Comments on: I plead guilty of living in the US http://www.twisted-dna.com/2006/08/14/i-plead-guilty-of-living-in-the-us/ Frivolous banter about life. A humorous look at Indian, American and Indian American culture. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:59:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nish http://www.twisted-dna.com/2006/08/14/i-plead-guilty-of-living-in-the-us/#comment-25578 Nish Wed, 13 May 2009 05:48:52 +0000 http://www.sailu.com/tdna/?p=30#comment-25578 Man ... I am still LMAO after reading that <I>"In this advanced age, even people in India are using modern languages like Java, Oracle and Cisco."</I> Good One Buddy :) Man … I am still LMAO after reading that “In this advanced age, even people in India are using modern languages like Java, Oracle and Cisco.”

Good One Buddy :)

]]> By: Rajnish http://www.twisted-dna.com/2006/08/14/i-plead-guilty-of-living-in-the-us/#comment-25005 Rajnish Fri, 01 May 2009 21:01:51 +0000 http://www.sailu.com/tdna/?p=30#comment-25005 Funny as it would get!!.. I have been through this for sure. I mean, forget being in US. Belonging to a border area in Punjab , and working in Bangalore is almost equivalent for you guys working in USA. When I get back to home town, I am always bombarded with such questions, I give a rough figure about my salary every single time(trying to remember what I had told 6months back).. and here in my place, they dont even try any other question.. Sequence is like this Question 1. "Beta kee haal hai ? Me :"Wadiya Uncle" Question 2. "Kive ,bangalore rehnaa hai aaj kal ??" (so you stay in bangalore these days? Me: "Haanjee" Question 3. "pher kinni tankhaan mil jaandi hai ??" (so how much you make ?).. and I am like disgusted..coming up with random numbers.... -------- Another incidence, During my engineering days, one of the uncles after "learning" that I am doing Computer Engineering said.. "so ceeediaaa bharengaa??" (so after degree, you will write CDs??) Man, Do you have an answer to it ??:-) Funny as it would get!!.. I have been through this for sure. I mean, forget being in US. Belonging to a border area in Punjab , and working in Bangalore is almost equivalent for you guys working in USA.
When I get back to home town, I am always bombarded with such questions, I give a rough figure about my salary every single time(trying to remember what I had told 6months back).. and here in my place, they dont even try any other question.. Sequence is like this

Question 1. “Beta kee haal hai ?
Me :”Wadiya Uncle”

Question 2. “Kive ,bangalore rehnaa hai aaj kal ??” (so you stay in bangalore these days?
Me: “Haanjee”

Question 3. “pher kinni tankhaan mil jaandi hai ??” (so how much you make ?)..

and I am like disgusted..coming up with random numbers….
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Another incidence, During my engineering days, one of the uncles after “learning” that I am doing Computer Engineering said..

“so ceeediaaa bharengaa??” (so after degree, you will write CDs??)

Man, Do you have an answer to it ??:-)

]]> By: Venkat http://www.twisted-dna.com/2006/08/14/i-plead-guilty-of-living-in-the-us/#comment-13219 Venkat Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:34:46 +0000 http://www.sailu.com/tdna/?p=30#comment-13219 I know one things for sure.. Somany IT guys have no jobs and responding to this kind of things.. including me :-))) I know one things for sure.. Somany IT guys have no jobs and responding to this kind of things.. including me :-) ))

]]> By: Cine Cynic http://www.twisted-dna.com/2006/08/14/i-plead-guilty-of-living-in-the-us/#comment-12311 Cine Cynic Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:36:27 +0000 http://www.sailu.com/tdna/?p=30#comment-12311 This is the reason why I meet friends in restaurants where other clandestine activity takes place. Still, you can't escape the trains. In trains, I manage by being brief, which is sometimes interpreted as brusqueness, and I'm spared of the rigmarole. Never tried it, but what if you answer, "I don't know," to the salary question? You'll be interpreted as dumb or secretive or both. End of discussion. This is the reason why I meet friends in restaurants where other clandestine activity takes place. Still, you can’t escape the trains. In trains, I manage by being brief, which is sometimes interpreted as brusqueness, and I’m spared of the rigmarole.

Never tried it, but what if you answer, “I don’t know,” to the salary question? You’ll be interpreted as dumb or secretive or both. End of discussion.

