Inside the H-1B System: Who Really Benefits: Tanul Thakur on Wild Wild East

Getting an H-1B visa can feel like winning the lottery. But what happens once you have it?In this episode of The Reading List, journalist and author Tanul Thakur joins us to talk about Wild Wild East and the complicated reality behind one of America's most coveted visas. We talk about the hopes that bring Indian workers and students to the US, the complex web of intermediaries built around the H-1B visa, and what happens when the promise of opportunity doesn't quite match the reality.There’s another side to this story: American workers, the changing nature of work, and the growing inequalities within the tech industry.It's a conversation about ambition, migration, and the price of chasing a better life.