Gurdeep and Ramesh, two elder immigrants were sipping Sunday afternoon masala-chai in a café in Edison (“Little India” to locals).
Gurdeep: It’s been happening to us now: a Moorestown teenager with a skinhead friend, spray-painted swastika on a synagogue, a local university student spread countrywide computer-virus, and in Wall Street major recent crooks were our brightest MBA-s.
Ramesh: Look at history. First generation European immigrants worked hard staying honest to become successful. For next generation, no such hurdle existed.
Gurdeep: If Nazi-era “pogrom” starts in current xenophobia, guess who’ll be the first targets.
Ramesh: I’ll have my last samosa then.
Gurdeep: It’s been happening to us now: a Moorestown teenager with a skinhead friend, spray-painted swastika on a synagogue, a local university student spread countrywide computer-virus, and in Wall Street major recent crooks were our brightest MBA-s.
Ramesh: Look at history. First generation European immigrants worked hard staying honest to become successful. For next generation, no such hurdle existed.
Gurdeep: If Nazi-era “pogrom” starts in current xenophobia, guess who’ll be the first targets.
Ramesh: I’ll have my last samosa then.
