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| To all those who write sad songs abt their life in US, who think they dont belong here and can't enjoy their stay here..wake up!! who is asking you to stay here when you are feeling so sorry?? What are feeling so sorry for...Get a ticket and get back to India where your life is there, where your parents and where your memories are there. Nobody is forcing you to experience this sad life, except you!! It is you who is holding onto this land while grieving. Get a Life guys!! I know what excuse you could possibly give..money..huh?!! You are getting good bucks here...but hey what are you losing? According to you, You are losing your "life"..isn't it? that's what you have been saying. What goes wrong if you go to India and earn a little less?? But hey, you will get the life you wanted!! Then why dont you just go back and enjoy your lives instead of cribbing.
You should always be in control of your life guys..life should never control you! Go to India if you are really missing it. If you can't do that...then enjoy your stay here!!!
Posted by: Savyasachi At: 12, Nov 2002 1:58:51 AM IST
Life Sucks here in US).... Boring.. only money nothing much...
Posted by: Mr. Raja Mandiga At: 5, Nov 2002 9:18:17 AM IST
first of all, it is so funny and with it's vast area and population India would never get that developed. especially with corruption prevailing everywhere.
Posted by: sowmya Yerneni At: 5, Nov 2002 5:42:31 AM IST
Hi All,
This is a small story based on the predictions that
India will become super power by 2020.
Dream of an American - Year 2020
Place: Two Americans at IBM, USA.
Currency Conversion Rate: Rs. 1 = $ 100.
Mark : Hi John, I think you didn't come to office for
the past two days.
John : Yeah, I was in Indian Embassy for getting Visa.
Mark : Oh really? What happened, I heard that nowadays
it has become very difficult.
John : Yeah, but I managed to get it.
Mark : How long it took to get it stamped?
John : Oh, it was nasty man, long queue. Bill Gates
was standing in front of me and they played with him
like anything. That's why it got delayed. I went there
at 2 am itself and waited and returned by 4 pm next
day.
Mark : Really? You should have patience man,you are
going to India, keep it in mind. In India, it is a
matter of an hour to get stamped for USA.
John : Yeah, but that is because who in India will be
interested in coming to USA man, their economy has
been booming.
Mark : What did they ask you?
John : Oh god! I had a hard time convincing that guy
in the counter that I will definitely return to
America! I had shown all my asset documents of my land
in New York to convince him. I said America's economy
is rebuilding
and it will strongly encourage me to seek a job here!
Mark : So, when are you leaving?
John : Anytime, after receiving my tickets from the
client in India and you know, I will be getting a
chance to fly Air-India. Sort of dream come true. I
will be landing in Bombay!
Mark : That's great! Be careful, I heard Bombay
airport is a city by itself and you can easily get
lost! I also heard there are three runways and there
is a flight landing/taking off every 6 seconds!
John: Oh yeah! Thats why it is the busiest airport in
the world.
Mark : How long are you going to stay in India?
John : What do you mean by how long? I am planning to
settle in India, my company has promised me that they
will process my Hara Patta.
Mark : Really, lucky person man, it is very difficult
to get a Hara Patta for India.
John : Yeah, that's why, I am planning to marry an
Indian girl there.
Mark : But you can find lots of American girls
in Bangalore, Madras, Hyderabad and Mumbai. In fact
there is a place called "Jag Sen (Jagjeeth Sen)
heights" in Calcutta which is full of Americans. You
can even
find a dunkin' donuts shop there!
John : Wow! But, I prefer Indian girls because they
don't divorce and force you for alimony payments.
Mark : Where did you get the offer, Bangalore?
John : Yeah, salary is good there, but cost of living
is quite high, it is Rs. 1000/- for a single room
accommodation, which i have to share with 10
americans.
Mark : I see, that's too much for American people, Rs.
1/- = $ 100/-. Oh God! What about in Mumbai,
Hyderabad, Madras?
John : No idea, but it is less than what we have in
Bangalore. It is the world headquarters of Software.
Mark : Do you have any relatives in India?
John: Yeah! My three uncles live in "New Joshi"
village. My cousins are studying in IIT and REC.
