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On March 15 2011 10:48 wongi wrote:
What are the job opportunities like in India for a graduate?
There are great number of positions you can apply in almost every field if you have great grades in HS and Collage since here people don't actually value Job Experience that much at all,thats why we have annoying call centers with people with zero job training....
On March 15 2011 10:56 TrXm wrote:
Not sure if this is appropriate or not, but generally do Indians hate the Chinese?
We don't hate the Chinese its just that our economy is in intense competition with the Chinese economy.
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When you call for tech support, does a white guy answer?
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On March 15 2011 19:18 Zorkmid wrote:
When you call for tech support, does a white guy answer?
no because tech support is always your brother/cousin/brother-in-law/friend.
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Is there any way for certain to know if it would be more proper to use "Namaste" or "ha salam alaikum" just by looking at a middle eastern person? I see and meet a lot of middle easterners and I always want to use one of these greetings but I'm worried that if I use the wrong one I'll offend them.
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On March 16 2011 01:58 VTArlock wrote:
Is there any way for certain to know if it would be more proper to use "Namaste" or "ha salam alaikum" just by looking at a middle eastern person? I see and meet a lot of middle easterners and I always want to use one of these greetings but I'm worried that if I use the wrong one I'll offend them.
India is not a middle eastern country  its a south asian country. namaste is used by the hindus and salam alaikum is used by muslims so i think the latter would be suitable to most of the indians.
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On March 16 2011 01:58 VTArlock wrote:
Is there any way for certain to know if it would be more proper to use "Namaste" or "ha salam alaikum" just by looking at a middle eastern person? I see and meet a lot of middle easterners and I always want to use one of these greetings but I'm worried that if I use the wrong one I'll offend them.
loool,seems like you missed a few classes of world geography.India is South Asia.
but you are a foreigner,traditionally we greet foreigners first.
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Have you ever swam in the Varanasi River? Was it gross?
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On March 17 2011 01:41 BLinD-RawR wrote:Show nested quote +On March 16 2011 01:58 VTArlock wrote:
Is there any way for certain to know if it would be more proper to use "Namaste" or "ha salam alaikum" just by looking at a middle eastern person? I see and meet a lot of middle easterners and I always want to use one of these greetings but I'm worried that if I use the wrong one I'll offend them. loool,seems like you missed a few classes of world geography.India is South Asia. but you are a foreigner,traditionally we greet foreigners first.
Yes, I am a foreigner in Starcraft standards but here in the US Im not T_T. But how do you know by meeting someone of "south asian" decent, which greeting to use?
If they are wearing a saari would that indicate anything?
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On March 17 2011 14:41 VTArlock wrote:Show nested quote +On March 17 2011 01:41 BLinD-RawR wrote:On March 16 2011 01:58 VTArlock wrote:
Is there any way for certain to know if it would be more proper to use "Namaste" or "ha salam alaikum" just by looking at a middle eastern person? I see and meet a lot of middle easterners and I always want to use one of these greetings but I'm worried that if I use the wrong one I'll offend them. loool,seems like you missed a few classes of world geography.India is South Asia. but you are a foreigner,traditionally we greet foreigners first. Yes, I am a foreigner in Starcraft standards but here in the US Im not T_T. But how do you know by meeting someone of "south asian" decent, which greeting to use? If they are wearing a saari would that indicate anything?
A 'Hello' is obviously the safest greeting but use 'Namaste' (pronounced NamasTay) if you want to win hearts.
Sari (pronounced Sadi) is an traditional hindu dress and thus 'Namaste' will be appropriate.
Muslims women traditionally (used to?) wear a black dress called Burqa (buurka). Salaam walekum (peace be upon you) will be an appropriate greeting to them. If they say it first then reply by Walekum As salaam (peace be upon you too).
And whenever you plan to come let me say that you are most welcome here. 
