How do Indians feel when they go back to live in India after living in US for 5+ years?
Here is a word of advice for all NRI's who are looking to move back to India."If you are looking to move to India because you are bored of your job in the US or feel there are more opportunities here, then DON'T move back"I moved to Gurgaon 6 months back and its been a mix of pleasure and pain :)Its dusty, dirty, noisy, crowded, humid with crappy roads, even more crappier condos etc etc..you get the drift.If you want to live in a condo like you lived in the US, it will cost you atleast a lakh per month :)Most service providers and handymen will not be on time and will even be very blase about it.Shopping for good quality veggies and fruits is a pain.The fine line between a weekday and the weekend usually blurs.Maids and cooks are supposed to be a convenience but they are usually a pain in the neck because you gotta supervise them and keep an eye on them.Options for weekend breaks are very limited.If Google Maps says you will reach a place in 6 hours, it will take anywhere between 10-16hours.Sports facilities are pretty limited and the ones that are available are pretty expensive.The gyms here are crappy and are usually in the basement of some house nearby. There are good ones but usually very far from where you live and the commute is just not worth it.5kms of travel is like 25 miles of travel here.If you have been out of India for more than 3+ years, and have not been here in the last 3 years, you will get THE STICKER SHOCK of your life when you get back.Stuff has become frightfully expensive...some examples include petrol, wine, fine dining, movie tickets etc etc.Basically, everything is available here but at a price. You can almost duplicate your US lifestyle but the cost will be directly similar to what it was in the US. The only difference will be a drop in your salary (And this is if you were living in NYC or SFO. If you are living in Dallas or somewhere in the midwest in a $800/2BR apartment, the fun will be even more)Well, that's the bad part.Now to the good parts even though they may seem a bit vague :)Its home and I feel more 'alive' here.The food somehow tastes better.There is a notional sense of freedom (like zipping on the expressway at midnight without worrying about a cop car on your back)
Why do many people globally hate black people?
I grew up in the Jim Crow south. my grandfather was in the ku klux klan. they defended ‘white protestant America’ in those days. they were the paramilitary enforcement for Jim Crow, strongly anti-immigrant, anti-catholic and anti-semitic. they hated everyone equally, regardless of race, creed or national origin.my dad was a patriarchal, ‘white man’s burden’ white supremacist. once he told me black people are like children and we must take care of them. but, compared with his father, he was relatively progressive.Jim Crow worked by pretending black folks were invisible. what black folks? I don’t see any black folks. do you see any black folks? of course we kids saw black folks every where and were a little confused, but we understood make believe. we were kids.before the sixties I never saw a confederate flag. then came the marches and you black folks refused to pretend you are invisible. and the white folks got mad because you guys threatened to take away the all-white world they pretended to see. people like what they know. and not only did you guys threaten to take away what they knew, you took it. and that really pissed them off. all of a sudden there were confederate flags everywhere and people singing ‘dixie’ who didn’t even know they words. I think the confederate flag flying over Alabama’s capitol was a souvenir beach towel. or at least that’s what it looked like.and shortly thereafter they all became republicans. in droves. and to this day they’re still republicans. and they’re still pissed. talk about holding a grudge.so, and sorry to ramble, why do they hate you? they fear you. they always have. you show them their inhumanity. you show them their brutality. you show them the truth. and, as in ‘lord of the flies’, the truth is they are the beast. realizing you are the beast is unsettling business. we like to think we’re nice people. well mannered. genteel. we’re like blanche dubois. we want magic. we want illusion.