On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 17:31, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
Err..I'm not sure who you're talking about? I was talking about the guy in
the article who warns off the NYT reporter saying that he will complain to
her superiors...
Ah Badri, you were replying to me recounting the Indian
On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 10:02:28AM +0530, ashok _ wrote:
You relocated and during your childhood. You think thats the same as
relocating when you are an adult or when you have kids?
When you've relocated once or twice, it gets easier with time.
Kids have it easier, if anything.
--
Eugen*
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote:
You relocated and during your childhood. You think thats the same as
relocating when you are an adult or when you have kids?
When you've relocated once or twice, it gets easier with time.
Kids have it easier, if anything.
I
ashok _ [01/12/2009 3:15 PM]:
The biggest stress for my folks was
getting school admissions as sometimes we moved during the middle of
the school year. Most of my childhood memories revolve around writing
school entrance exams or packing things into boxes.
Your dad was in the army and you
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.net wrote:
Your dad was in the army and you weren't a KV brat? That kind of situation
is just why every single armed forces base had a KV onsite, plus at least
one other school, quite often .. both of which would be quite
Err..I'm not sure who you're talking about? I was talking about the guy in
the article who warns off the NYT reporter saying that he will complain to
her superiors...
I am also uncomfortable with this kind of sub-text references to any
particular person. the point is (as has just
indeed having a spouse of another culture makes any return to india
complicated. our first criterion is that Mike should be able to find good
work in landscape architecture (assuming that I will as well!). also where
we return to work in India is an issue. overall i find it freeing to admit
Deepa Mohan [01/12/09 17:31 +0530]:
Err..I'm not sure who you're talking about? I was talking about the guy in
the article who warns off the NYT reporter saying that he will complain to
her superiors...
I am also uncomfortable with this kind of sub-text references to any
particular person.
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
snip
let's NOT talk about any particular people,
snap
Gee Deepa, you've gone from saying let's say nothing bad about anything,
to let's say nothing about anybody.
Darn, this forum, and by extension, the
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.comwrote:
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
snip
let's NOT talk about any particular people,
snap
Gee Deepa, you've gone from saying let's say nothing bad about anything,
I have some thing in the way of personal experience here, and so I say
- I agree.
Cheeni
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/28/business/global/28return.html?_r=1src=twpagewanted=all
Some Indians Find It Tough to Go Home Again
By HEATHER TIMMONS
Published: November 27, 2009
NEW DELHI — When
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.comwrote:
I have some thing in the way of personal experience here, and so I say
- I agree.
Cheeni
The article also does not mention a very major factor...the difficulties
that the children of the repats, born and raised in
to adjust to a very different set of circumstances, a whole new culture,
that is often perceived as very restrictive, their inabliity to cope with
the huge extended families that were never in the picture in their home
country.
I agree in general, but why the quotes? The US (or wherever) *is*
behavior that would have got him fired just as
fast stateside as he was from csir.
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On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote:
I have some thing in the way of personal experience here, and so I say
- I agree.
I am quoting here the bits I definitely felt myself relating to.
But a study by Mr. Wadhwa and other academics found that 34 percent
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 17:45, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote:
I have some thing in the way of personal experience here, and so I say
- I agree.
[snip]
would be interested in the situation, and then said he would complain
to a reporter’s bosses in New York if she continued to
would be interested in the situation, and then said he would complain
to a reporterâs bosses in New York if she continued to pursue the
story.
ah, nothing new and the intimidation is not restricted to the
corporate world or govt sector firms. The 'complain to
bosses/friends-up-there'
On Monday 30 Nov 2009 5:45:06 pm Srini RamaKrishnan wrote:
Some Indians Find It Tough to Go Home Again
And some Indians find it easy.
Big deal
shiv
On Monday 30 Nov 2009 6:33:32 pm Srini RamaKrishnan wrote:
The US became home within 1 year of getting there. While India remains
close to my heart, it remains elusive as home even after 4 years of
trying to fit in.
It takes 10 years to become Indian.
shiv
. [30/11/09 18:47 +0530]:
corporate world or govt sector firms. The 'complain to
bosses/friends-up-there' intimidation tactics is my personal
experience within the Indian FLOSS community.
I suspect you simply ran across the same person a lot of us on this list
did. Next please?
srs
2009/11/30 Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com:
that the children of the repats, born and raised in the US,face when trying
May I submit that repat is derogatory, as it implies someone shipped
home at the expense of the GoI?
I propose cowpat instead.
Ram
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram
r.sunda...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/11/30 Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com:
that the children of the repats, born and raised in the US,face when
trying
May I submit that repat is derogatory, as it implies someone shipped
home at the
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote:
Returnees run into trouble when they “look Indian but think American,”
OMG, do I relate to this one.
I dont live in North America ... but I still feel the disconnect
everytime I fly from Nairobi into India.
The
Kiran's rant is reminiscent of Reagan era America when jingoism was at its
peak. I guess that language transcends cultures!
2009/12/1 Thaths tha...@gmail.com
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Kiran K Karthikeyan
kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote:
Please, do us a favor, stay where you are and don't come back. For every
repat that rants, there is one that digs in, and contributes without
cribbing. If you still
2009/12/1 Radhika, Y. radhik...@gmail.com
Kiran's rant is reminiscent of Reagan era America when jingoism was at its
peak. I guess that language transcends cultures!
Is asking those who crib and quit to rather participate and solve the
problem categorized as being extremely nationalist?
2009/12/1 Radhika, Y. radhik...@gmail.com
when you phrase it as an exhortation to participate
This is what I was trying to say with For every repat that rants, there is
one that digs in, and contributes without cribbing.
Its interesting how you picked up the bit of my post most easy to
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Kiran K Karthikeyan
kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/12/1 Thaths tha...@gmail.com
Could we have more reasoned arguments than the likes of Put up or
shut up, You call yourself Indian?! and Go back to Massachusetts,
Wuss!?
The reasoned argument was dig in
You relocated and during your childhood. You think thats the same as
relocating when you are an adult or when you have kids?
On 12/1/09, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/11/30 Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 19:29, Badri Natarajan asi...@vsnl.com wrote:
True, but hardly restricted to India. This guy mostly stands out for being
clumsy about it.
...clumsy? as in, lying and pretending to be a woman on a woman-only
list (which is neither new nor surprising) to dig into their
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 02:43, Kiran K Karthikeyan
kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote:
The reasoned argument was dig in and solve the problem instead of
complaining/quitting/swimming against the tide from the word go.
As an Indian-Born-Confused-Desi I'm curious to know how one would dig
in and
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