Canada - An Immigrants Mirage

We all have dreams and we do strive to be successful in life in our own chosen and selected paths. We all want to do something important and that’s what the “struggle for existence” is.

I came from India to US on an IT job to silicon Valley . Worked there for 2 years and saw what a developed country like US had to offer. Felt the excitement in the air and the will of people to succeed in life . People worked more hours then usual because they wanted to spend more than what they could afford . Life was good and going well.

Not that I was not doing good in India. I was working in Bangalore for the Top 5 consulting firms and making good money there too. But the chance of coming to the "Land of opportunities" and making it "BIG" and attaining the "American dream" was always there . Some due to listening from friends how good USA was and some seeing the ever-increasing exchange rate of the US$ against the Indian Rupee

Life does has its good and Bad. When the IT bubble "Burst" as they say, most of the folks around lost their Jobs. Some went back to India, some like me who had filed for Canadian immigration felt lucky to move to another place close than selling everything and moving to India. So there our life started.

We sold off most of our stuff and drove up north - to US-Canada Border on I-5 feeling great that now we have our own country where we will no more be "ALIENS". We crossed the border and moved into a small place and started our life. Did not get an IT job as I did not have Canadian experience. Canadian experience for an IT job, did not understand it Term for the 1st month . I was thinking whether the computers in Canada are different from what is made all over the world or perhaps there Java, Microsoft or Oracle is different. Well , we had good savings to life was not that bad. Saw people around us doing labour jobs not that they are bad but doctors and MBA's doing labor jobs is even unseen in India.

Staying there for more than 2 months and seeing the way new immigrants around me were surviving , I was really questioning which is a developed country , India or Canada. Well, I had my part o contribute to Canada also . Took a Job at the Departmental store for $9 can per hour . That was a lot of downfall. From $65 US per hour to 9$ can per hour is a lot of downgrade. People could not understand Why I have a BMW 3 series but I am working in a departmental store.

What do I explain them . Well , stayed in Canada for 8 months and moved back to US for a Car company project and filed for my Green Card .

Enough of Canada for me for now .I guess I am not strong like other Immigrants here who are toiling their lives here for years now hoping that they will make it "BIG" one day .


My frank (personal) opinion, India is better than Canada if you have to work in the night's for 9$ can and spend your life waiting for your BIG day