my husband is nepali...we carefully went through his contract, from a well-known 5* hotel here, and asked for amendments etc to be written in. in its original form, it was barely decipherable to a native speaker. despite that, he is forced into working more hours than his contract states with varying degrees of overtime paid, and very few days off or faces deportation. we have been to ministry of labour, HRC etc and it makes no difference because he essentially has the wrong passport. Therefore, i totally disagree with you lifeisbeautiful.
i lived in nepal for nearly 3 years and travelled to india many times and was not approached or stared at as many times as i have been here by arabs and/or westerners as they seem to think it is their right to do so as i'm white and obviously used to it/can take it. they would never dare do that to a Qatari woman. and guess what, i survive being stared at. i still have two legs, arms, both eyes, ears etc and am fit and healthy so is it really the end of the world?
however, you're talking about Indians and maybe that's the difference. maybe Indians are as you say, "take freedom for granted and take indiscipline to the highest levels." such a huge generalisation to make about your own countrymen...I guess that patriotism is stronger where i come from!
i think your facts are wrong as well...all of the nepalis that we know here who are employed by the same companies you are talking about are married. there is no difference in their pay depending on marital status.
lifeisbeautiful you say "I say why don't these men give a serious thought to everything before they decide to land up in a job"...do you honestly think that manpower agents or the companies tell the men the working conditions? do you really think that the companies/agencies target people who are well-educated and can read/write to offer them jobs as a labourer? do you really think that they are given a contract in a language that they can read? do you think that all of them can read and have any idea what they are signing? do you really think that they are allowed to dispute anything that is different once they arrive? if you do, then the mind boggles and it's not worth discussing anymore. it would be of more use for you to go onto an Indian forum and tell people what they're getting into when they accept a job here...
cross-dressing may be one solution but do you think they can afford to buy an abaya?!
ha! terms and conditions...
my husband is nepali...we carefully went through his contract, from a well-known 5* hotel here, and asked for amendments etc to be written in. in its original form, it was barely decipherable to a native speaker. despite that, he is forced into working more hours than his contract states with varying degrees of overtime paid, and very few days off or faces deportation. we have been to ministry of labour, HRC etc and it makes no difference because he essentially has the wrong passport. Therefore, i totally disagree with you lifeisbeautiful.
i lived in nepal for nearly 3 years and travelled to india many times and was not approached or stared at as many times as i have been here by arabs and/or westerners as they seem to think it is their right to do so as i'm white and obviously used to it/can take it. they would never dare do that to a Qatari woman. and guess what, i survive being stared at. i still have two legs, arms, both eyes, ears etc and am fit and healthy so is it really the end of the world?
however, you're talking about Indians and maybe that's the difference. maybe Indians are as you say, "take freedom for granted and take indiscipline to the highest levels." such a huge generalisation to make about your own countrymen...I guess that patriotism is stronger where i come from!
i think your facts are wrong as well...all of the nepalis that we know here who are employed by the same companies you are talking about are married. there is no difference in their pay depending on marital status.
lifeisbeautiful you say "I say why don't these men give a serious thought to everything before they decide to land up in a job"...do you honestly think that manpower agents or the companies tell the men the working conditions? do you really think that the companies/agencies target people who are well-educated and can read/write to offer them jobs as a labourer? do you really think that they are given a contract in a language that they can read? do you think that all of them can read and have any idea what they are signing? do you really think that they are allowed to dispute anything that is different once they arrive? if you do, then the mind boggles and it's not worth discussing anymore. it would be of more use for you to go onto an Indian forum and tell people what they're getting into when they accept a job here...
cross-dressing may be one solution but do you think they can afford to buy an abaya?!