--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dave, it's got nothing to do with race, and > everything to do with > nationality. You're more than welcome to switch > nationalities. The package > deal would bring you lower airfares, global-level > petroleum prices, and > (if you're based in South Asia, like most of us) > salaries at about > one-tenth Western levels. You probably also won't > get visas to Western > countries that easily then ... or will you? > > Ready for the deal? FN
Fred, In this case, I am afraid you are not quite correct. A case in point is a Goan friend of mine has a very European-looking daughter (fair, blue-eyes). She was touring with her parents in New Delhi et al, and wherever they went, she was being charged the 'foreign' fares whereas the parents were being charged the 'domestic' fares. Goans, especially of the older variety, do not speak Hindi very well, and wherever they went outside Goa, they were hard put to explain that the 'firangi'-looking teenager was their own daughter. They have since moved to Tasmania (Australia), and I got their story when I met them at the airport in Bombay a few years ago. And you know my own experience in Bangalore ... Cheers, Gabriel. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com
