Indians.
They really have things which I like a lot, and things, which I don’t understand to great extent.
Different:
The most different thing is time management. 5 minutes mean 30 minutes and more. After some time you’re quite sure, that if event is planned at 11 – in corporate it will start at 11.15 at least, and informal one 12.00 – 12.30. And this is ok.
Expression of the opinions. Indians tend to say their thoughts in indirect way. there is no direct ‘No’, they have ‘may be later’ which has the same meaning.
Opinions of bosses and elders are respected to great extend, even if sometimes they’re not very correct.
There was very good pic, which showed the difference between Indian and Western expression of opinions. Western is a straight line, Indian is a labyrinth with the end quite far from the beginning (actually, I suggest, that end point and start one should be the same)
Indian guys. Each rule has its exceptions, but if to take in general you get too much attention from their side. And the stereotype, that western women are easier in approach is alive in 50% of cases at least. In the beginning I paid no attention on the looks on the streets, then it start to be noticeable, and now I develop my patience not to get irritated, when you walk on the streets. I’m ok with normal looking, but feel very uncomfortable when it’s written ‘I want you’ with a big letters inside of the eyes. One of the most stupid things – is to give your number to somebody on the party. Strange, when they write you love messages after 30 minutes talk somewhere on the common friends party or start to call you ‘dear friend’. Which friend? I have seen you once. It will be ok, if somebody wants to make friends with you, but all of them escape after getting an answer on the question “Do you have a boyfriend?” – “Yes, I have, want to see the pic???”. Yeah, then it becomes quite funny. Guys, why do you think, that foreign girl is only waiting to become your ‘girlfriend’ after one meeting and 100 of crappy love messages from your side? Is it working with indian girls?
Yeah, in any case, I thank you because I develop my patience with you)))
One more time I admit that each observation has its exceptions and I know them very well.
Spirit of competition. This is really different, but it’s easy to explain. Indians compete 24x7. it’s very visible in the workplace, in the educational establishments. But it’s reasonable. You have a population more than 1 billion and not so much of good jobs. Only the best people will get the best things. This gives 2 more topics for the discussion, like society and education.
What I like:
They are very helpful even if they don’t know your language.
That people I got to know more they are people of big hearts and deep souls.
Very knowledgeable. Lots of people who’re subject matter experts in their respective fields.
Some common habits:
Mobile phones. It’s impossible to see proper Indian without proper mobile. Notice – most of them get mobiles when they enter college or 10th-12th standards. They like and can speak hours on mobile (observed on some friends of mine). Actually, it’s also easy to explain, after college they settle in different cities and this is the easiest way to keep in touch, when you’re 1000 km one from each other. Lot’s of people have blackberries. This means 2 things: some social status(they are quite expensive) and unlimited access to the internet and social networks. So these guys are quite addicted to gtalk)) it’s so funny, when your neighbor in cinema is typing messages for the entire movie on his BB.
Social networks. The most common ones are facebook and Orkut. I have a feeling, that orkut is an indian - brasilian social network. Facebook is a great opportunity to keep in touch, I’m getting used to it, because I’m more addicted to its Russian version.
Free time. Indians are real movie freaks! And I like it a lot. Each week only 3 english movies are realized, so there is a plenty of opportunities what to watch. And lot’s of hindi movies. I had a stereotype that all Indian movies are from Bollywood. This is not true. Definitely a lot of movies are, but each state has its own movies. In its own language. If to take into consideration that in general population of the states is near 50mln each…))
Parties. Why do they end at 11.30? as maximum at 1.30 in very good clubs. Yeah, got used to Ukrainian parties, which only starts at 11 p.m. The music is ok, but the same. Actually I didn’t see a lot of new tracks in club music for these 8 months.
Most of the places have ‘couple entrance’, for my CS it’s quite interesting question, because we have more guys than girls.
Walking on foot. It’s quite hard to find a place in Pune, where you can do it. in the late evenings it’s not the safest decision and the roads are not for it. So you can go around your society for number of times)) Jogging is available in new societies with nice roads.
to be continued...
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