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Brijesh, nice article, even though I dont have to ...

2011-10-31T17:08:43.718Z

Brijesh,
nice article, even though I dont have to go thr' this . But I have been thinking about relocating to kerala , I think that will require a major change in "Mindset" :-)

I wish you you had separated your post into two sections
1) Relocating to kerala 2) reloacting to other states than kerala :-)

-Binu

To Anand/Anonymous - You said "The original ...

2011-10-29T22:22:13.145+01:00

To Anand/Anonymous
- You said "The original piece had the 'hygeine' and liars' parts italicized, thereby implying that those were the common metaphors associated with India - not Mungee's personal opinion. "
In his post Mr. Munghee states that he had separate dinnerware for his domestic help and for his family. All this because his friend 'suspected'

"Mindset" rather than the specifics that...

2011-10-28T07:40:51.778+01:00

"Mindset" rather than the specifics that come from the mindset is the point I think Brijesh is trying to make.

It's not possible to live as one nationality in another culture/country. If we go with that mentality we will surely have not only culture shock but could even fall into a deep depression!

I am an American living in India. I know intellectually it'

I've had numerous personal experiences in Bomb...

2011-10-28T06:23:43.880+01:00

I've had numerous personal experiences in Bombay like Mungee's and heard countless first hand accounts from close friends. One pretty much had to choose between getting duped every other day, or turning into someone stone-hearted and callous. I don't want to stereotype an entire nation, for that would be unfair and incorrect, and the reasons behind systemic problems of low levels of

Anand, OK.. Let me explain now… after eighteen mon...

2011-10-28T03:26:27.668+01:00

Anand,
OK.. Let me explain now… after eighteen months of stay in India I could relate a lot to what Chatan Bhagat has written. I also have similar experiences to tell. I thought initially I will put that also in the same blog post then I thought I will do that another time. But now I feel I should tell my experience.

We live in school quarters consisting of little over 100

Lol..you sound like someone standing trial for mur...

2011-10-27T16:48:16.322+01:00

Lol..you sound like someone standing trial for murder admitting to a petty theft and walking away. I see potential for you to be a politician! ;)

You're a good blogger otherwise, and one of the hallmarks of being a good blogger is to admit when you goof up and move on to the next blog. I would suggest you re-read everything and just admit you messed up and move on. Even the best

Karthik Read the following sentence once again and...

2011-10-27T12:58:58.321+01:00

Karthik
Read the following sentence once again and I think that will answer your question ".Now Chetan Bhagat came back to India from Hong Kong with the “mindset” to live like an Indian in India and also to put into practice some good things he learned abroad."

In India when a servant or a driver left him CB did not panic. Now giving decent salary and respect - something

Brijesh, I have to disagree with your inter...

2011-10-27T07:36:58.328+01:00

Brijesh,
I have to disagree with your interpretation of both the articles.

1) Sumedh's article is about how he had to drop basic decency and compassion over time since he was duped by one/two times during his stay. He found that he cannot continue to be callous about the extreme poverty and inequality around here. Maybe, he didn't want to do his bit to make a

GS Thanks Kool I tried few times (even today) but...

2011-10-26T11:24:20.311+01:00

GS
Thanks

Kool
I tried few times (even today) but is not working in my blog. FB has phased out "Share" button with "Like" button and after that I am having some problem. May be because I am still using the old blogger platform. Any techies out there who can help me?

Anand
My bad... I had those words in italics when I copied. While editing

It's becoming increasingly clear that issues l...

2011-10-26T03:22:03.892+01:00

It's becoming increasingly clear that issues like these seem to be analyzed with little objectivity and vary vastly with individual opinion. Those who have positive feelings about living in India will focus only on the good and block out the bad. Case in point, in the excerpts you chose to leave out the meat of Mungee's blog. Points like - "Near the first anniversary of our return, I

Hey Brijesh - Sorry, completely unrelated to thi...

2011-10-25T23:49:28.355+01:00

Hey Brijesh -

Sorry, completely unrelated to this blog entry but why did you take out the facebook 'like' or 'recommend'? It's easy to share from here after reading the whole blog entry rather than going back to facebook and then share it. Can you please enable it back?

Thanks!

This "Relocating to India" series was ve...

2011-10-25T19:30:35.050+01:00

This "Relocating to India" series was very interesting, Brijesh..

Keep walking.. Keep writing!!!

-- GS