Wonderful piece. Indeed, the plight of trailing wives is completely ignored more often than not. I wrote a short story on this last year. Do read when you have time.
Thank you for this piece, Mahima. I lived in the US for close to 9 years. My husband moved from Amsterdam to the US so we could live together and get married. His struggles with H4, later H4-EAD (work authorization for spouses), made us finally decide to move to Canada. Now we both can do whatever the hell we want and don’t have to worry about making a trip to the US embassy every time we visit India. I have a lot of sympathy for women who lose their identities so their spouses can live their American dream.
Wonderful piece. Indeed, the plight of trailing wives is completely ignored more often than not. I wrote a short story on this last year. Do read when you have time.
https://thebombayreview.com/2021/05/19/h4-fiction-by-vineet-deshpande-creative-writing-workshop/
Thank you for this piece, Mahima. I lived in the US for close to 9 years. My husband moved from Amsterdam to the US so we could live together and get married. His struggles with H4, later H4-EAD (work authorization for spouses), made us finally decide to move to Canada. Now we both can do whatever the hell we want and don’t have to worry about making a trip to the US embassy every time we visit India. I have a lot of sympathy for women who lose their identities so their spouses can live their American dream.
Excellent piece as usual.
On a lighter note, did you watch the whole goddamn Pardes for the GIFs?? They are so en point.