Waqas May 5, 2012, 22:34:51

Michael…calling me a “well known” writer would be an exairegatgon even by your polite standards.I don’t want to give the name of the organization. But it is a small, tremedously dedicated NGO in rural India. Two problems faced are that (like most NGO’s) this one works on a shoe-string budget, so actually hiring someone who’s really good is almost out of the question. Also, it is pretty far away from any real city, so “city” talent is hard to find. The type of skills required for the project X requires someone with atleast a bachelors degree…...Additionally, it’s been really hard for A to find reliable people who will stick (the reliable ones work for at most a year before using this as a platform to move to a different, higher profile org).Vikram…I think your story was scarier than any of mine! I came to the states in sept 2000, and never once faced any kind of abuse till sept 2001. After that, sadly, it has been frequent.