Punished for being a father
| Author | Akash Dixit |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | |
| Cover artist | Akash Dixit |
| Country | India |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Endangered Fatherhood, True Story, Social Commentary |
| Publisher | Amazon |
Publication date | July 2019 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) and E-Book |
| Pages | 77 |
| ISBN | 979-8614341091 Search this book on  . |
Punished for being a father [1][2] is a book written by Akash Dixit. Akash Dixit holds a doctorate in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. In this book, Dr. Dixit recounts a real life story in which the US judiciary in scant regard to the Indian judiciary allowed a divorce case to proceed. This case was filed while both the spouses resided in their country of citizenship and birth - the Republic of India. The US judiciary also disregarded its own laws while it not just entertained by implicitly validated the divorce case. The courts did not explicitly state that foreigners residing in their own country can fight divorce in the US.
Plot[edit]
The protagonist was living in India with his wife and son. The wife had abandoned the son and marriage. She was living in an unknown location in India. The husband tried to find the wife so that his son could benefit from the mother child relationship. As it later turned out that the wife was living in New Delhi in India with an unknown person.
While still in India, the wife applied for several visas to enter the United States. All those visas were rejected. Therefore, as an alternate and fraudulent means to enter the United States, the wife filed for a divorce against the husband. Later when the husband visited the US for a short visit, the wife (she was still in India) filed for an injunction to restrain the child in the US. The wife entered the US using the child as an alibi. When the husband stayed back to procure the release of the child, the wife got him arrested and attempted to get him deported.
The conduct of the US judiciary is also dubious to put it mildly in this whole episode. The US judiciary infringed upon this case that was clearly in the jurisdiction of the Republic of India and it judiciary. The US judiciary did not explicitly validate the divorce because of lack of wherewithal to issue such a validation in the US law. However, the US judiciary gave its mute recommendation to the divorce. By keeping quiet the US judiciary did not spoil the precedent and also connived with the miscreants.
Dixit clearly ties the incidents of abuse and torture of his son to the general dilapidated social situation in the US. Dixit presents himself a social protagonist who is attempting to reform the family law situation in the US.
Characters and locations[edit]
Dixit's son is the prime character of the true story. Other characters are Karan Singh an investment banker of Barclays Bank, Sangeet Singh the mother of the wife, Gregory Golden the US attorney of the wife, Christopher Brasher, Superior court judge of the state of Georgia, Thomas Thrash, federal district judge of northern district of Georgia.
The story is located primarily in the United States and the Republic of India.
Development and publication[edit]
Author Akash Dixit is an engineer educated in Georgia Institute of Technology.[3] While working in academia as faculty in Georgia Tech and Oakland University among others, Dixit got embroiled in an unlikely controversy. Ultimately he decided to take on the challenge head on in, what he stats was his calling destined and designed by God Himself.
Release and marketing[edit]
The book was written by Dixit as he was incarcerated by the US government. There has been to date no good explanation by the government about Dixit's 17 month long custody. Similar to the subject matter of the book, Dixit's confinement that is referred by the government as detention, is also subject of several lawsuits.
Critical reception[edit]
Anthony from Nigeria: "I learned a lot about the law." "I liked the examples for everything such as religions, social situation - Helped me understand the whole thing." May 2019. Venugopal from India: “You are not just presenting your case, but are also given them (the US), some material to think and improve their system.” June 2019. Roberto from Mexico: “Interesting; heartbreaking.” July 2019 Crae from England (this is how he explained my story to another person): “Let’s say I visit your house because I was told you have a great backyard. You let me visit and when I am leaving, you decided to hold my child!” The person who was listening had surprise writ all over his face with mouth open. Crae added – “Look the way said what – that is what happened in Akash’s case.” August 2019 Sahil from Sri Lanka: Eyeopener! It is not just immigrants, but also US citizen fathers and children, actually them more so, who are affected by this financial handouts. They will be able to relate to the story. Akash through his ordeal has eloquently laid out the flaws in the system and ways to correct it! August 2019 Dushaant from Sri Lanka: I really liked the ‘Pause’ feature. I am not very well read and I am a slow reader. The ‘Pause’ breaks allowed me to break my reading and understand the material. October 2019
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