Comments on: Nine (plus one) ways of identifying a US-returned techie in India

By: Prajwal

Prajwal — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:12:01 +0000

how about this…a few ways of identifying typical indians who have stayed always stayed in india…

1. Always pick on NRIs. Say good about them one moment and the very next moment sneer at them for being NRI.

2. Will always talk about the pay of an NRI without asking about the NRIs living expenses.

3. (this is for the younger ones) Will try to ape watever “shtyle”(new jeans, hairdos accessories, high heel boots, lipsticks n wat not) appears on MTV and will pretend to act they are more desi than NRIs.

4. will always complain how NRIs try to show off by following traffic rules but not once will they consider the thought of following traffic rules themselves

5. will fight about how his/her mother tongue is supreme and all ppl who do not speak the concerned person’s mother tongue should be thrown out of the state/city. But will barely ever actually consider becoming a polyglot.

6. Will also look for the latest cars and latest Nike shoes and will buy it as soon as personal economics allow, most of these cars/shoes / articles being non indian origin, and will still say the NRI is showing off. (santro is by hyundai which is korean, nike is US, adidas is german, audi and BMW n Merc(the latest hep rides in bengaluru) are german).

7. Will bend rules in all possible ways to buy a piece of real estate and then claim that only the NRIs do it.

8. instead of payin attention to solving a problem will come up with a tentative list of ppl upon whom the cause of the problem can be blamed and then makes this list and then wishes that our country was efficient/developed like the western countries where the NRIs reside!

9. Will joke about how NRIs talk about corrupt politicians and bad roads while at the same time let a bunch of irresponsible ppl flaunt the public funds to make a trip to one of these developed “phoren countries” to study and learn from them(at least thats wat the ppl making these trips claim, like they have never heard of internet as means to discuss new technology and new methods)

By: Shashank

Shashank — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:18:58 +0000

Its Awesome.

By: Aruna

Aruna — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:02:14 +0000

Who is a techie?? writing few lines of code….
having air that they awork in so called SW.

Now a days Us is full of Indians , wo could be just duffers in India. Ever other person is a MS in US. people who could not pass properly through out their career , are in US.

Gone are the days , when people with good academic background would only come here .

The moment they land here only yeah, kool , yup…..
These cannot even speak good english back home. some vocabulory just goes above their head.

Indians can do anything for a few pennies……..AND AMERICANS CAN GET ANYHTING they want for anyne.

In fact it is not only Indians , all Asians in fact behave as beggars in US , Dieing for each dollar.

By: CR

CR — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:31:48 +0000

I like Chetan’s articles. It is full of punch and makes interesting reading. His views in it are absolutely correct. You could even add the point on – NRIs walk with a swing. It shows off the attitude – ofcourse not the good one.

By: Sudha Raju

Sudha Raju — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 11:09:50 +0000

First comes the good words…Its a typical characterizations about Indi folks from Uncle Sam’s land…Very humorous.

Irony being – We are sooo very Indian when we are in foreign lands and like to put on a foreigners mask when we are in India.

Our need to ape westerners is a result of slave mentality that most of us still seem to carry with us. We consider everything foreign as better than us.

By: Durga

Durga — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 19:12:44 +0000

People are so touchy about the word ‘coolie’. From my research, it is very rarely a ‘brownie’ manager’s pay and perks in USA are as generous /equivalent to a ‘white’ manager. In that sense it is ‘coolie’ pay irrespective of who and how many are repoting. I have often observed that boasting about one’s position, naturalisation, etc.. by which an Indian attempts to move to another stratum is also an ‘Indian trait’.

By: Paddy

Paddy — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:44:36 +0000

Hilarious! Its my first visit to your blog and I absolutely love the characterization. Keep these posted to keep our senses right :)

By: Anand

Anand — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:00:50 +0000

I request the churmuri moderator to remove ‘apoorva”s blog on Muslims/Mullahs immdly. No comments should be offensive to any religion.

By: Anand

Anand — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:57:15 +0000

Prabhakara,
Speak for yourself. YOU are a coolie, probably. I am a manager at a US company IN the US and I have several whites reporting to me.
In fact nobody is a coolie.
The first posting of this blog was in very good taste. I congratulate Chetan Krishnaswamy. Though I am an NRI, I never felt offended. Some times we need to laugh at ourselves. We Indians need to improve on this (including many other things).

By: imahotgal

imahotgal — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:08:42 +0000

I agree with prabhakara- we NRIs are just coolies- but isnt that the case with most of urban middle class resident india

By: ದೀರೇಂದ್ರ ಗೋಪಾಲ್

ದೀರೇಂದ್ರ ಗೋಪಾಲ್ — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:27:58 +0000

Prabhakara..neevenu Ganandhaari kithhaakthirodhu??

By: prabhakara

prabhakara — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:19:43 +0000

someone wrote “nri’s are backbone of indian economy”.please.
nri’s are just cheap laborer’s working for low wages in the usa.

By: apoorva

apoorva — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:42:10 +0000

have alook at my blog….i have written something similar.12 ways of identifying a mullah

By: apoorva84

apoorva84 — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:39:49 +0000

nice stuff….have a look at my blog. i have written 12 ways of identifying a typical muslim.

http://apoorvachandar.wordpress.com/2006/09/12/twelve-ways-of-identifying-a-typical-muslim%e2%80%a6/

By: I love NRIs

I love NRIs — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 06:52:57 +0000

Vinay – You are absolutely right. We need you in the USA where you belong most.