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Friday, June 4, 2010

IT’S “U.S”:

Vast area of land and moving population makes the country all the more beautiful. It’s green everywhere with leaves changing colors, all credits to the climate; no sweat no humidity no head ache. They have three different GST’s due to the large coverage.

There are large parking areas that prevent us from waiting. No queues and no horning. In fact horning will insult people here.

WOW!!!! I just love to spend my time in malls and shopping complex. What a wide range of collections. Wish I can buy them all in just a single swipe. Why don’t we have such a wide range of collections back in India? Are we out of people who buy? Or maybe because there are people like me who are neither trendy nor traditional or both! can’t figure out which side to step in.

The fact is, it’s good that I don’t have too many options, else I will suffer from selectionomania (discovered by me), not knowing what to choose amongst the lots. Either I must be filthy rich to afford everything I want or I must be a popper. Being in U.S I have mastered my 45/47 tables ($ -->Rs.).

Always look for a tag called CLEARENCE, a product billed $100 will be sold for $20~ in the same shop in another section. People buying things giving the original rates are!!!!!!

People here are no proper citizens. All are settlers.  You can see their flags in every single house either appended on to the wall or hoisted in their longue, even half length.  You can even see flags on t-shirts. Where do we stand in front of them? To know the reply "you must click this link".

They speak a different language called ENGLISH. This language is exempted with various words, like we need to replace ‘without’ with ‘no’ e.g. they will not understand if we say ‘without sugar’ rather say ‘no sure’ and replace alphabet ‘o’ for number ‘0’ this list goes on and on. Everyone here is friendly and helpful. Their cultural habits differ from one city to the other.

There is this life style I have observed; children live separately once they are 18yrs. From then, they need to take care of their own expenses and further education. Infact a part of an individual’s salary is being saved by the company for Old Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance (Oasdhi)  just like they do it for PF.

You can see all varieties of cars here. Even the one with “no” living has a car. They always leave way for others, a much disciplined traffic sense. People here can’t survive without a vehicle of their own. You can’t trust the public mode of transportation, at times even the Google maps can't be trusted. If you are lost, there will be no pedestrian, no auto wallas, no rickshaw wallas to whom you can always enquire. We will realize their importance then.

People mind their own business; they lead an independent lifestyle called ANY BODY WITH ANY BODY. No botheration, no back bites. Their life is full of options.  No ‘Ifs and BUTs”. Everything is simple and easy. A care-free life.

BUT, if you look at their mortality rate a majority of them will die out of a common disease called LONLINESS. No PF or gratuity can accompany them.

INDIANS can be here for 5 or 10 may be 15 years max and not more than that. It is a place to enjoy; maybe we can spend our early adult hood here. Even though you want to settle here, our heart will seek the LOVE of our parents, siblings, grandparents and neighbors.

Our heart will be in want of mental peace. 

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