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Hello! And welcome to Bangalored.com and The Reverse Diaspora blog!
Bangalored (adj). Having lost business or employment due to a relocation of a business function to India.
Reverse Daispora (phr). When the Daispora retruns to the homeland, only to discover that they are "foreigners" in the land they left.
I have now spent just a little less than half my life in the US of A. I am in the process of moving back to India - over the last one year I have spent ten months in India. I miss beautiful Milwaukee, but what is happening today in India is so exciting, I wouldn't want to miss it at any cost. :-) So now I am "stranger in the land of my birth" - hence the title of this blog...
Why this blog? I want to write about what I see in India - a very different place from where I grew up. And I have seen all of India (except Assam and some of those smaller states - they used to be called union territories). But my perspective is now American - its where I "grew up" in a different sense.
Of course the natural tendency is going to be - why cant "X" be like it is in America, it works great there? But that would be narrow-minded - India is different and always will be. How boring if Pune looked like Milwaukee and everyone acted like Milwaukeeans.
If America is a Melting Pot, then India is a Boiling Cauldron. Everything is changing - and fast. In India…
The entropy is amazing!
The growth is stupendous!
It’s a crucible of a free market!
It’s a dream of Darwinism!
It’s a nightmare for the righteous!
It will make you question everything you believe.
See you next time, with more details…..
posted by Anil Gupte at 11:17 PM
5 Comments:
A lovely write-up! I just happened to encounter your blog while googling the word 'bangalored'. Must say, your first blog entry was real fun to read. India is, and will always be, an ever-exciting 'Boiling Cauldron' :)
Well,I came across your blog when I was doing a domain search on "Bangalored" , just to see if it had been taken.It was,of course - and it lead me here.
Nice write up,clean and fun to read.
I am glad that you are Bangalored and not Puneyed! Not that it makes any difference for the returning warrior, as you would be called by Castanata.
It will be worth it a few years down the line. To start with, you will wonder if you have done the right thing, will have butterflies in your stomach, etc but eventually, it will be something to look back on and laugh at.
Dhanyavad for the terrific blog.
As an American, born & raised in Madison, Wisconsin and married to a Bengali from Pune, as soon as i found your "Bangalored" blog, I had to sit down and read all your posts. They're particularly relevant to me as I'm considering taking a job with an Indian Multinational (Based out of Bangalore, but I'd be stationed in Mysore). Married, Bengali-style in Pune in 1997, and like you with two boys, I have mixed emotions about relocating to India. While I've seen it progress, it was uncanny how I've told my wife and family about my concerns for addressing my love for hot-water showers, power, broadband internet, and food from different cultures (including but not limited to Indian).
Thanks very much for the insights
Matt
Matt:
good to see your comment. Interesting mix of cultures in your home! It will be wonderful to connect if you come to Pune. We (my family and I) miss Wisconsin a lot, especially Fall which must be in all its glory right about now.
Cheers!
P.S. You can email me anilgupte at gmail.com - I don't use it much, but then I will give you my real email address.
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