The fact of the matter is that if all the NRI's went back to India there would not even be room to make one step outside your door-if you were so fortunate to have a dwelling. People make their choices. Some want to go abroad and others want to stay in the homeland. But for the most part there is blame on both sides. Many homelanders are quite jealous that they did not have the opportunity to go abroad and so bad mouth those who have. Similarly, there are those NRI's who have a tendency to bad mouth their own country and countymen which is quite shameful. Only those of us who have the dignity and decency to be beyond such rubbish are the lucky ones who are able to be comfortable in our own skin and with our own decisions. Going back to the first point though, India had better come up with a solution to the gross over-population of the country. Only then will they be able to make the country better as was discussed in the movie "aniyan". Until then there is really not much hope of it really gaining in any aspect. However much it has changed that problem is still there and only growing. I was shocked to recently discover that 50% of the population is UNDER 25. That means that there were only half the number of people a mere 25 years ago. How revolting that this could blow so out of proportion!
NRIs!Most of them think that they are much better than Resident Indians (there are obviously few exceptions). All my cousins, who did not manage to get jobs here have settled abroad. It is much tougher to build a business in India, and they could not handle it, so they went abroad and got cushy jobs. Even the most imcompetent Indian can go make a great living abroad. And once they do that, they end up feeling that they are better than Residents, because they make more money. Most second generation NRIs (again, exceptions exist) have no clue about their roots, and end up as ABCDs, not knowing what their identity is. Either they consider themselves as Indians without knowing much about India or they consider themselves Americans and perpetually look down upon India, and feel that Indian culture is stupid, or "backward", without really making any attempt to go deeper and understand it. *Im talking only about the American/British NRIs, i dont know of any others. My rant was little on the exaggerated side, but it holds true for the vast majority.*
Hey, This is a unnecessary topic, I am not NRI but i spent more than year in US and back to India, One thing i learnt here is Never depend on any one for any thing. Dont bother about NRI's and there behaviour just concentrate on your career and do your work properly. Thanks
I have been in USA for 10 years. Let me share you my observation. NRI ( IT ) class is normally belong to low intellectual class ( high salary). They try to peep into lives or each other and compare themselves. They are not good professional. If for a job you are being interviewed by an Indian, you will have 90% chance of rejection. But if you are being interviewed by non Indians, there is 90% chance of getting the job offer. When Indian (don%u2019t think a high profile candidate rather a programmer. Manager ask him to take someone%u2019s interview as he does not know the programming) ask questions in Interview, they test what you don%u2019t know rather then what you know and what is required for job. He can not have that big picture. Indians fight openly like stray dog in office with another Indian colleague. They are zealous of another Indian and lack manner or courtesy . Some time you feel disgusted to see their stereo type behavior. When a beggar or an IT ( read NRI in USA ) pro meets a new beggar / IT pro they ask a common question. %u201C Aajkal kis platform pe kaam kar rahe ho%u201D . What I have learned now that, never take the job where so many Indians are already working. Very difficult effort as they ( NRI ) are every where just like cockroaches. They ask typical questions ( read roving ) which part of India you belong to, who is your employer/client , what is your basic education,what is your visa status, and what is your salary. I feel ashamed to call myself Ind
Quite a few Indians mock at NRIs and their life abroad. One has to understand the situation they were in before they left for a job abroad. Not everybody has the same education, calibre etc and it will be difficult for them to get a job in India where there are more people than jobs. In the late 60s and 70s finding a job in India was a hard thing. The Gulf was waiting for these expats as it was boom time there. Then came the demand for IT guys in 80s and then the IT bubble burst. Then the demand for nurses started and now IT is again the in thing. So if people take advantage of these situations we must not blame them. All those guys who mock at NRIs are only too happy to sip the scotch they bring or smoke the cigarette they bring. They should realize that these NRIs support a huge number of their family members here in India who would have been a burden on the nation otherwise. So live and let live. Let everyone enjoy the fruits of their work.
www.vaghelasv.com Dummy's Guide to Fortune!! 1. Get married to NRI and make him pay for your visa to UK/USA/AUS etc.Such fake marriage certificate readily available at anadnagar Pune.If trouble contact Kalpana Bhnage@anadnagar Pune!! or even call Ramesh Bhnage@poona.Hospitals!!
2. Stay with him at his expense and travel most exotic places on the world at his expenses. ask vasant rokade@MIDC.Satara!!
3. After you get residence permit in few weeks, Call police and register a fake Domestic Violence case ageist him. No ned to even go to the court or Poilce.just one call to 999.
4. Apply for Home right application, expel him from his own home and stay happily at his home at his expense.call Dr ashok Rokade@Midland.NHS for help!!
5. Apply for green card/ILR to stay and work in the country as Victim of Domestic Violence. No cost to you and all will be done by single visits to Citizen Advise Centre .just go to www.landresgitry.co.uk,download form 11 and fax 2 pages!!
6 after you get greencard, come back to India and get married to your old BF or find one new for you.
You are richer by a million rupee if you compare average value and asset of average NRI. These has been tested by my ex. at satara and now she is cohabitating with her cousin!! All at my cost!!
The littlest victim. Who has paid the biggest price of all. Mr. Purushottam Sejul Makt Engg Projects
We have recently after the IT boom got two strata or say divisions of NRI's. One and the higher class is the NRI's of US/Uk/etc. and others the lower class Gulf. NRI's of Gulf whoever they are whatever is their professional capability, intellectual ability are labelled Labour class, but probably the other westerner NRI's who ever they may be even a cleaner is a NRI with respect. And if i am not wrong the Gulf NRI shell out more remittances and make indian forex rich???
RE:RE:Two strat of NRI's
by EEEEEEE on Sep 24, 2007 09:18 PM Permalink
"The real estate and stock market booms are because of you" ? (unless you mean "us" as Indians and not "us" as NRI's)...Wah!!...All the Indians at home were making peanuts or what? Check the below:
I have been in Gulf for about 10 years. I am seeing the developments happenning in India and just wonder I could be there. Here the growth is slow. Real estate is growing high.
But we miss being in India-the Rupee is getting stronger day by day. Our salary reducing
At the end of our contract, what we will get for our future. There is no pension scheme.
Our needs are only increasing.
Here the life is bit easy compared to India. There is no political dramas.
But we can't hear loudspeaker songs, we used to listen during festivals in village temples.
RE:Lighter side of NRIs
by Vijay Shankar on Sep 25, 2007 08:34 AM Permalink
You can hear loud speaker scream atleast 5 times in the day till it tears you ass right ?! .. you need to get out of there.. there are other places to work you know.. just look. Stop being a slave in the middle east remember our history.
Honestly speaking large no. of expatriates in gulf not knowing their status and their value for our country. They know the ministers will come to gulf, make money for the election fund, meet some few small industrilists and go. We have a minister Vayalar Ravi, had he came to any other country than Dubai. Even Republic Day and Independence day there will be hardly 100 people at the embassy and that too these people may me unemployed and wanted to speand some time and or staying nearer to the embassy.
