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I thought this was pretty good.

The natives look down upon you no matter how challenging a job you do or how highly you earn. Firstly, they tch tch you as ‘the poor people who couldn’t find opportunities in their poor country, and so they have fled here”. They might recognize your individual talents but it’s your Indian origin that makes them feel otherwise. Only escape from this tag is to do a Michael Jackson on you. Secondly, the general public will always put you in the same category of taxi drivers and other labourers from India that have flocked there...

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