Scenario 1
When an acquaintance visits your home, welcome them warmly by opening the gate immediately. Offer them the most comfortable seat and ask about their well-being. Within five minutes, serve them the best coffee or tea you can prepare, along with some snacks—cashew pakodas make an excellent choice. Spend a few minutes engaging in pleasant conversation, choosing kind words and interesting topics, and make an effort to be a good listener. Trust me, this thoughtful hospitality can transform an acquaintance into a close friend who will look forward to visiting your home again and again.
Scenario 2
When some acquaintances visit your house, don’t rush to open the gate. Let them wait for at least five minutes. Once you do open it, avoid offering them a proper seat—find an old, semi-broken plastic chair and caution them to sit carefully, as it might break. After they’re seated, excuse yourself, saying you have something urgent to finish, and add, “Had you called beforehand, I would’ve made time.”
Leave them in silence for about 10 minutes before returning with a cup of sugarless black coffee or tea. Casually mention, “We’ve gone vegan, so we don’t buy milk. Plus, Harvard research says black coffee and tea are great for health.” Excuse yourself again without providing a reason, leaving them awkwardly sitting there.
After another 10 minutes, come back wearing fresh, new clothes. Inevitably, the guest will ask, “Are you going somewhere?” Smile and reply, “Yes, but not immediately—just in a bit.” At this point, the acquaintance will likely stand up, saying they don’t want to disturb you. Don’t stop them.
This subtle strategy ensures they’ll never visit again. You didn’t refuse them entry, insult them, or explicitly ask them to leave. But by making their experience slightly inconvenient, you sent a clear message—and since humans naturally avoid discomfort, they won’t return.
This particular blog is not about humans but about countries and immigrants/cheap labours.
Majority of Indian Hindus holds the belief that Muslims in India are immigrants who should leave the country. The approach often employed to achieve this indirectly is to make life increasingly difficult for them—by imposing bans on beef, demolishing mosques, or openly challenging their religious practices. The underlying assumption is that such persistent discomfort might push them to leave voluntarily over time.
With the advent of AI capable of coding, robotics performing human activities, drones, and self-driven cars, the need for cheap labor from India in America is rapidly diminishing. As a result, there’s less incentive to lure such workers, and instead, policies will be designed to make life more challenging for them, prompting them to leave voluntarily. A significant first step in this direction was to remove ‘citizenship by birth’, signaling a shift in priorities and reducing the appeal of long-term settlement.
On the other hand most first-world countries and rapidly developing nations like the UAE recognize that Indians are honest, hardworking, and greedy for money —throw a dime, and you’ll get a dozen. Initially, they treat Indians like the acquaintances mentioned in the first scenario: welcomed warmly and offered opportunities to meet their labor demands. However, once their objectives are met and the need diminishes, they transition to treating them like the acquaintances in the second scenario: making life subtly difficult to encourage them to leave on their own.