Inside the Patel Motel Cartel: How Gujaratis came to own more than half of America’s motels | World News
“Gas, meds and beds,” that’s what Indians targeted when they trickled back into America in 1965 after 45 years away due to the imposition of the Immigration and Nationality Act, joked Indian-American comedian Nimesh Patel. Son of a Gujarati liquor store owner, Patel often highlights the “Indian American hierarchy” which begins with CEO/hotel Indians, motel…