How May I Help You?
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How May I Help You?

An Immigrant's Journey from MBA to Minimum Wage

  1. 305 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

How May I Help You?

An Immigrant's Journey from MBA to Minimum Wage

About this book

In this moving and insightful work, Deepak Singh chronicles his downward mobility as an immigrant to a small town in Virginia. Armed with an MBA from India, Singh can get only a minimum-wage job in an electronics store. Every day he confronts unfamiliar American mores, from strange idioms to deeply entrenched racism.
 
Telling stories through the unique lens of an initially credulous outsider who is “fresh off the plane,” Singh learns about the struggles of his colleagues: Ron, a middle-aged African-American man trying to keep his life intact despite health concerns; Jackie, a young African-American woman diligently attending school after work; and Cindy, whose matter-of-fact attitude helps Deepak adapt to his job and his new life.
  
How May I Help You? is an incisive take on life in the United States and a reminder that the stories of low-wage employees can bring candor and humanity to debates about work, race, and immigration.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. How May I Help You?
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. CONTENTS
  7. Foreword
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. 1. Answering Machine
  10. 2. Lucknow
  11. 3. Transit
  12. 4. My American Wife
  13. 5. Job Application
  14. 6. Hired
  15. 7. First Day
  16. 8. One Month’s Notice
  17. 9. English
  18. 10. Colleagues
  19. 11. Olive Skin
  20. 12. Camera King
  21. 13. Don’t Buy It
  22. 14. Foreigner
  23. 15. My Name Is Deepak
  24. 16. I’m Straight Today
  25. 17. Holly and I
  26. 18. All Hands on Deck
  27. 19. Long Two Years
  28. 20. The Golden Quarter
  29. 21. Two Americas
  30. 22. Paula
  31. 23. Cameron
  32. 24. Don’t Sue Me!
  33. 25. Post-Christmas Blues
  34. 26. A Handful of Dimes
  35. 27. India Visit