Agreed. I slept with an Australian Emirates stewardess once. I asked her who the worst people to deal with on a plane. She said, “NRI’s in First and business class.”
where do air-hostesses hang out?clubs?
edit-you trolling?
how would an aussie know what an nri is?
I bet water is coming out from isildurrr’s mouth and Chicken Tikka you got to show him your tricks
This is true. The same goes for evidence in the opposite of every generalisation. This is why when we make a generalisation it is essential to realize that is flawed and has definite limitations.
However, generalisations are still incredibly useful and are essential part of our cognitive process and understanding. WIthout them, we wouldn’t understand anything. As a foreigner here are some of my generalizations about India:
DISCLAIMER: THESE GENERALISATIONS DO NOT NECESSARILY APPLY TO YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL OR YOUR CASTE OR YOUR STATE OR YOUR FAMILY
- Indians are cheap. Cheaper than any people I’ve ever met. Indians hate spending money. They will waste your time and haggle with you about everything and then never buy anything.
Classic Example from Glen Gary Glen Ross http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdr_GiWXRws
Certain types of Indians are cheaper than others. So, on a relative basis many Indians don’t consider themselves cheap next to a Guju/Marwati/Cindi etc. This is an important distinction to them and many of them will resent being called cheap because in their eyes they are not.
The caveat being that when Indians do spend money they have to show the entire world that they are doing it. So, at a wedding you’ll see a drunken punjabi uncle throwing money on the ground like he doesn’t care. This is because he wants the entire wedding to see that he’s got so much money that he doesn’t care. What he wouldn’t do is write an anonymous check to a charity and not tell anyone about it.
- Indians are inwardly looking and thinking in everything they do in contrast to westerners who are outwardly focused. This means that Indians don’t give a damn about what happens outside of their homes or their families.
This is why they are indifferent to the poor and seldom bother painting the outside of their homes, while the inside of their homes can be pristine and they do everything to insure that their families are well taken care of. What happens outside simply doesn’t matter in India.
This is an important thing to consider in the context of the Delhi Bus rape. This girl should have been at home or she should have been protected by her family members. In Indian logic many would argue that this is why this happened not because these guys are twisted. I guess the assumption is that you can’t trust anyone outside of your family in India.
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Indians will do the same thing day in and day out forever and be completely happy with it so long as they are paid. There are guys who push the button in your elevator for you. He sits in a small elevator all day and is happy with that job. (See point number 2 about providing for your family) He never worries about what his life means or self-actualization like Westerners do. If he does, it’s in a very different way than we are accustomed to.
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Indians by and large lack creativiity as it is not fostered in most of their educations. Something about being trained to do the same thing day in day out means Indians just don’t get around to innovating or creating much. Sure there are some exceptions but they were created thousands of years ago like the number zero. Mostly anyone creative in India fiigures out a creative way to go overseas and sell it there. I believe this is one reason why there are so many successful Indians living abroad. They leave out of necessity.
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Indians like jewelry and gold and brands. Duh everyone knows this; but it doesn’t make it less true. Most men will also keep a fancy pen in their pocket like a Mt Blanc. Showing it is essential.
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Indians are patient and friendly. While Indians are cheap, they can be generous with their time. Which is odd because time is money, right? Well not in India. You can stop and talk to just about anybody on the street in India. Nobody will think anything of it. People will generally wait patiently and listen to what you have to say and try and help you so long as you aren’t asking for money (see point 1). However, if you ever need to borrow a pen in a crowded room, the Indian male is the first person that you should go to as he will a) always have one in his pocket (See point 5) and will be patient enough to wait for you while you fill out your form or do what you need to do.
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Indians are happier than Westerners. I could be wrong here, but that is the impression I get. While I’ve known a few people who committed suicide here it was generally about shame rather than depression. By and large you couldn’t hope to find poorer people who are plenty happy with their position in life.
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Indians are a paternalistic society. Indians see women in a traditional role and greatly overvalue men in their families. This is evident at all levels of Indian society. I know some incredibly wealthy people in Mumbai and they are just as prone to this as the poor people who I sometimes interact with in the villages. I think we, in the US, are also paternalistic but just far less so than India. I know I want to have boys.
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Indian men are incredibly vain about their hair and moustaches. Most will die it black the moment a grey hair appears. They will spend oodles of times in the mens room fixing it and making sure that it is perfect. It is frequently hard to get to the sink in a public bathroom for this reason.
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Indians spend a very long time in the bathroom. I’m not sure why, but I’ve noticed this on international flights. I’ve been so bored I’ve even timed a bunch of people and found that Indians generally spend twice as long in the bathroom on an airplane as the average white person. Once again, unsure why.
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Indian women are scared to death of what the men in their families think. While most western chicks would love to piss off their overbearing father or older brother by sleeping with the wrong guy, Indian women are incredibly afraid to do this and piss those men off.
This is why if you, as a white guy, want to get laid in India, then you will probably have to do it in secret out of view of the public where her family, or any of her family friends, will see. There is a whole market for out of town weekend getaway hotels for this sort of thing outside of Mumbai. They say, “Go for Picnic” which usually means sex or orgy euphemstically speaking.
