If it makes you feel any better, I'm in the hiring business, and I also was out of work for a year. Like you I fielded hundreds of calls from recruiters (they never told me their nationality, but they didn't speak like I do!)--and not a single one of them went anywhere either. That's because they're outsourced recruiters at the lowest rung of recruiting, with hyper competition for the positions they're recruiting for. It's literally a million-to-one shot with them.

And honestly, even though you read about it in the news, ghost jobs aren't a real thing to worry about. It happens--but you'll have to trust me that we don't have the time to waste time on posting jobs that we can't fill--we're too busy trying to fill the real jobs we do have! (The company I work for does post multiple job postings of the same vacancy--but that's a function of Indeed's limitations on us that we have to get around to attract the most/best people--so we have to post multiple postings for the one job. Is that a "ghost job?" No--it's a duplicate posting so we can actually reach YOU!)

Networking with your friends (Indian, included!) is the way to get a job--and just ignore the recruiters who call you but can't give any level of detail to your screening interview, or any level of detail behind the job or employer. They're a time-suck.