Hyphenated with all the 'stans'.

"President Donald Trump is taking yet another gamble on immigration," as "The overhaul, signed by the president,...escalates the price of entry to $100,000 per worker, to be paid by the company." "Trump also wants a revision of the prevailing wage rules to ensure that visa-holders get paid the same as Americans." "Nevertheless, Trump is correct" because "H-1B visas had been deliberately exploited," so that "American STEM graduates, led to believe their degrees would result in plentiful opportunities and well-paid jobs, are scrounging for work," wrote Patricia Lopez. The new fee "is expected to cast a shadow over remittance growth and partially impact earnings from the foreign exchange business for financial services providers, bankers and forex advisors said." ET. "Indians account for more than 70% of all H-1B visas." "Introduced as a travel restriction, it has the appearance of an economic sanction, an escalation of the punishment the US leader has meted out to a staunch ally in recent months." "First came a 50% duty on merchandise exports," but "By adding services to a trade war that Team Modi didn't see coming, Trump may have done more than shave off a few percentage points from outsourcing firms' margins," wrote Andy Mukherjee. It seems very personal, like the row with Canada. In 2018, then Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau visited India with his wife and children but, "Miffed at the Canadian PM's support for 'Sikh separatists', Modi had refused to meet Trudeau until he made amends by meeting Punjab Chief Minsiter Amarinder Singh." Trudeau's former principal secretary Gerald Butts accused Mr Modi of "screwing" Trudeau during his trip to India in 2018. The Print. Mr Modi is fond of spouting 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' which means 'the world is one family' but he should perhaps have remembered 'Atithi Devo Bhava' which means 'a guest is akin to god' (wikipedia). Insulting a politician is one thing, insulting his family is very personal. The Conservatives lost in the general election in April as Mark Carney led the Liberals to victory. BBC. The 51st G7 summit was to be held in Canada from 16 to 17 June 2025 (wikipedia) and till 02 June, for the first time in six years, Mr Modi had not been invited to the summit (HT). In an unrelated event, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a phone conversation at the end of May with his Canadian counterpart Anita Anand, ostensibly"focused on deepening economic ties and advancing shared priorities". TOI. Priorities would be very different, won't they? Mr Modi "did get a last- minute invitation to join the G7, but not as a participant, only as an observer," wrote Jawhar Sircar. In a phone call on 17 June Trump told Mr Modi "how proud he was of ending the military escalation" between India and Pakistan to which Mr Modi replied that US involvement "had nothing to do with the recent ceasefire", according to the New York Times. ET. "India's unwavering opposition to third-party mediation on the Kashmir issue is the product of hard lessons drawn from history." TNIE. However, Operation Sindoor had nothing to do with Kashmir, but was retaliation for a terrorist attack on selected Hindus in Pahalgam. wikipedia. To prove his point, Trump appointed his close friend Sergio Gor as US Ambassador to India, as well as Special Envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs, thereby 'hyphenating' India with Pakistan and equating India with smaller nations in Central Asia. "In 2012, India strongly resisted the Obama administration's bid to appoint Richard Holbrooke as special envoy to South Asia." India Today. This time, there is only a sound of silence. So, what did Mr Modi actually say to Trump? Has he dumped India into irrelevance only to satisfy his ego? Now we are firmly hyphenated with Pakistan and all the other 'stans' in Central Asia (wikipedia). Well done.