, Hindi for other South Asians and English

for the rest.

 

" You often speak all three on the same doorstep, " he says, " but if

it gets us another vote, it is worth it. "

 

Brampton has fast become one of Canada's most multi-cultural

communities.

 

First it attracted people from Portugal and Italy, largely to work

in the construction industry.

 

Then an expansion of the Toronto airport more than a decade ago

attracted skilled South Asian workers from all over India, Pakistan

and Sri Lanka.

 

" Just think, " says Jaipal Massey-Singh, candidate for the

environmentalist Green Party, " this is a place where you can arrive

from India, worship as you are used to, eat the food you like, and

speak your language - and be Canadian. "

 

Jagtar Shergil, an insurance broker who came to Canada 13 years ago,

tells his potential voters that his sons both play ice hockey,

Canada's national winter game.

 

" This is a great country, " he says, " you can come here, get a job, a

house, a life and you can run for parliament, maybe even win. "

 

Mr Shergil campaigns on behalf of the left-of-centre New Democratic

Party (NDP).

 

The party that has governed Canada for the past 13 years, the

Liberals, has many South Asian candidates as well.

 

Dr Ruby Dhalla represents another Brampton-area constituency and is

proud of being Canada's youngest member of parliament.

 

Canada's Health Minister, Ujjal Dosanjh from Vancouver has also been

premier of the province of British Columbia.

 

Herb Dhaliwal, Gubax Malhi and Navdeep Bains all had junior cabinet

or parliamentary secretary posts in previous governments.

 

Pollster Michael Adams of Environics Research in Toronto says Canada

has taken in so many immigrants in the past two decades that the

face of politics is changing beyond recognition to previous

generations.

 

" Forty per cent of this country is foreign born, " he points

out, " and because we accepted only skilled immigrants, we get people

who are capable, intelligent, already accomplished.

 

" And it's no surprise that they run for office to try to make things

better for their community and others. "

 

Canadian elections get an Asian flavour

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