Mark : Wow! IIT? I heard they give Aid to only
American students from Harvard and Stanford!
John : Yeah man! The Indian Embassy does not think
twice to issue student visa if you are from Stanford
or Harvard. Infact, they really need brilliant
americans, so they issue Visa easily.
Mark : My cousin applied to University of Madras and
they replied saying they have limited Aid! It seems
there are so many American students in University of
Madras, West Bengal State University, State University
of New Delhi (SUND).
John : That's true! They even have an american student
association in West Bengal State University and they
have cultural shows for halloween!
Mark : It seems Indian professors are great
disciplinarians! They will kick you out of class if
you talk, eat or take a bathroom break during class.
John : That's true! American students are not used to
such strict approach and discipline!
Mark : That's why America is like this and India is so
advanced than us because they have that discipline.
John : That's true!
Mark : I heard, almost all the Indians have a car.
John : You can get a BMW car for Rs. 5000/-, and a
Mercedes for less than Rs. 7500/-. But my dream is to
purchase Ambassador, which costs Rs.200000/- which has
got a sexy design.
Mark : Ambassador? Wow! I don't think there is even a
single Ambassador in America! hahahah!
John : Yeah thats true! hahaha . In India, even taxis
are Ambassador!!!!
Mark : India is India! By the way, who is your client?
John : WipInfoSaty, a pure Indian company,specializing
in Embedded Software.
Mark : Oh, really? lucky to work in a pure Indian
company. They are really intelligent and unlike
American body-shoppers who have opened their
fly-by-night outfits in India. Indian companies pay
you in full even when
you are on bench. My friend Paul Allen, it seems, used
his bench time to visit Bihar, the most livable place
in India, probably world. There you have full freedom
and no restrictions. You can do whatever you want! I
wonder
how that state has perfected that system.
John : Yeah man, you are right. I hope our America
also follows their footsteps.
Mark : How are you going to cope with their language?
John : Why not? )From my school days I have been
learning Kannada as my first language here at New
York. At the Consulate they tested my proficiency in
Kannada and were quite impressed by my cent percent
score in TOKIL i.e.Test Of Kannada as International
Language.
Mark : So, you are going to have fun there.
John : Yeah, I will be traveling in the world's
fastest train between Yelahanka and Bangarapet,
world's largest theme park, It is very much delightful
watching tamil movies at Devi, Abirami, Sathyam,
Santham, Subham,
Albert, Udhayam, Mayaajal, theatres in madras. Have
the Glimpse of Basavanna statue at Ulsore Lake, Week
long Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations organised by
Tamil associations near Ulsore in bangalore and never
to forget to read the worlds best news daily "Dhina
Thandhi" and the famous Kollywood where you can see
actors like, Kamal Hassan, It seems Rajanikanth
shifted his base to bangalore too and all. Esselworld
is also near to Kollywood.
Mark: Is your wife coming with you?
John: My wife will also come with me. When my wife
gets pregnant my parents are planning to join me in
India to help her during her labor. If my son/daughter
are born in India they will obtain Indian
citizenship!
Mark : Sounds like a plan! Hey is it hard to obtain a
blue card in India?
John : Lot of americans manage to get it, But it is
still hard.
Mark : You know, the Indian PM is scheduled to visit
US next year, he may then relax the restrictions of
visa procedures. It all depends on our president of
convincing him to do that. Our president is a waste
guy.
I dont know how he can impress Indian PM.
John : That's true. They have even made arrangements
in New york City Marriott hotel so that the suite will
be
converted to a maharaja bunker for the PM. Last month,
the Indian minister for IT, visited White House and
donated Rs. 200,000,000/- for infrastructure
development at Silicon Valley and has promised more
if we follow the model of Lalbagh Park and Kengeri
falls of Bangalore. Bill Gates also got a chance of
meeting him.
Very lucky person.
Mark : Hey don't forget to visit the twin LIC towers
in Chennai!
John : Yeah man! I read in some magazine that Indian
government was forced to build those 170 floor LIC
towers because every Indian citizen has an LIC policy,
that they needed such a huge building to keep
everyone's
records!
