Come back home?!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/weekinreview/23anand.html?ei=5070&emc=eta1

A good article on the children of those Indians who settled in other countries in search of better employment opportunities.

In a chat that followed this. I told my friend in Sngapore about what it was for India to welcome them back. The excerpts are below. Just for fun ;-)
i have deliberately deleted the sections containing his comments.

me: i mean...dogs must ive in kennels and lions must live in dens .. neither are suited otherwise..

u cant be brought up a lion and made to live in a kennel n vice versa

11:26 PM me: nri n ppl like u who study outside learn there... and come bac to spoil the job prospects f ppl in india

me: india has become watever it si now coz of half baked half roasted professionals like us...

who learn to adapt over innovate..

me: and o by the fundamental principles of survivability...

11:28 PM *go

11:29 PM me: while in the case wid ppl like u who hav stideied overseas the case is not so. ur like well manufactured defect less products straight out of sony or toshiba..

so half baked ppl lose preference over ompany products available at affordable cost for indian companies..

right?

11:30 PM

11:31 PM me: if u trace back this is wat happened in america years ago...they found talented (relatively indians then were far more talented than them an also trained at iits )ppl at low price.. n built their gr8 empire yet wid weak foundations only to fall at the sneeze of a financial debacle..

11:32 PM so.. in conclusion...

11:34 PM me: indians like me...who lost on the education (by studying in india) and now also on the opportunty of being the part of building india inc (because better personnel availae at lower price for the employers) .. wil be under serious threat if the article is prophetic..

all this if the finacnial conditions dont get better in two yrs ;-)

howzzat?

i feel that this will result in a pool of Indians affected by unemployment or lack of quality employment.

twenty 20

Twenty 20 ..No i am not talking of cricket filled with colours, glam gals, and all superstars under one banner. In fact I am telling about a malayalam movie Twenty 20 which has all stars, superstars, comedians etc etc who have been around this industry.

The movie has rightfully identified the best role for each one of them and hence the best they can deliver. Mammooty as the lawyer, Lal in his typical style (Narasimham, Devasuram etc..), Suresh Gopi as polica officer with his lavish English that knows no bound, Jayaram in his typical funny way, Dileep the best at timed comedy and Manoj K Jain (as the bad guy).

The major omissions were Urvashi, KPAC, Nedumudi Venu, Thilakan, Janardhanan, Murali...

Whatever, I was only surprised to see the crowd at the ticket counter on this Monday aftenoon when every other person is supposed to be at work!

Have a look at the pic I took outside a theater in Trivandrum!