The General Elections are about to take place later this month in India. In a country of 1.1bn people where there are over a dozen official languages and large swaths of the rural areas have very low literacy rates, it’s incredible that elections manage to take place at all. You could easily compare India to… Continue reading
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Three Great Films You Probably Haven’t Seen
Living in India, I have cable TV which has blessed me with 10 sports channels, at least one of which will be showing live action football on Saturday or Sunday. This means I’m able to watch the Premiership matches which you guys in the UK can’t, such as the 3pm Saturday matches. It also gives… Continue reading
A Second Income
There is no real point to this post, just general / random musings 🙂 Being quite an independent minded kind of person, when it comes to making money, I always like to be in control of how much I earn. This can be very good, but if you are relying on your own efforts and… Continue reading
Indian IT Professionals Come Down To Earth With A Bump
When I came to India in the first quarter of 2008, the economy was still pretty much in full swing as I set about building my team of superstars. As I interviewed candidate after candidate a few things started to irk me, such as their belief that by changing jobs it could net them a… Continue reading
India: Keeping it in the family
There’s a nice saying in English which is: every day is a school day. It means that you learn something new each day. This is exceptionally true when you are immersed in to a foreign culture. However, today was a school, college and university day. I was talking to a work colleague, as you do,… Continue reading
How to spot an Indian
I came across this list on my travels around the internet. Is it true? Speak to your Indian friends 🙂 ———— We Indians are easy to identify! We are like this only So true, lets start the list 1. Everything you eat is savored in garlic, onion and tomatoes. 2. You try and reuse gift… Continue reading
No Kissing Please… We’re British!
I love being an expat, I love working in a different country, and most importantly I love being in a place where you don’t have to wonder what the weather will be like – it’s always shorts and t-shirt weather. It’s always lovely and hot. Give me blazing sun over winter blues anyday. I’d say… Continue reading
Well, I’m Back In India
There is a saying that you will know when you are in India because something totally out of the ordinary or random will happen – something will happen that probably wouldn’t happen anywhere else. So, I got off the plane after a pleasant 9.5 hour flight (err…) and looked out for my driver Aravind who… Continue reading
Foreigners Leaving India…
I thought I’d better write this as a little public service announcement for any Foreigners who are living and working in India for more than 6 months. As you are aware, you have to register with the FRRO in your city. This is fine (albeit, ensure you have an office boy on hand to run… Continue reading
Let It Snow!
There is a bit of a cold snap occuring in England at the moment, temperatures down to -2 or -3 degrees C. Yesterday it snowed, so thought I’d post a few pics of Market Harborough in the snow.