Comments on: How to stop faking it and start living in the real India http://neoindian.org/2009/06/09/how-to-stop-faking-it-and-start-living-in-the-real-india/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-stop-faking-it-and-start-living-in-the-real-india Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:47:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: kavya http://neoindian.org/2009/06/09/how-to-stop-faking-it-and-start-living-in-the-real-india/#comment-12916 kavya Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:11:40 +0000 http://neoindian.org/?p=1312#comment-12916 I agree with what you say, I'm an Indian and I too thinks that we must open our eyes and realize the mistakes in our ways of living. It is time that we also begin to appreciate the good things in other peoples culture instead of living in a cocoon. I wish more Indians become more open minded and start living for making the world a better place rather than indulging in petty gossips, I wish that they treat women with the same way that they would treat a man, I wish they stop blaming girls for being eve teased rather than asking the boys to behave themselves, I wish the girl's side did not have to bear all the wedding costs while the boy's side acts like they are the Gods, I wish Indian people realize that they do not have the best education system in the world. All said and done, I have faith that India will survive, because we as a people have that faith, we will become better by the day, we have a lot to learn, but we also have a lot to offer. We must take the good from the western culture, but also uphold our own. We have many flaws in our society, but we also have dreams for a better one, more importantly we have a opportunity, a chance to make things better, unlike in some of the middle eastern countries, where women are totally oppressed. India is a land which is not perfect, but is also a land which can give you dreams, give you hope that we are all striving to make things better. I agree with what you say, I’m an Indian and I too thinks that we must open our eyes and realize the mistakes in our ways of living. It is time that we also begin to appreciate the good things in other peoples culture instead of living in a cocoon.
I wish more Indians become more open minded and start living for making the world a better place rather than indulging in petty gossips, I wish that they treat women with the same way that they would treat a man, I wish they stop blaming girls for being eve teased rather than asking the boys to behave themselves, I wish the girl’s side did not have to bear all the wedding costs while the boy’s side acts like they are the Gods, I wish Indian people realize that they do not have the best education system in the world.
All said and done, I have faith that India will survive, because we as a people have that faith, we will become better by the day, we have a lot to learn, but we also have a lot to offer. We must take the good from the western culture, but also uphold our own. We have many flaws in our society, but we also have dreams for a better one, more importantly we have a opportunity, a chance to make things better, unlike in some of the middle eastern countries, where women are totally oppressed.
India is a land which is not perfect, but is also a land which can give you dreams, give you hope that we are all striving to make things better.

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]]> By: Sach! http://neoindian.org/2009/06/09/how-to-stop-faking-it-and-start-living-in-the-real-india/#comment-11238 Sach! Sat, 24 Apr 2010 20:13:21 +0000 http://neoindian.org/?p=1312#comment-11238 OMGosh! Really? Well that's Indian ;) OMGosh! Really? Well that’s Indian ;)

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]]> By: neo http://neoindian.org/2009/06/09/how-to-stop-faking-it-and-start-living-in-the-real-india/#comment-11237 neo Sat, 24 Apr 2010 20:08:31 +0000 http://neoindian.org/?p=1312#comment-11237 You really should write. You know the irony ? Preeti's parents have tata sky and shop in supermarkets (her mom hates shopping anywhere that's not AC)!! I visited her parents after we had our epic argument, and the irony literally (well not literally) floored me! -N You really should write. You know the irony ? Preeti’s parents have tata sky and shop in supermarkets (her mom hates shopping anywhere that’s not AC)!! I visited her parents after we had our epic argument, and the irony literally (well not literally) floored me!

-N

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]]> By: Sach! http://neoindian.org/2009/06/09/how-to-stop-faking-it-and-start-living-in-the-real-india/#comment-11213 Sach! Sat, 24 Apr 2010 11:00:22 +0000 http://neoindian.org/?p=1312#comment-11213 umm no offence but the 'real India' that you are (or in fact Preeti is) talking of was lived by my parents...okay not exaggerating but at least I did go to fancy school, I do get to watch tata sky at home (when I'm home!) and yes! for years have been going with mom to that one farmer something supermarket and shopping things. And now they even have reliance fresh and what not marketing ideas to get women under one roof! O yea! My parents don't own a home in *suburbs* :) I guess I should soon be writing about this! umm no offence but the ‘real India’ that you are (or in fact Preeti is) talking of was lived by my parents…okay not exaggerating but at least I did go to fancy school, I do get to watch tata sky at home (when I’m home!) and yes! for years have been going with mom to that one farmer something supermarket and shopping things. And now they even have reliance fresh and what not marketing ideas to get women under one roof! O yea! My parents don’t own a home in *suburbs* :)

I guess I should soon be writing about this!