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Indians are obssessed with qualifications and credentials. I have no idea why, but they really are. Hence why everyone in India is suddenly obsessed with the CFA program. Indians will let you know within a few seconds of talking to them what they do for a living and demand the same of you.
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Indians love anything they perceive as exclusive. Marketing in India is generally about marketing how exclusive it is.
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Indians are very curious about white people. They resent us to an extent, but admire us as well at the same time. Label anything an Expat Event, or British Event, in India and you will get a room full of Indians to attend in a heartbeat with next to no Expats or British people. Label something an “Indian Diwali Pary” in NYC and you will get 95 percent Indians to attend. Westerners just aren’t that curious about Indians as they are about us. (See point 13 about exclusivity)
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Indians are great drivers, but terribly inconsiderate. In India you cannot zone out when driving. If you do then you will get in an accident in a moment. It is essential to always pay attention as everyone will cut you off or pull in front of you with complete disregard to the rules of the road. This is because you’re on the street and they don’t give a damn about what happens on the street (see point 2)
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Pedestrians do not have the right of way in India. In India if you see a pedestrian continue driving the same speed and turn your wheels toward said pedestrian so that they know that you mean business. They will move out of the way at the very last instant but not a moment sooner.
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In India all people are not equal. There is not even a delusion of equality as there is in the USA.
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Indians are not very open minded about food. Wherever they travel in the world they will generally bring their own food with them in order to avoid having to try something new (see point 4 about creativity) This goes far beyond dietary restrictions. Western supermarkets are more than equipped to handle vegan diets these days and most Indians aren’t even close to vegans. Most are only vegitarians because meat is expensive (see point 1). However, every Indian mom will bring the entire spice set and rice with her on vacation so that she can cook the same meals that the family enjoys at home.
I could go on and on, but I think I’ve added enough fuel to the fire for now.
what was the point of that?
i still want to know how an aussie knew what an nri was
An aussie stewardess on Emirates would know what an NRI is because Dubai is India’s number 1 hub with a workforce that is almost entirely Indian/Pakistani. Also who hands you the immigration paperwork on an airplane?
9) Indian men are incredibly vain about their hair and moustaches. Most will die it black the moment a grey hair appears. They will spend oodles of times in the mens room fixing it and making sure that it is perfect. It is frequently hard to get to the sink in a public bathroom for this reason.
So true. I have seen guys fixing their hair on the streets while using wing mirrors of parked cars. Pretty hilarious
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Never trust a fart in India (See Indian food)
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Women tend not to travel alone outside of the safety of their neighborhood where they know everyone. It is very rare to see women alone on an airplane. In fact, it almost never happens. I’ve never been in a taxi driven by a woman in India. In fact, I’ve never even seen a woman driving a taxi or a bus.
However, I’ve seen plenty of female pilots which I think says something about the perception of public safety for a woman in India. Surely if women are capable enough to be pilots they can drive a bus too. But they do not, because they dare not be alone in public.
Indian men on the other hand are among the most intrepid people I’ve encountered. I’ve even seen them in Novosibirsk, SIberia.
legacy of the british raj.
they sent us to the west indies,malaysia,asia pacific etc.
we went to english speaking countries after liberation.
only place indians aren’t there is s.america
Not true!!!
Think Guyana and Suriname!
Really? I’m going to S. America for the first time this month. I’ll be curious to see if there really aren’t any there.
You’re right about the Raj, but it is not just that. The Brits might have used you guys because you’re intrepid and generally willing to go anywhere so long as your paid. Africans had to be enslaved, you guys went willingly in exchange for a little bit of money.
I’ve seen large Indian communities in many many countries that have had nothing to do with the british. The Indians I met in Novosibirsk are an example.
You are a very good typist.
guyana comes under the west indies.it was a brit colony.
there aren’t indians in argentina,brazil,chile etc.
surprised at the indo community in russia.it isn’t suppsed to be a place favorable for non-whites.
they might not actually be indian.perhaps like the ismail subsect,
Guyana plays cricket under a union of nations called the West Indies. There is no such entity outside the sport of cricket.
Guyana is very much part of mainland S America.
yes yes.
excluding guyana/suriname then.
none in central america too.
how will you be able to make out?
s.americans barely speak english and the skin colors blend.
if you’re going do not i repeat do not miss river plate vs boca juniors
Agreed!
The only other community known to travel farther for money are the Chinese. I remember seeing Chinese and Indian take-away joints in the remotest town (Pop ~ 100) in Sweden whle driving in the Arctic circle.
Can the reason be that we are 1/6th of the world population?
Indians I met in Novosibirisk were guju diamond merchants that had set up shop there. It was hillarious. After a few minutes of chatting with them I realized they belonged to the same members club in Mumbai and that I even knew their uncle.
For a country with a billion people India really can be that small.
it’s worth pointing out that there are certain portions of indians that are prone to this.
for example
mallus go to the middle east.
gujjus/punjabis go to britain.
punjabis go to canada.
dunno bout america.
sindhis/gujjus are in africa.
there are also sections that don’t emigrate ever.
the orientals/coorgi’s/marwari’s etc
yeah.gujrati’s are very entrepreneurial.