Dollar dreams: Not-required Indians (NRIs)?
By tutor19us
@tutor19us (455)
India
September 4, 2009 2:36am CST
Have you seen/met some one like this?
A person grows up in a particular town/city/state. He learns the native language, studies there, stays there for umpteen years. Then suddenly he gets a chance, flies to the US of A. He stays there for a year or two and then lo! he transforms into an American, complete with false accent, credit cards et all. He returns (most often gets laid off/kicked out) and shows off his Americanism to his fellow Indians.
If you have seen such pseudo-Americans, do you feel:
Pity? (Oh, you poor lost soul!)
Impressed? (Wow, America return!)
Disgusted? (What a show off, yuck!)
I feel total pity for these people. I know someone who was dying to crawl back to the land that threw him out, which made me start this discussion. Do you know anybody like this?
2 responses
@divkris (1156)
• India
8 Sep 09
Hey tutor19us, i do agree with you, brain drain has been a problem for a long time in India. it was the Gulf a few decades ago and now the target is the US. But i do sympathize with all these people as they do not have an identity of their own.
Putting up with a false accent gives them a special access in the US and special treatment in their Native country. There was a time when parents wanted their daughter(s) to get married to an NRI! May be this guy you mentioned has some dream of that sort or may he has his twin brother/sister waiting for him there in the US 
- well that was just a wild guess 
- well that was just a wild guess @tutor19us (455)
• India
9 Sep 09
Till the recession hit India big time, NRIs were in great demand for Indian brides. They would literally demand exorbitant dowries and flats/cars etc in return for the "Dollar Dream". I wonder why people fall for this ruse. are people who work in India not humans? Do they not need a wife? And anyway, how does being part of a non-cultural country make you a better husband? Beats me. The person in question might be looking to marry Sir Paul's daughter (if she were still single) and inherit a lot of unearned moolah. Well, it also is possible that going to the USA is just a pipe dream. Probably, a dream come true. Whatever, the end result is, they treat their counterparts with utter contempt and disgust. This is very irritating. :)
I rest my case.
@dolmitta (221)
• India
5 Sep 09
Hey! i like this discussion a lot...
When i meet people like this i simply HATE THEM. Not because they went and worked in US but about that stupid transformation. I feel totally disgusted ... Yuck! I know a person like that. He was born and bought up in Chennai (India) for 23 years. Just one year he was in US and came back in Lay off... He doesn't have much experience but he is paid handsomely. He always puts a mask... Not real not true. I have american friends but they are really sweet, so clear and straight forward, really broad minded and they don't act as if they are some SUPER TERRESTRIAL BEINGS. They are so casual and smart, NOT like these people.
I feel that these kind of people don't stand on for what they are, instead fall for something they are not. In fact they don't respect themselves... YUCK, CHEEEEE, EEWWWEEEWWWW...
@tutor19us (455)
• India
8 Sep 09
Hey Dolmitta!
Thanks for your reply. That was a fiery one. I know people like them are sure turn-offs. But they tend to think otherwise. :)
