After 4 months of stay here, time to sum up the overall feeling. I should say it has been a mixed bag. We know there are some things which won't change in our life time here in India and we have to get used to - like general cleanliness of the surrondings in India(people keep their homes neat, I doubt we would see any home that packed with things like some of the homes in US but as soon as they get out to street, that mentality changes in the opposite direction!), random traffic, drivers not respecting the pedestrians, clean water supply, minimal pollution etc.
However, there are lots of positive things as well - it is a joy to see the kids playing with their cousins and getting pampered from their grandparents. They are not just kids - they are related to somebody and try to understand the links (questions like how am I related to so and so we met is a common question from our first one). Also, being born here, it always feels like your own place - you don't feel you are outsider and that makes your heart lighter. At work, there is not much pressure of getting laid off the next day. You feel like you are working with your own people - of course, there is always the company politics etc which wouldn't go off that easily but that is something to be taken as part of life ...
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