I was having my lunch at a South Indian restaurant in Austin,Texas a few days back.. They have this beautiful picture of Madras Central station hung up on their walls. There was this geek looking fellow who was showing his kid around the restaurant. He stopped by the wall paper, looked at it for a second and told his son " There is something very strange about this picture." Curiously the son asks " Wats that, dad??" The reply was shocking to me. " There is no trash on the roads in the picture." The son again "Why has there got to be trash on the road?" The dad " Thats the way it is in India!"
I was really in a happy mood that day til that happened. Whatever he said might be partially true if not 100%. But still, how many gud things r there to say abt our country.. For heavensake, Madras Central station is one of the largest, most populous, very beautiful railway stations in the whole world. It is so historically unique. Of all the things he could say, see what he chooses to share with his 3 yr old kid. Unbeliavable. Such is the mindset of Indians settled here. I m not generalising but still with most of them, it is the case.
One of my buddies was tellling me abt his cousins who have been born and raised in US. They believe that India is a land of the poor, for the poor. It lacks any kind of development and it is a thirld world country. They even are shameful of the fact that their roots trace back to India..It is really painful when it comes from somebody who is an Indian. The Americans, that i have seen so far have terrific views abt India. For them, its a land of culture, a land of traditions, a land of diversity, integrity and now a land of opportunities.
In my university, there are many events that are organised by the Indian Cultural Association, per se. Whenever u attend such an event, u feel " This is definitely not Indian...!!" Why is that?? The answer is simple. Most of them are conducted by the local Indians and they are kind of caught up between the two cultures. Neither are they indian..nor are they american.. It looks just not natural when two of them hug and say "Oh My god..Oh my god.. I m so happy". It makes so much sense to me when we address them as ABCDs (American Born Confused Desis). Just to state here, they call us DCBAs (Desis Confused By America).. Why wouldn't we be, when we see guys like u?????
I am thankful to people who took time and read through my 1st post. I will get better with time, guys.. Keep reading and post ur valuable comments.. Thanks...!!
Rammy
Monday, March 30, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
MS in US-A boon or a bane???
After reading some of my friends' blogs (read saisu and kama)I feel that I should start blogging myself.. especially now that my social life is no longer the way it used to be a year back (thanx 2 US)
Without rambling around, let me try to get to the topic in hand. MS- a worthy option???
While I was still wandering around as an irresponsible student in my 3rd yr of my bachelors, my dad asked me to be clear of what i wanted to do in the future.. I hadn't given it much of a thought till that date and i had to make a decision soon.. His preference was for MBA and he thought I had it in me 2 make it to the IIM's or the IIT's.. Sometimes I pity the confidence the fathers have in their sons.. I was 100% sure that my intellectual ability was no way near to what was required to get into IIM. So at that point I decided that I choose GRE and didnt look back once I made that decision. Making truck loads of money was not the reason (primary) behind my choice. Rather I was forced to do some sort of post graduation and I thought that i had a chance only with GRE. Enough said abt that, I got an admit in UT Austin and some other colleges. My choice to select UT was primarily because of the reduced fee structure than anything else.
To be honest, i was very excited to come to US. The very thought of being independent, far away from home was an experience that I was always anticipating. i thought I was game to that challenge. So with that thought I boarded the flight.
Excited I was, I also had a lot of apprehensions. Funding was one major worry. Though I d say I m in no means, financially chellenged, i often used to think (and still think) that I shouldn't be depending on my parents for money. (@least 4 grad studies). The other major worry was social connections.. I m not talking abt relationships with the opposite sex here (although those r welcome). Finding new friends was a tougher challenge than I expected. It was so easy for me in CEG where i made a lot of buddies very early. Not to happen here in US.
The university as such is way better than CEG.. For, its facilities, the way we,the grad students are treated (even though I m from a different country), free food ( how can i 4get free pizzas), high speed unrestricted net access (as Dr.Velamurali d put it), figures (hotttttttttt....) (namma college attunga podra scenaa paakum podhu, here these gals r goddesses ) are gud.. MS is not as challenging as it sounds. U r given a lot of assignments but if u r serious and sincere, its a cakewalk.. So dont get d false notion that MS is damn hard.. It ain't.. Well.. How worthy is that?? Thats entirely up to u.. I am not the Hi-fi, luxury seeking, prestige seeking individual.. I like to believe that I m a galeej dog and so I like being in Chennai, dining in andra messes, ogling in Besant nagar beach, watching night shows in jayanthi or theyagaraja theatre..
As u can see 4m this, I m still not very comfortable writing blogs.. Hope i get better with time.. Kindly keep following and post ur comments.. Bye..!!
Rammy
Without rambling around, let me try to get to the topic in hand. MS- a worthy option???
While I was still wandering around as an irresponsible student in my 3rd yr of my bachelors, my dad asked me to be clear of what i wanted to do in the future.. I hadn't given it much of a thought till that date and i had to make a decision soon.. His preference was for MBA and he thought I had it in me 2 make it to the IIM's or the IIT's.. Sometimes I pity the confidence the fathers have in their sons.. I was 100% sure that my intellectual ability was no way near to what was required to get into IIM. So at that point I decided that I choose GRE and didnt look back once I made that decision. Making truck loads of money was not the reason (primary) behind my choice. Rather I was forced to do some sort of post graduation and I thought that i had a chance only with GRE. Enough said abt that, I got an admit in UT Austin and some other colleges. My choice to select UT was primarily because of the reduced fee structure than anything else.
To be honest, i was very excited to come to US. The very thought of being independent, far away from home was an experience that I was always anticipating. i thought I was game to that challenge. So with that thought I boarded the flight.
Excited I was, I also had a lot of apprehensions. Funding was one major worry. Though I d say I m in no means, financially chellenged, i often used to think (and still think) that I shouldn't be depending on my parents for money. (@least 4 grad studies). The other major worry was social connections.. I m not talking abt relationships with the opposite sex here (although those r welcome). Finding new friends was a tougher challenge than I expected. It was so easy for me in CEG where i made a lot of buddies very early. Not to happen here in US.
The university as such is way better than CEG.. For, its facilities, the way we,the grad students are treated (even though I m from a different country), free food ( how can i 4get free pizzas), high speed unrestricted net access (as Dr.Velamurali d put it), figures (hotttttttttt....) (namma college attunga podra scenaa paakum podhu, here these gals r goddesses ) are gud.. MS is not as challenging as it sounds. U r given a lot of assignments but if u r serious and sincere, its a cakewalk.. So dont get d false notion that MS is damn hard.. It ain't.. Well.. How worthy is that?? Thats entirely up to u.. I am not the Hi-fi, luxury seeking, prestige seeking individual.. I like to believe that I m a galeej dog and so I like being in Chennai, dining in andra messes, ogling in Besant nagar beach, watching night shows in jayanthi or theyagaraja theatre..
As u can see 4m this, I m still not very comfortable writing blogs.. Hope i get better with time.. Kindly keep following and post ur comments.. Bye..!!
Rammy
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