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Posted on: 10-02-10 08:52:24
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Originally posted by Fido
I don't think you have been to the Gulf other wise you would not have commented thus .
People who drive Mercs in the Middle East do not belong to the category who are ill treated ... There s a very wide spectrum of expats in the Gulf .
Indeed I have not been there so you are right on that one. But socially don't they look down on the educated lot as well ? I thought these educated Indians work for the Arabs, they run the place as my colleague said.
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Originally posted by Fido
I don't think you have been to the Gulf other wise you would not have commented thus .
People who drive Mercs in the Middle East do not belong to the category who are ill treated ... There s a very wide spectrum of expats in the Gulf .
Indeed I have not been there so you are right on that one. But socially don't they look down on the educated lot as well ? I thought these educated Indians work for the Arabs, they run the place as my colleague said.
Well, in that case, it would be true for any place. Same would apply in Canada, though there could be some variation.
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Originally posted by dan
Indeed I have not been there so you are right on that one. But socially don't they look down on the educated lot as well ? I thought these educated Indians work for the Arabs, they run the place as my colleague said.
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Originally posted by Iceberg
Well, in that case, it would be true for any place. Same would apply in Canada, though there could be some variation.
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Originally posted by dan
Indeed I have not been there so you are right on that one. But socially don't they look down on the educated lot as well ? I thought these educated Indians work for the Arabs, they run the place as my colleague said.
There is some variation for sure. I heard you have to be very careful before changing companies as they can create problems. For those with a big job over there, do they still take your papers away as they do for low end jobs or is that old story ?
Millions of words and hundred of threads have been started, on why this country is bad- from the Indian perspective. Be it the lack of jobs, or the "labor jobs", certification, "racism", or the long struggle to settle down comfortably. Sadly those who decry everything here tend to compare everything with everything back home, in India.
Very few of us have the courage to ask ourselves - why we make the comparison, when everything - the culture, the monetary system, the society, the education system, etc is so different from India. Why do we have a hard time accepting, that everything will begin from a scratch?
Why do we not get practical and introspect? Why do we not have the courage to tell ourselves "well I made a (informed?) decision to come here. I will accept the situation, and make the best of it. I won't make comparisons between this place and India, because it will only make me bitter and sore"
There are good things both, in India and Canada. They are never going to be the same. That said, why not channelize our energies into making the best of the situation here? Ranting is good for the soul, but if it was constructive criticism, maybe we will learn a thing or two from it?
Rudyard Kipling, the famous writer said in his Barrack-room ballads, in 1892:
"Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat;
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of the earth!"
What better way than that to present the reality of our lives?
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Originally posted by WEST-IS-THE-BEST
Why do we not get practical and introspect? Why do we not have the courage to tell ourselves "well I made a (informed?) decision to come here. I will accept the situation, and make the best of it. I won't make comparisons between this place and India, because it will only make me bitter and sore"
The day when every human being finds himself/herself responsible for their own actions, and not blame someone else for his/her circumstances that arise out of these actions, that day my dear friend would change lives, and will be the phenomenal day for this world. Or, at least for the ones concerned.
So, owe up to your actions. Learn from them as well, and as mentioned above by the previous poster - make efforts to better your life constructively. Not a hard thing to do, eh? Life then, will be much more beautiful or at least peaceful than you have ever thought.
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Originally posted by dan
Indeed I have not been there so you are right on that one. But socially don't they look down on the educated lot as well ? I thought these educated Indians work for the Arabs, they run the place as my colleague said.
Well it would be the same anywhere for that reason - the US , the UK likewise ... wouldn't it be ? .... Even in Canada non white immigrants are termed as second grade in hushed tones ...
You remind me of a British bicycle cop I encountered once near the Parliment Sq , Lomdon - ' India -- great country --- You have provided us with lots of Engineers ' !! .. He exclaimed .
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