Whatever He Wants

Jatindar was born in 1977 in the state of Punjab, India. He lived with his father and mother, an older brother, and his sister. Jatindar’s father rented land from his neighbors for farming and sold the produce in the market. At five acres, it was the biggest farm in his village. They had a cow for fresh milk every day and four buffaloes whose labor was essential for harvest. As a child, when Jatindar returned from school, he sometimes helped his father with harvesting the fields.

Jatindar was an average student, but he disliked school. At the age of thirteen, he dropped out to start earning money. He began by helping a local tailor in his village. Years later, he had accumulated enough income to start his own tailoring business. In time, he eventually married and had three children: two boys and a girl. He led a fairly happy life.

As the years passed, however, more and more readymade garments appeared in the nearby stores. This was an alarming situation for Jatindar. He could not offer cheaper prices for his services, nor could he give customers a chance to try on garments before they were actually purchased — both of which were the inherent advantages of readymade garments. His customer pool dwindled and his costs rose until they outpaced his revenue. He knew it was time to find an alternative way to earn a living.

At this juncture in his life, Jatindar’s elderly father decided to pass on the farm to Jatindar’s oldest brother, Gurdeep Singh. His father also stopped renting land from the neighbors, thereby reducing the size of the family’s farm. Now only half an acre, the farm’s produce could barely feed the family. With his business in shambles and the farm in his brother’s hands, Jatindar grew desperate. A friend mentioned an agent who helped people find work overseas.

Jatindar met the agent, who told him about a job opportunity in Mauritius. The offer seemed very attractive to him: 8000 rupees ($ 170), twice as much as he could make in India. He decided to pay the agent for a ticket to Mauritius and the other assorted fees.

In 2002, at the age of twenty-five, Jatindar left his home for Mauritius. There he worked in a textile factory. To his pleasant surprise, his employers actually offered him 12,000 rupees ($ 250) rather than the 8,000 he was promised. Everything seemed good; he adjusted well to the…

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