Recently on 3rd of this month one article by Ms Muna Al-Fuzai under the title “Are Westerners worshipped here?” appeared in the local daily Kuwait Times. In response to this article I would like to make my comments as under. It was not Kuwait Times alone that raised this issue but even ordinary people in Kuwait especially the expatriates in general and Asians in particular are daily discussing this issue.
Yes, generally speaking, Westerners are worshipped in Kuwait even though they don’t really deserve it. It was construed due to historical facts that Westerners are smart because they dominated over Asians and Africans due to colonialisation process which kept the Asians and Africans subdued by the Westerners especially by the white skinners. Due to industrial revolution in the West, Westerners gained foothold over industrial development which gave the Westerners an upper hand in handling the industrial development which created maximum of output with minimum of inputs. When Westerners came to Asia and especially India for colonization process they came with something new, that is, a weapon called Gun which was earlier unseen in India. Hence, Asians and Indians in particular became subjugated to the Westerners which simply made the Asians enslaved to industrial might of the Westerners not only bodily but also mentally. This is one part of the history why Westerners are adored in Kuwait. Even when Afonso de Albuquerque came to Goa his weapons had more power to outsmart the locals in Goa.
Currently, according to my long years of observation in Kuwait, Westerners are simply adored and worshipped not only because of their work ethics and knowledge of the Western products which are abundantly sold in Kuwait but also because of their white skin. A white skin prostitute is more in demand than an Asian virgin because of the craze for white skin. Workwise Westernerns are compatible with Asians who can easily outbeat Westernerns in IT, Medical, Commercial, Administrative and some other fields. But unfortunately highly skilful Asians and Indians in particular are very much reluctant to come to this part of the world because monetary gains are not the craze for everyone. After all man does not live on money only. Even now-a-days our Goans are not ready to come to Kuwait as they used to come earlier. When I came to Kuwait it was not only necessity but also a craze but now it is totally different. Goa is not what it was earlier, Goa is much developed and good opportunities are plenty in Goa now, so too India as a whole creating more opportunities and demands for locals in their own localities.
Once about 25 years back when representatives of one of the Kuwait’s dailies approached one Editor of a leading daily from Bombay to join their newspaper in Kuwait, the Bombay Editor not only turned down the offer but turned it down scornfully saying Kuwait daily is too small for his stature. Most of the Westerners working in Kuwait are of mediocre caliber but because of their historical inheritance of high respect they are simply worshipped in Kuwait. Normally a high caliber professional Westerner will not come to Kuwait by discarding many of the previleges in his own country. Only a mediocre, or a rejected and suppressed in the West inspite of holding Western Passport will come to Kuwait. During the Portuguese rule in Goa, those Portuguese people who were sent to Goa were not of high calibre and not also of high quality. Masons were sent as Engineers and Hawaldars were sent as Police Officers, these officers ruled over us and we worshipped them because they were our masters as colonisers and because they were white skinners.
Dominating over Asians is normally an inborn ability of the Westerners and to practice this domination Kuwait is a nice place for many of the such Westerners. Such people believe in the principle “it is better to be a master in Hell than a slave in Heaven”. For this reason many of the Westerners especially unfit to survive in the West as full fledged citizens are coming to Kuwait not only for few extra crumbs but for ruling over others. Because of their all round weaknesses they are unable to survive and give leadership in their respective fields in their own countries. For such weak Westerners Kuwait is a nice place, to earn nice money undeservingly and to impose their "dadageri" on weak employees from Asia. Many of them are exploiting Kuwait to their maximum benefits because locals are having very high adoration for them. This adoration was increased after the liberation of Kuwait.
Westerners are dominating in Kuwait not because they are strong and capable of doing excellent jobs but because others around them are weak. I have seen in Kuwait some of the organizations manned at the top by the Asians are run better than those manned by the Westerners. Many of the Westerners coming to work in Kuwait they come to serve themselves only while most of the Asians especially those from the sub-continent come to serve themselves and to serve Kuwait as well. For this reason they put in long years of continuous service with high degree of dedication. Most of the Westerners come to Kuwait for a short period, make fast money within a limited period even by discarding the ethics of work by creating hindrances for others under and around them and then just disappear. I have not seen any Westerner holding top position applying Western methods for the benefits of the staff working under him. On the contrary I saw him exploiting the manpower below and around him by doing "chamchageri" with the big boss.
Asians are many times become victims of the brutality of the Western Managers who think only of themselves. To maximise their income they will go to any extent. Generally speaking I have seen in this world that some of the Managers to get them benefits are even ready to dole their wives to their top bosses. For this reason best of the Pimps in this world are come from the class of Managers. In Kuwait generally speaking a top manager to become a top and to survive there as top has to be a cheat, a crook, a pimp, a liar and a rascal. He need not necessarily be qualified in his trade but if he has dirty habbits to cheat his boss and others then many times it works wonders. Many of the Western Managers are ruthless and merciless. For their survival they would do any damage to the people under them. Normally if you work under a manager from Naziland then your life is in danger leave aside your job. Westerners having Nazis influence will never give you peace on your job. They will try to inflict as much damage on your position as he could. Naziz are racists like Jews for this reasons Nazi Germans are the staunch supporters of Israelis in the Middle East. Working under Nazi Managers many of our elders have suffered a lot. And if these Westerners are having "Pamprelam" as their personal secretaries then your life is finished.
Many of the Goan and Mangalorean "Pamprelam" Secretaries of their Western superiors have done heavy damages for the workers around them. Most of the female secretaries working under their bosses are very backward in many respects back at home. They can survive only in Kuwait and not in any other advanced countries. First of all they are not fit to be the secretaries of their bosses but in Kuwait anything "chalta hai" and for this reason these secretaries act cruel and destructive towards others. They act more than their bosses. When you see these "Pamprelam" in the Church it looks they are going straight to Heaven. Church is become a very good venue for such "Pamprelam" to hide their misdeeds. We are harassed and destroyed in Kuwait not only by the many of the Westerners but also by our own female secretaries who many times by doling their bodies to their Western bosses destroy innocent people working in their companies. For this reason some of such Pamprelam are living in Kuwait singly by rejecting and deserting their husbands who are obstacles for their dirty way of life. This is one way of making fast money to buy expensive Flats in Bombay.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
