India today!!

If you return to India after a considerable period of time you are bound to notice the following:

• If you wouldn’t know what Indian flag is like and that faces can’t be flags, Dhoni’s face is so frequently seen that it can well qualify as the symbol of our nation.

• Once existing small currency denomination problem has been resolved. Now everything cost a hundred bucks or more.

• There is still no right hand driving or left hand driving, it’s the good old ‘I own the road’ driving.

• You will see a new form of child labor on Indian Television, portrayed as singing/dancing prodigies and new form of dramatic genius in the form of judges of talent hunt shows.

• Pink is the new blue for men (eeeeiiikkks)

• Free incoming calls on cells, abundance of print media to substitute for high-speed internet and local shopkeepers for GPS/Google maps are a welcome change.

• You will be reminded what complications innocent rain can bring to your life, from power outage to cell phone connectivity to no cable TV to traffic jams to flooding of roads to no local trains. There seems to be a Rain Demon and not a Rain God.

• There is no parking place left anywhere.

• The Aloo Tikki burger at McDonalds, shopping for Indian dresses and the look on your parents face when they see you will be three of the many highpoints of your stay.