The American Dream is broken, according to Indian-American congressional candidate Saikat Chakrabarti. A former tech millionaire turned progressive, Chakrabarti wants to be a change candidate. In an interview with HT, he spoke about his priorities, including relations with India, H1-B visas for Indian professionals, and the rising tide of online harassment targeted at Indian-Americans.
Chakrabarti grew up in Texas to immigrant parents from India and worked in the tech industry before realizing that there were bigger problems facing society. He joined the Bernie Sanders campaign and worked in progressive politics, driven by his parents' story and his father's sacrifices. Chakrabarti wants to fix the broken economic system and make people's lives better.
He believes that the American Dream has been broken, and the economic system has been broken for decades. The politics has been broken, and the government has been controlled by wealthy people and corporations. Chakrabarti wants to pitch a vision for a new economy that will truly make people's lives better.
He has been compared to Zohran Mamdani due to his progressive policies and social media savvy. Chakrabarti wants to be part of a massive movement of people who will take control back of the country from corporate interests. He believes that most people in America are still pro-immigrant, and the system can turn around.
Chakrabarti wants to create an America that is growing, optimistic, and building an economy that is better for everybody. He wants to make it easier to go through the H-1B process and reform the visa so that immigrants have more freedom and higher wages. He also wants to prioritize the US-India relationship and join the India Caucus.
