Poor Preet Bharara. His life story brings tears to my eyes.

Rishi wrote:In search of a way out of punishing poverty -- his father lived for a time in a house without plumbing -- Bharara's parents moved the family to Monmouth County, N.J., when Bharara was 2. They left "everything behind to start life from scratch in the United States," he has said. His father, a doctor, opened a small medical practice in Asbury Park, the legendary stomping ground of Bruce Springsteen, of whom Bharara has long been a major fan. In his office, Bharara has a picture of Springsteen and his mother together, and he listens to Springsteen at night when he is working late. (He and Johnson attend Springsteen concerts together when they can.) At 12, Bharara became a naturalized U.S. citizen.

By the fourth grade, Bharara's father had scraped together enough money to send his oldest son to the quirky, idiosyncratic Ranney School, in Tinton Falls, N.J. (actress Kirsten Dunst is also an alum).

>>>> Bharara's father, a doctor, opened a small medical practice in Asbury Park. And he was supposed to be dirt poor?  

Why this psychological need for desis to portray themselves to have somehow succeeded despite all odds?


http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2011/08/02/preet-bharara-the-enforcer-of-wall-street/

nevada wrote:Has he prosecuted any Jewish banksters or does he go after only sub continental origin crooks? Martoma's big boss Cohen seems untouchable so far. And what about Jamie Dimon the serial billion dollar fine paying Jewish CEO?

Rishi wrote: Bharara's father, a doctor, opened a small medical practice in Asbury Park. And he was supposed to be dirt poor?  

Why this psychological need for desis to portray themselves to have somehow succeeded despite all odds?

Seva Lamberdar wrote:

Rishi wrote: Bharara's father, a doctor, opened a small medical practice in Asbury Park. And he was supposed to be dirt poor?  

Why this psychological need for desis to portray themselves to have somehow succeeded despite all odds?

It probably has to do with the official culture back home in India, where Govt. helps people in education and jobs with quotas and reservations even if the family's yearly income is Rs. 6 lakh (Rs. 50000 / month, in the case of OBC) and more (no limit on the family's income, in the case of SC/ST). Note the yearly poverty line (limit) for a family of four (couple and two children) in India is about Rs. 18000 (or Rs. 1500 / month).

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

Seva Lamberdar wrote:

Rishi wrote: Bharara's father, a doctor, opened a small medical practice in Asbury Park. And he was supposed to be dirt poor?  

Why this psychological need for desis to portray themselves to have somehow succeeded despite all odds?

It probably has to do with the official culture back home in India, where Govt. helps people in education and jobs with quotas and reservations even if the family's yearly income is Rs. 6 lakh (Rs. 50000 / month, in the case of OBC) and more (no limit on the family's income, in the case of SC/ST). Note the yearly poverty line (limit) for a family of four (couple and two children) in India is about Rs. 18000 (or Rs. 1500 / month).

Also, notice that Bharara claims his mother hindu, dad Sikh, FIL muslim, MIL Jewish all of them "fled" their native place bcz of who they were....

Really...his mom and Sikh doctor F L E D India in 1969 ????  from what ?  This guys is already singing the Bhajans of power.  He is friend of Sanjay Gupta...so ou see the "class" system is at work here...

But hope he catches all the crooks and someone else catches Bharara down the line.

Rishi wrote:

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

Seva Lamberdar wrote:

Rishi wrote: Bharara's father, a doctor, opened a small medical practice in Asbury Park. And he was supposed to be dirt poor?  

Why this psychological need for desis to portray themselves to have somehow succeeded despite all odds?

It probably has to do with the official culture back home in India, where Govt. helps people in education and jobs with quotas and reservations even if the family's yearly income is Rs. 6 lakh (Rs. 50000 / month, in the case of OBC) and more (no limit on the family's income, in the case of SC/ST). Note the yearly poverty line (limit) for a family of four (couple and two children) in India is about Rs. 18000 (or Rs. 1500 / month).

Also, notice that Bharara claims his mother hindu, dad Sikh, FIL muslim, MIL Jewish all of them "fled" their native place bcz of who they were....

Really...his mom and Sikh doctor F L E D India in 1969 ????  from what ?  This guys is already singing the Bhajans of power.  He is friend of Sanjay Gupta...so ou see the "class" system is at work here...

But hope he catches all the crooks and someone else catches Bharara down the line.

>>>Soon Satya Nadella will also claim in his autobiography he fled a life of punishing poverty back home in India.

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

Rishi wrote:

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

Seva Lamberdar wrote:

Rishi wrote: Bharara's father, a doctor, opened a small medical practice in Asbury Park. And he was supposed to be dirt poor?  

Why this psychological need for desis to portray themselves to have somehow succeeded despite all odds?

It probably has to do with the official culture back home in India, where Govt. helps people in education and jobs with quotas and reservations even if the family's yearly income is Rs. 6 lakh (Rs. 50000 / month, in the case of OBC) and more (no limit on the family's income, in the case of SC/ST). Note the yearly poverty line (limit) for a family of four (couple and two children) in India is about Rs. 18000 (or Rs. 1500 / month).

Also, notice that Bharara claims his mother hindu, dad Sikh, FIL muslim, MIL Jewish all of them "fled" their native place bcz of who they were....

Really...his mom and Sikh doctor F L E D India in 1969 ????  from what ?  This guys is already singing the Bhajans of power.  He is friend of Sanjay Gupta...so ou see the "class" system is at work here...

But hope he catches all the crooks and someone else catches Bharara down the line.

>>>Soon Satya Nadella will also claim in his autobiography he fled a life of punishing poverty back home in India.

Of course... people are hypocrites. Americans love to hear the poor and disadvantages succeeding to the top... who does not...Modi plays that downtrodden game...Rahul plays that game saying he lost his father and grandmother as a boy and hence he was deprived.

And, I will claim that I was abused by my parents - my father and all my teachers beat the crap out of me on a daily basis. If that is not abuse then nothing is. I might as well milk the sentiments of the people and the system.