After a long gap, I finally managed to go to India for a vacation. And the funny part is, when I left for India, when I reached there, whoever I met, everyone assumed I had come to get married! And everyone had the same reasoning...the dude is 20 something odd (ok closer to 30), going to India after such a long time for such a long time....is obviously going to see girls lined up by his parents and will pick 1 and marry her! I tried telling everyone that it is not the case, I am just going on a vacation (part of which was actually spent working from B'lore!), but no one believed me!
That's when I realized that Indians are, to a large extent I would say rightly so, stereotyped....we do our engg, come to the US for our Master's, get a job and H1, work for a couple of years, go to India, see a few girls short-listed by our parents, select one..get married, get her here on H4 or try to get her H1 done through a consultant...wait for the Green Card and while waiting continue slogging at work! Of course, in between they have kids who become US citizens and we feel happy that at least our kids won't have to go through all the we went through!!
Another part of this image is best explained by this story : When I had just moved back to the US and was planning to buy a car, I decided to check out some Ford cars only because a friend told me I could get a new one for under $10K! Turned out it was not the case..But when my boss' boss heard that...he was like how dare you break away from the template?! I was like what template?
He goes...a desi dude is never supposed to even consider buying a Ford! He has to either buy a Honda or a Toyota!! And then of course, the above thing about marriage was repeated for good measure :-)
The best part was a friend sending this about why I am still single...:)
3 comments:
hey good job! for fulfilling my khwaish so soon!!
though I must say I saw a little angst in the post...it was more of a rant than rambling...
btw...you did end up with a honda right ? :)
u r welcome ;)
angst? aisa kya? itz more of frustration man, getting asked the same q over n over again!! :-D
abt the Honda...lol...the most cost effective car given the gas prices at that time and the economy now :-p
hahaha.....
I believe I was the one... who didnt ask you the same stereotyped question.. :-) just becoz I understand... what someone goes thru on his/her India trip being on H1.... :D i recently had a trip back home... ;-)
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