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On March 17 2011 03:05 phant wrote:
Have you ever swam in the Varanasi River? Was it gross?
yes and hells yes,bloody floating shit...
some kid took a dump wile I was swimming...immediatley swam out.
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I felt like answering more questions about my country.
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What do Indians think about NRI's? Are there any benefits of getting indian girls if you are an NRI? In general, what are the benefits an NRI has within India (i.e. easier to get jobs? etc.)?
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On April 14 2011 17:07 GrayArea wrote:
What do Indians think about NRI's? Are there any benefits of getting indian girls if you are an NRI? In general, what are the benefits an NRI has within India (i.e. easier to get jobs? etc.)?
NRI=free expensive stuff from other countries,lol.
NRIs usually look for Indian women,well at least the ones I know do because they seem to feel that sort of connection with them.They feel like other women don't really understand them and their upbringing and traditions that their parents refuse to let go of.....and its a huge burden off the parents.
the few benefits I know of is basically different taxes to pay and various tax cuts on other things.
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On April 14 2011 17:18 BLinD-RawR wrote:Show nested quote +On April 14 2011 17:07 GrayArea wrote:
What do Indians think about NRI's? Are there any benefits of getting indian girls if you are an NRI? In general, what are the benefits an NRI has within India (i.e. easier to get jobs? etc.)? NRI=free expensive stuff from other countries,lol. NRIs usually look for Indian women,well at least the ones I know do because they seem to feel that sort of connection with them.They feel like other women don't really understand them and their upbringing and traditions that their parents refuse to let go of.....and its a huge burden off the parents. the few benefits I know of is basically different taxes to pay and various tax cuts on other things.
I see, that makes sense. How about this hypothetical scenario. In general, who is preferred by indian girls: Really good looking indian born guy, or average looking NRI guy?
What's the best Indian street food to eat?
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Some time ago, my brother travelled around in India for a couple of weeks with a friend. He really liked the country but he also thought that some of the Indians were pretty weird. The strangest thing was that people kept looking at him. And not like having a glance while he walked by, but rather staring at him like they had seen a ghost. During long train journeys, literary every person on the train was looking at him for ten hours straight and not even trying to hide it. I guess that he avoided the traditional tourist spots but he still saw a couple of white tourists per day so he thought that they should be pretty used to see foreigners. So my question is, what is all this about?
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On April 14 2011 17:39 gn0m wrote:
Some time ago, my brother travelled around in India for a couple of weeks with a friend. He really liked the country but he also thought that some of the Indians were pretty weird. The strangest thing was that people kept looking at him. And not like having a glance while he walked by, but rather staring at him like they had seen a ghost. During long train journeys, literary every person on the train was looking at him for ten hours straight and not even trying to hide it. I guess that he avoided the traditional tourist spots but he still saw a couple of white tourists per day so he thought that they should be pretty used to see foreigners. So my question is, what is all this about?
I wonder if this is comparable to non-white/asian foreigners in Korea. I heard Korea is pretty xenophobic. Maybe a Korean could answer this, but how would an Indian person be perceived in Korea, or even an African American person? They must be pretty used to white people considering there are a lot of English teachers there.
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On April 14 2011 17:46 GrayArea wrote:Show nested quote +On April 14 2011 17:39 gn0m wrote:
Some time ago, my brother travelled around in India for a couple of weeks with a friend. He really liked the country but he also thought that some of the Indians were pretty weird. The strangest thing was that people kept looking at him. And not like having a glance while he walked by, but rather staring at him like they had seen a ghost. During long train journeys, literary every person on the train was looking at him for ten hours straight and not even trying to hide it. I guess that he avoided the traditional tourist spots but he still saw a couple of white tourists per day so he thought that they should be pretty used to see foreigners. So my question is, what is all this about? I wonder if this is comparable to non-white/asian foreigners in Korea. I heard Korea is pretty xenophobic. Maybe a Korean could answer this, but how would an Indian person be perceived in Korea, or even an African American person? They must be pretty used to white people considering there are a lot of English teachers there.