]]> By: Anon Again http://www.twisted-dna.com/2006/08/14/i-plead-guilty-of-living-in-the-us/#comment-10195 Anon Again Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:15:01 +0000 http://www.sailu.com/tdna/?p=30#comment-10195 Twisted-Man! U r something else! unlike u, I live in India - but not unlike u, I get asked the "how-much-do-you-make" question all the time. irks me to no end. tired of giving evasive replies about something I believe is personal. What I liked about this post was not the humorous jabs but the profound reality embedded within these jabs. Good on you. btw, i could not comparing the common threads between this and the one up-manship... Twisted-Man!
U r something else! unlike u, I live in India – but not unlike u, I get asked the “how-much-do-you-make” question all the time. irks me to no end. tired of giving evasive replies about something I believe is personal. What I liked about this post was not the humorous jabs but the profound reality embedded within these jabs. Good on you.

btw, i could not comparing the common threads between this and the one up-manship…

]]> By: heh http://www.twisted-dna.com/2006/08/14/i-plead-guilty-of-living-in-the-us/#comment-9544 heh Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:31:24 +0000 http://www.sailu.com/tdna/?p=30#comment-9544 @ Twisted DNA, I just came across your hilarious writings and of course, can't stop recalling the likes of Dave Barry and Ramesh Mahadevan, in the same vein! And, one suggestion is to use reCAPTCHA "stop spam, read books!" to help the book digitization project(s)! :-) @ Twisted DNA, I just came across your hilarious writings and of course, can’t stop recalling the likes of Dave Barry and Ramesh Mahadevan, in the same vein! And, one suggestion is to use reCAPTCHA “stop spam, read books!” to help the book digitization project(s)! :-)

]]> By: heh http://www.twisted-dna.com/2006/08/14/i-plead-guilty-of-living-in-the-us/#comment-9543 heh Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:29:45 +0000 http://www.sailu.com/tdna/?p=30#comment-9543 @ Twisted DNA, I just came across your hilarious writings and of course, can't stop recalling the likes of Dave Barry and Ramesh Mahadevan, in the same vein! @ Twisted DNA, I just came across your hilarious writings and of course, can’t stop recalling the likes of Dave Barry and Ramesh Mahadevan, in the same vein!

]]> By: Rajavanya http://www.twisted-dna.com/2006/08/14/i-plead-guilty-of-living-in-the-us/#comment-6438 Rajavanya Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:02:40 +0000 http://www.sailu.com/tdna/?p=30#comment-6438 "Me: Yeah, I never learnt Cisco." I have gone through similar conditions... Especially when people in my native town ask me where I work and when I spell out my company and job profile... all they would answer back is "Didn't you get selected in Wipro and Infosys !!" And words from my friends who do IMS in those companies... "Dude - all i do is e-peon job with a gr8 salary" “Me: Yeah, I never learnt Cisco.”
I have gone through similar conditions…

Especially when people in my native town ask me where I work and when I spell out my company and job profile… all they would answer back is

“Didn’t you get selected in Wipro and Infosys !!”

And words from my friends who do IMS in those companies…
“Dude – all i do is e-peon job with a gr8 salary”

]]> By: Preethi http://www.twisted-dna.com/2006/08/14/i-plead-guilty-of-living-in-the-us/#comment-4686 Preethi Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:34:08 +0000 http://www.sailu.com/tdna/?p=30#comment-4686 Hi, Found your blog through India Blogs. You are hilarious... you have a fall back profession at hand if you decide to stop being a software professional! That will invite more comments from "the people in India"! What do you do for a living? - You can reply "I am a stand up comedian!", that will be sure to stump them.. and stop the barrage of questions... Hi, Found your blog through India Blogs. You are hilarious… you have a fall back profession at hand if you decide to stop being a software professional! That will invite more comments from “the people in India”! What do you do for a living? – You can reply “I am a stand up comedian!”, that will be sure to stump them.. and stop the barrage of questions…

]]> By: Divsu http://www.twisted-dna.com/2006/08/14/i-plead-guilty-of-living-in-the-us/#comment-4551 Divsu Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:23:01 +0000 http://www.sailu.com/tdna/?p=30#comment-4551 You never learnt Cisco indeed! That is the part I loved ;) You never learnt Cisco indeed! That is the part I loved ;)

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