As much as I thank GTALK , FB, BBM for letting us all stay connected throughout, this can make us feel disconnected with oneself at times. Maybe it just happens to a few odd ones like me who are in a relationship with thyself!!
So the awesomeness due to which I wanted to post about my much awaited getaway and the long weekend, was the printer machine at work. Just fired a print out of my itinerary and the air tickets- I go to the printer room and see 10 others like mine from makemytrip to yatra to IRCTC. It just felt awesome and I have to quote:
“Cheers to the jobs that pay for the air tickets” ( am sure this must be going on in the mind of 100 others at my workplace )
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
THE DILLI - NRI
I have been meeting many Mumbaikars off late who say things like - we do not understand Delhi people, Delhi professionals and the attitude of people in Delhi towards people they do not know.
Professionalism is a loaded word so I am not sure what they mean by Delhi professionals!! I think this problem they have with the attitude problem of Dilliwalaas deserves another post.
But there was something else that struck me that came out of a DILLI-NRI; born and brought up in Delhi and settled in Seattle. My mom met this DILLI-NRI amongst the many people in her 6 month long vacation ( escape from our madness :P ) to the US. So here goes there conversation:
Ma – “So whats the one thing that you miss about India the most?”
NRI UNCLE – “ Well, I miss littering around the most; Nobody does it here and we do not do it either.”
Ma – “ Then its good that you came here and got the training right; coz the literacy rate of India is growing and very soon you wont be littering in India coz nobody else would be littering around!! Only the people deprived of education are the ones who end up littering these days; I am not sure if they enjoy it.”
Oh boy I love my Mom so much. What a Kodak moment this must have been !!
Something I ponder about in my daily DELHI METRO rides:
Littering is a punishable offense ( that is what is announced all the time ) but there are hardly any dustbins in the vicinity of the station.
Professionalism is a loaded word so I am not sure what they mean by Delhi professionals!! I think this problem they have with the attitude problem of Dilliwalaas deserves another post.
But there was something else that struck me that came out of a DILLI-NRI; born and brought up in Delhi and settled in Seattle. My mom met this DILLI-NRI amongst the many people in her 6 month long vacation ( escape from our madness :P ) to the US. So here goes there conversation:
Ma – “So whats the one thing that you miss about India the most?”
NRI UNCLE – “ Well, I miss littering around the most; Nobody does it here and we do not do it either.”
Ma – “ Then its good that you came here and got the training right; coz the literacy rate of India is growing and very soon you wont be littering in India coz nobody else would be littering around!! Only the people deprived of education are the ones who end up littering these days; I am not sure if they enjoy it.”
Oh boy I love my Mom so much. What a Kodak moment this must have been !!
Something I ponder about in my daily DELHI METRO rides:
Littering is a punishable offense ( that is what is announced all the time ) but there are hardly any dustbins in the vicinity of the station.
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