Both my brother and I have travelled in several other asian countries (not SK though) and while you get a lot more attention in these countries compared to western countries, India played in a league of its own. Also, my brother didn’t feel that they were xenophobic but rather extremely curious/interested. In one of the night trains he actually woke up and found himself surrounded by people sitting in his bed and starring at him. But as I said, there were other foreigners around so couldn’t understand what all the fuss was about.
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On April 14 2011 17:33 GrayArea wrote:Show nested quote +On April 14 2011 17:18 BLinD-RawR wrote:On April 14 2011 17:07 GrayArea wrote:
What do Indians think about NRI's? Are there any benefits of getting indian girls if you are an NRI? In general, what are the benefits an NRI has within India (i.e. easier to get jobs? etc.)? NRI=free expensive stuff from other countries,lol. NRIs usually look for Indian women,well at least the ones I know do because they seem to feel that sort of connection with them.They feel like other women don't really understand them and their upbringing and traditions that their parents refuse to let go of.....and its a huge burden off the parents. the few benefits I know of is basically different taxes to pay and various tax cuts on other things. I see, that makes sense. How about this hypothetical scenario. In general, who is preferred by indian girls: Really good looking indian born guy, or average looking NRI guy? What's the best Indian street food to eat?
there are only 2 religions in modern India
1)Cricket
2)Cinema
and for girls more so the Cinema and if they see a good looking boy with an above average background they will fall for him like a mosquito on Mortine(TM).
for the food question I would say all of them,the real question is where do you find the best Indian street food and thats in the big cities around the middle class areas.
On April 14 2011 17:39 gn0m wrote:
Some time ago, my brother travelled around in India for a couple of weeks with a friend. He really liked the country but he also thought that some of the Indians were pretty weird. The strangest thing was that people kept looking at him. And not like having a glance while he walked by, but rather staring at him like they had seen a ghost. During long train journeys, literary every person on the train was looking at him for ten hours straight and not even trying to hide it. I guess that he avoided the traditional tourist spots but he still saw a couple of white tourists per day so he thought that they should be pretty used to see foreigners. So my question is, what is all this about?
Was it his first time?a lot of people who come to India visit time and again that even though they are white they just blend in with the people because they are used to seeing them all the time,plus most of them probably wanted to talk to him but didn't know how to go about it.
well its pretty much that they were fascinated by seeing new white people.
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OP I demand you post pics of hot Indian chicks.
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On April 14 2011 21:26 BLinD-RawR wrote:Show nested quote +On April 14 2011 17:39 gn0m wrote:
Some time ago, my brother travelled around in India for a couple of weeks with a friend. He really liked the country but he also thought that some of the Indians were pretty weird. The strangest thing was that people kept looking at him. And not like having a glance while he walked by, but rather staring at him like they had seen a ghost. During long train journeys, literary every person on the train was looking at him for ten hours straight and not even trying to hide it. I guess that he avoided the traditional tourist spots but he still saw a couple of white tourists per day so he thought that they should be pretty used to see foreigners. So my question is, what is all this about? Was it his first time?a lot of people who come to India visit time and again that even though they are white they just blend in with the people because they are used to seeing them all the time,plus most of them probably wanted to talk to him but didn't know how to go about it.
Yeah it was his first time. Do you mean that he himself would blend in better if he visited more often/stayed for longer periods of time, or do you mean that the people around him would get used to see him if he stayed longer and therefore would pay less attention to him?
He guessed that much of the "awkwardness" between him and the Indians probably were due to the language barrier. But I was under the impression that a large majority of the people in India speak English?
well its pretty much that they were fascinated by seeing new white people.
This feels so strange to me, given Indias history with the UK and the large amount of tourists streaming in. Anyway, India seems like a really cool and unique country and would love to go there someday.
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