An Indian-origin investor who is also the founder of the Indian American Advocacy Council, an advocacy group, drew flak for his advice to young Indians in which he said Indians should not come to the US; they can stay in India and build as the world envies Indian talent. The post came amid a sharp increase in social media attacks on Indians and H-1B visa holders, accusing them of stealing US jobs by fraud. The investor sent out a message to young Indians that they are a global asset and they don’t need an H-1B or a western zip code to become elite. “Let others fight over narratives and immigration talking points. INDIAN STUDENTS should be busy creating outcomes. They want you to chase their dream because they know what happens when Indian talent stays home: India stops being a “market”… and becomes the maker of the future,” Sidharth wrote adding that India’s rise is not a prediction, it’s inevitable.
Social media users, mostly Indians, told him off and asked him to take his own advice and go back to India. Indian YouTuber, educator Sandeep Manudhane, called out Sidharth for trying to eliminate future competition by asking young Indians to stay back in the country. “Stays in the US. Pumps Indian young talent as outstanding. Pushes them to not try reaching the US. Eliminates future competition. Forgets to remove the em dash before posting,” Manudhane wrote. “When will you take your own advice and return home?” one wrote to Sidharth to which he said: “I’m an American. I am home.””Bro stays in the US and is advising folks in India to stay back and build the Nation 😂 NRI top the hypocrisy scale,” another wrote. Sidharth’s Indian American Advocacy Council has expressed concern over the recent online rhetoric against Indians crossing the line. “Threats against an ethnic community are not acceptable. Not online. Not anywhere,” the group said. The group also protested the online targeting of Vivek Ramaswamy’s children because of Ramaswamy’s Indian origin ahead of the Ohio election.