Mark: Why not? When you have 1.3 billion citizens
seeking LIC policy you better have a big ofice.OK,
Good Luck John.
John : Same to you Mark. And don't go to Consulate in
a Kurta Pyjama or dhoti, because they will think you
are too Indianised and may doubt you will never come
back and hence your Non-Immigrant Visa may get
rejected. Wear a baseball hat too and not the topee,
But don't forget to say "Namaskara sar,Chennagi
Iddeera" to the Visa officer at Window 5. It seems he
likes that since he is from bangalore and will not
give you a visa if you don't
greet him that way.
Hope, this will come into reality.
Posted by: Mr. Prathap KORA At: 29, Oct 2002 4:54:21 PM IST
Life in US.........
I'm writing my views........
I miss home BADLY.......I went to Los Angeles,Las Vegas,I had very good time ......but edo telini veliti undi I never feel I belong to this place.I feel I'm in the middle of strangers.I miss all the festivals and fun I used to have back in INDIA.I miss those movies,I miss necklace road in hyderabad,I miss singing,in short I miss everything back in INDIA.At any time home is home right.U can never feel a place better than home.Hyderabad may be crowdy,very noisy,very dirty but I feel I belong to that place and I like it the MOST.
Missing home BADLY..........
Posted by: Miss sita madhuri tangirala At: 29, Oct 2002 5:11:45 AM IST
KANNA VALLANU VADALI..
PUDAMI TALLINI VEEDI..
KADILI VACHAM MEMU KADALI DAATI..
KALALA KOTA PUNADIKI.. ASANTRUPTA JEEVITA SAMADHIKI..
NAA ANE VAARU LENI..
PILICHINAA PALAKANI...
SWECHAA SWATNATRAALA JAILU LOKI...
MAA KI MEMU VACHAAM... REPATI SANTOSHAALAKI..
UNTUNDO UDUTUNDO TELIYANI UDYOGAMTO...
EE ROJU GADICHINDI REPETANE ALOCHANATO..
SATAMATA MAVUTUNE SAAGUTUNNAM.. MARO SUPRABHATANI KI..
VACHINADANTLO CONSULTANT, TAXLA VATALATO..
MIGILINA DANTLO EKKUVA MIGALCHAALANE AARATAMTO..
EKKUVA JEETAM VACHE UDYOGAMKI VETUKUTU.. VEEDKOLU PALUKUTUNNAM ENNO SANDHAYAKI...
KARUVINA ANANDANNI... KANUMARUGINA HITULNI SANNIHITULNI..
GATAM TAALUKU MADHURA SMRUTULALO CHOOSUKUNTU..
GADUPUTUNNAM KALAM MEMU... RAABOYE MACHI ROJULAKI...
KALALENI MOHAMTO... JEVAM LENI NAVVUTO...
HOW U DOIN ANE PIPI PALAKARIMPULATO....
TRUPTI LENI JEEVITAAMANTU.. ADUGESTUNNAMU ASHALA DEWALIKI..
naa drushtilo best place to live is india, with family members.
endukante nenu akkada puttanu, akkade perigaanu.. naa jeevitamloni prati
page naa vaarito mudipadi undi.. vatini ee sukhalaku nenu
takattu pettalenu..
Posted by: Sreedhar G At: 23, Aug 2002 11:07:32 AM IST
It depends - on your hobbies, tastes and lifestyle. Personally, I love it in the US, and not just the "luxury and money," the peronal freedom, the kaleidoscope of different cultures(and experiences that go with them) from all over the world, cleanliness, availability of everything, standard of living......the list goes on.
I don't get bored even for a minute here in the US. No loneliness either since I have enough friends who also know when to leave me alone - that's another thing no societal pressure to conform. I would't go back to India for anything.
Posted by: darinapoyye danayya At: 23, Aug 2002 2:25:21 AM IST
Is life better in USA or INDIA.
Do you feel very attached to India after staying in US for a long time.
Posted by: Mrs. lata v At: 22, Aug 2002 8:48:05 AM IST
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