There seems to be no filling the fissure in U.S. India relations. After some complex legal maneuvers and leveraging, the U.S. asked the Indian diplomat arrested in N.Y., Devyani Khobragade, to leave the country--a move that both countries hoped would alleviate defuse the situation. Now, thanks to the alleged slave driver who claims to fear she’ll never see her husband or family again, the situation may be getting even worse.
When the nanny escaped from diplomat Devyani Khobragade's house, she went to a non-profit group to help recover her passport, which Khobragade refused to return, so her helpless worker could go home, the indictment alleged.
The reason she wanted to leave, according to the federal indictment, was that she wasn’t getting paid anywhere near the $4,500 a month that Devyani claimed to be paying her.
Instead she was receiving a mere $573 for working over 100 hours a week with no day off, a pay that amounts to around $1.42 an hour.
So, why was she allowed to leave without having to answer for her crime? Because India asked the U.S. to grant her immunity, which they did, but then asked India to resend. India refused, so Khobragade was asked to leave.
Now, back at home, Devyani exacerbated the problem by working the already angry Indians into a frenzy, so the U.S. will allow her back into their country.
She told The Indian Express just how angry she was that she doesn’t get to see her American born husband and children, who voluntarily remain in the U.S. (via Ny Daily News):
"I wonder if I will be able to ever reunite with my family, my husband, my little kids. I miss them. What if my children choose to study and work in the U.S.? What if I can never return to the U.S., which I can't now. Does it mean we will never be able to live together as a family again?"
If she misses her family so bad, perhaps she should raise them in her own country or learn to abide by the laws of the countries where she does want to raise them.
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