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]]> By: digant http://neoindian.org/2009/06/09/how-to-stop-faking-it-and-start-living-in-the-real-india/#comment-10961 digant Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:30:40 +0000 http://neoindian.org/?p=1312#comment-10961 wow... u must really hating staying in India. wow… u must really hating staying in India.

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]]> By: xyz http://neoindian.org/2009/06/09/how-to-stop-faking-it-and-start-living-in-the-real-india/#comment-9492 xyz Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:24:29 +0000 http://neoindian.org/?p=1312#comment-9492 Mr Neo Wannabe if u are so very uncomfortable staying in India why dont you get your ass out of here! Mr Neo Wannabe if u are so very uncomfortable staying in India why dont you get your ass out of here!

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]]> By: Nadizen http://neoindian.org/2009/06/09/how-to-stop-faking-it-and-start-living-in-the-real-india/#comment-9054 Nadizen Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:58:14 +0000 http://neoindian.org/?p=1312#comment-9054 That sounds like a dhoti! If your maid's ripping those off, you're in trouble with the Neo wife! That sounds like a dhoti! If your maid’s ripping those off, you’re in trouble with the Neo wife!

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]]> By: Raju http://neoindian.org/2009/06/09/how-to-stop-faking-it-and-start-living-in-the-real-india/#comment-8790 Raju Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:42:13 +0000 http://neoindian.org/?p=1312#comment-8790 It is absurd that resident Indian people only pinpoint to r2i and NRI folk and ridicule them for not being Indian enough by braving a lower quality of everything. On visits to India even when I had not embarked upon my career and was still going to college in the U.S., I was surprised at how freely the people living in itself India would spend money! If the resident Indians can opt for a higher quality of living if they can afford it, why not the returning Indians? This just does not make any sense. This Preeti character comes in many incarnations and I'm sure we've all bumped into her and her type and have gone through all the annoyance that your post expresses. So, what kind of response does one give a 'Preeti'? Everyone just seems to think they have Carte Blanche to give you advice and to tell you how to live your life. The same frustration one goes through on hearing this advice is also felt when people want to peer into your personal life and gather statistics on you, as if they were intending to write a book about you. People want to know how much you make, how much you have saved, and what not as if it is their birthright (like 'Swaraj') and they shall have it! If you tell them, they dig deeper. If you don't, it is as if you have offended and insulted them. Now, you're on their bad side! How does one handle this?! Please... everyone, comment! Thx! It is absurd that resident Indian people only pinpoint to r2i and NRI folk and ridicule them for not being Indian enough by braving a lower quality of everything. On visits to India even when I had not embarked upon my career and was still going to college in the U.S., I was surprised at how freely the people living in itself India would spend money! If the resident Indians can opt for a higher quality of living if they can afford it, why not the returning Indians? This just does not make any sense.

This Preeti character comes in many incarnations and I’m sure we’ve all bumped into her and her type and have gone through all the annoyance that your post expresses.

So, what kind of response does one give a ‘Preeti’? Everyone just seems to think they have Carte Blanche to give you advice and to tell you how to live your life. The same frustration one goes through on hearing this advice is also felt when people want to peer into your personal life and gather statistics on you, as if they were intending to write a book about you.

People want to know how much you make, how much you have saved, and what not as if it is their birthright (like ‘Swaraj’) and they shall have it! If you tell them, they dig deeper. If you don’t, it is as if you have offended and insulted them. Now, you’re on their bad side! How does one handle this?! Please… everyone, comment! Thx!

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]]> By: तेजस्वी http://neoindian.org/2009/06/09/how-to-stop-faking-it-and-start-living-in-the-real-india/#comment-3531 तेजस्वी Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:36:15 +0000 http://neoindian.org/?p=1312#comment-3531 Tata sky??? I thought that you had Dish tv?? Hmmm..... Tata sky???
I thought that you had Dish tv??
Hmmm…..

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]]> By: The Cydonian http://neoindian.org/2009/06/09/how-to-stop-faking-it-and-start-living-in-the-real-india/#comment-3504 The Cydonian Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:30:28 +0000 http://neoindian.org/?p=1312#comment-3504 Podcasts FTW! Get on with the program man, you aren't an Amreekan hipster if you don't listen to NPR through _podcasts_. Seriously though, if you're big on NPR, do give podcasts / NPR's iPhone/ iPod Touch app a try. :-) Nothing like listening to Fresh Air while you're waiting for a plane to Borneo.... Podcasts FTW! Get on with the program man, you aren’t an Amreekan hipster if you don’t listen to NPR through _podcasts_.

Seriously though, if you’re big on NPR, do give podcasts / NPR’s iPhone/ iPod Touch app a try. :-) Nothing like listening to Fresh Air while you’re waiting for a plane to Borneo….

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