Here is a laundry list of things about which we feel pretty good so far ..
Family reach: Unlike before, when you were left out of all the bad news, all of the news reaches you - if a family member is sick, you get to know and can participate in some decisions and provide inputs. While in US, all we got was summary since family didn't want to 'bother' us with day-to-day happenings and we came to know only when it is already too late or has already a old news.
Feels like 'home': Unlike US, you feel at home. You know there are family people who care about you and you cna fall back for suggestions and inputs at a personal level. It was difficult to do that with friends in US, however close they are since family matters stay within the family and friends have their own things to worry about.
Kids exposure to Indian culture and variety: This is definitely a plus. Kids see so much variety here compared to US- be it the type of people, languages, colors, family members and all that is India. In US, everything was predictable and the same - even when you move from coast to coast, you can expect most of the things to work the same whereas here things are different from locality to locality.
Weather:
California weather was supposed to be warmer but have seen only few days in a year where we can go out and be comfortable without a jacket. Compared to that Bangalore weather is fantastic - never realized the value of this climate before when we stayed here. Going out with kids at 6pm in the evening is a daily affair - kids get a good sweat by the time they are back. Haven't removed the jacket yet out from closet after 4 months of stay, even for a single day!
Sure summer is going to be hot but pretty sure it is going to stay this way until at least December, which would leave us with 4 months of warm days - seems manageable.
Work environment: You see a lot of fresh blood, given there is a good amount of turn-over in high tech companies. It was refreshing to see lots of energy in the work enviroment, including lots of techinical sessions, folks filing for patents, trying new things etc. In large companies in US, it seems like there is a bit of stagnation since people get to the routine of working on existing products with which they are familiar and comfortable and movement is slow.
Food, specially vegetarian: It feels back home when a resturant is 'vegetarian' by default and there is no board to declare that! In US, there was always the uncomfortable feeling of eating out in a non-veg restaurant where things can get 'mixed-up'. True, quality/hygene of the most of the resturants in India are questionable but there are high-end resturatns now which serve clean. The prices will give a sticker shock but you are not eating out everyday anyway. (The buffet at Barbecue Nation will set you back by Rs. 450 or so and this place is crowded in the week-ends. It is very common to see the prices of buffet in the range of Rs. 200 to Rs. 250 even in medium scale restuarants.
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Family reach: Unlike before, when you were left out of all the bad news, all of the news reaches you - if a family member is sick, you get to know and can participate in some decisions and provide inputs. While in US, all we got was summary since family didn't want to 'bother' us with day-to-day happenings and we came to know only when it is already too late or has already a old news.
Feels like 'home': Unlike US, you feel at home. You know there are family people who care about you and you cna fall back for suggestions and inputs at a personal level. It was difficult to do that with friends in US, however close they are since family matters stay within the family and friends have their own things to worry about.
Kids exposure to Indian culture and variety: This is definitely a plus. Kids see so much variety here compared to US- be it the type of people, languages, colors, family members and all that is India. In US, everything was predictable and the same - even when you move from coast to coast, you can expect most of the things to work the same whereas here things are different from locality to locality.
Weather:
California weather was supposed to be warmer but have seen only few days in a year where we can go out and be comfortable without a jacket. Compared to that Bangalore weather is fantastic - never realized the value of this climate before when we stayed here. Going out with kids at 6pm in the evening is a daily affair - kids get a good sweat by the time they are back. Haven't removed the jacket yet out from closet after 4 months of stay, even for a single day!
Sure summer is going to be hot but pretty sure it is going to stay this way until at least December, which would leave us with 4 months of warm days - seems manageable.
Work environment: You see a lot of fresh blood, given there is a good amount of turn-over in high tech companies. It was refreshing to see lots of energy in the work enviroment, including lots of techinical sessions, folks filing for patents, trying new things etc. In large companies in US, it seems like there is a bit of stagnation since people get to the routine of working on existing products with which they are familiar and comfortable and movement is slow.
Food, specially vegetarian: It feels back home when a resturant is 'vegetarian' by default and there is no board to declare that! In US, there was always the uncomfortable feeling of eating out in a non-veg restaurant where things can get 'mixed-up'. True, quality/hygene of the most of the resturants in India are questionable but there are high-end resturatns now which serve clean. The prices will give a sticker shock but you are not eating out everyday anyway. (The buffet at Barbecue Nation will set you back by Rs. 450 or so and this place is crowded in the week-ends. It is very common to see the prices of buffet in the range of Rs. 200 to Rs. 250 even in medium scale restuarants.
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