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Developments:
Dr Narendra Hadpawat arrived in New York from India in 1974 with $8 - the maximum sum that could be taken out of India in those days. He stayed with one Indian friend who had moved to the US shortly before, and borrowed $300 off another so he could buy food and search for a job. Another Indian immigrant fixed him up with an interview in a hospital in Buffalo. Hadpawat got the job, brought his wife and young child over, and worked his way up the medical ladder. He now has his own practice and lives in a large house on Long Island.
Today, Dr Hadpawat is returning the favour. As well as volunteering for the Rajasthan Association of North America, which runs educational projects and cultural programs to promote development back in India, he also helps new immigrants find jobs, homes and, occasionally, wives. "Earlier immigrants helped us," he says, "so it's our duty to help the new generation."
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