From Slumdog to Software: The Price of an American Dream, Reality, H1B visa and Immigrant struggle

A powerful memoir based on true events that exposes the hidden reality of America's H-1B visa system.

FROM THE SLUMS OF MUMBAI TO THE GOLDEN CAGE OF SILICON VALLEY

Sumit Kumar grew up fetching water at 4 AM in Mumbai's slums, watching his father die carrying unsold incense sticks, and studying by candlelight. Education was his only escape from generational poverty. The American Dream promised freedom, opportunity, and a life built on merit.

But the H-1B visa system had other plans.

This gripping narrative follows Sumit's journey from:
- Water wars and hunger in Indian slums
- Night school while working to support his family
- The impossible decision to pursue an American master's degree
- $55,000 in debt and the H-1B lottery system
- Modern indentured servitude disguised as opportunity
- The discovery that the "land of opportunity" is also the land of the golden cage

THE TRUTH THEY DON'T TELL YOU:
✓ Only ONE realistic path to legal immigration for skilled workers
✓ H-1B ties you to your employer like medieval serfdom
✓ 60 days to find a new job or face deportation
✓ Green card wait times: 80-150 YEARS for Indians
✓ You pay full taxes but have no path to citizenship
✓ Can't start a business, can't take risks, can't truly live

From Slumdog to Software is more than an immigration story—it's an exposé of a broken system that exploits the world's best and brightest while calling it "opportunity."

Perfect for readers of The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, Educated by Tara Westover, and Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance.

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