I have no clue why people in India ever decide to leave and go to a western country to spend a large portion of their lives.
I mean after staying in US for a year, and right now 2 months in London, my conviction that India is the place or me, is getting cemented.
There are way too many things to consider here. Let me begin with the amount of work one has to do, with domestic help being as costly as half your salary maybe
Every time I get up to do something, ,I need to think on the lines of "how to minimize work, in washing utensils".
Points to consider are:
-Reuse the spoons
-Just rinse and use the same pan twice for making tea
- every time you finish something, immediately keep it in dishwasher so that there is not a load of stuff left at the end of the day...and all such stunts
and each time I go back to my life in India...the grandeur with which I used to throw every utensil I used back home in India..without a care...that is so much much missed
Then lets come to the medical stuff, I had to get a few tests done, and for that you need to be enrolled in a surgery, which takes a couple of days. I am not sure how someone who comes here fresh manages it, I had a spouse living here for 10+ years, so I could manage faster. Cos if you are not enrolled, private tests cost you a fortune, on the lines o 150 pounds which translates to 15,000 rs. for tests which would hardly take 1000-2000 rs in India.
Then comes getting an appointment, even a bloody blood test which only takes a couple of seconds, takes you a week to get reserved. One of the test is available only after a month..holy f*** shit!
There are some tests which had to be timed in a certain way, which is unpredictable, and if you dont get it right then you may as well wait for a month for the next opportune moment, since the booking always makes it a week to come by..HUH!
And the reports also take a week to come, and they dont even give you the report, just let you know if its good or bad!!
3rd comes the conveyance bit. Someone like me, who does not earn billions, could afford an auto which is so easily available and I can get one as soon as I get down my flat. Never knew something like that could be a luxury in foreign cities. So if you dont drive, your life can be quite hellish and dependent, in this unknown country. The trains and buses and changes can leave you exhausted, unless you are in the heart of the city, which is not affordable by all.
For someone like me, this life seems a struggle!!
And I wish to be back, back for good, to my old India. The haggard, poor, much looked down upon India, which has always given me the wings to fly, and every where else I felt tied.
I mean after staying in US for a year, and right now 2 months in London, my conviction that India is the place or me, is getting cemented.
There are way too many things to consider here. Let me begin with the amount of work one has to do, with domestic help being as costly as half your salary maybe
Every time I get up to do something, ,I need to think on the lines of "how to minimize work, in washing utensils".
Points to consider are:
-Reuse the spoons
-Just rinse and use the same pan twice for making tea
- every time you finish something, immediately keep it in dishwasher so that there is not a load of stuff left at the end of the day...and all such stunts
and each time I go back to my life in India...the grandeur with which I used to throw every utensil I used back home in India..without a care...that is so much much missed
Then lets come to the medical stuff, I had to get a few tests done, and for that you need to be enrolled in a surgery, which takes a couple of days. I am not sure how someone who comes here fresh manages it, I had a spouse living here for 10+ years, so I could manage faster. Cos if you are not enrolled, private tests cost you a fortune, on the lines o 150 pounds which translates to 15,000 rs. for tests which would hardly take 1000-2000 rs in India.
Then comes getting an appointment, even a bloody blood test which only takes a couple of seconds, takes you a week to get reserved. One of the test is available only after a month..holy f*** shit!
There are some tests which had to be timed in a certain way, which is unpredictable, and if you dont get it right then you may as well wait for a month for the next opportune moment, since the booking always makes it a week to come by..HUH!
And the reports also take a week to come, and they dont even give you the report, just let you know if its good or bad!!
3rd comes the conveyance bit. Someone like me, who does not earn billions, could afford an auto which is so easily available and I can get one as soon as I get down my flat. Never knew something like that could be a luxury in foreign cities. So if you dont drive, your life can be quite hellish and dependent, in this unknown country. The trains and buses and changes can leave you exhausted, unless you are in the heart of the city, which is not affordable by all.
For someone like me, this life seems a struggle!!
And I wish to be back, back for good, to my old India. The haggard, poor, much looked down upon India, which has always given me the wings to fly, and every where else I felt tied.
6 comments:
The riches never matter I guess. Its the regressive thinking clashing with the liberated thinking. But then I realize, these are global issues and not local to India.
I do believe, India is "more free" than the rest of the western Hemisphere - and also unsafe for the same reasons: Corrupt, ineffective law enforcement.
Everywhere there is something wrong with the system. You got to decide what works best for you
I think it's a matter of what you are comfortable with. I, for one, who grew up here would think about how can people ever live in India :-).
I hope you get to go home soon.
Raaji - No definitely someone who is brought up in western country can never understand or feel this way.
Amen to you last sentence..just wish lie's decision could be that easy.
Despite everything: Saarey jahan se achcha Hindustan hamara.
Syed - bilkul sahi hai ye..cant feel more for this than now
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