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Originally Posted by Koenigsegg220 It is we, Indians that taught values to the world. |
Maybe, but let's not bask in past glory.
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Originally Posted by Koenigsegg220 I found Subway, McD, KFC and Pizza hut taste much more better in India than here. And, the ingredients are atleast fresh and less processed there than here. The amount of processed food they use here at fast food joints is disastrous. |
Veggies are fresh everywhere whether part of a pizza or a sub.
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Originally Posted by Koenigsegg220
I worked with almost all the fast food joints as part of the campus job here and i was horrified to see the chicken they keep in the burger was manufactured 28 days before and was been freezing since then.
And the same goes with sausage. Waste meat of all the animals is clubbed together and again processed.
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I knew that about sausage already. Lucky to be a vegetarian. What guarantees the chicken (or any other ingredient) you eat in a road side dhaba on a highway to be fresh?
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Originally Posted by Koenigsegg220 And also, eating out is costlier than it is in India. |
Matching quality for quality, and purchasing power in mind, India is horribly expensive, eating out. Value for money is not to be found. Explain 150Rs for a small serving of nachos with a tiny cup of salsa in a movie theater. If you charge through the nose, atleast give us what we're paying for (I expect nachos swimming in molten cheddar, lol)
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Originally Posted by Koenigsegg220
The place where i live in receives snowfall almost half through the year and gets only 6-7 hours of proper sunlight/day, if we are lucky.
During those times, i feel Indian roads are much better than here. |
I lived in Texas, it felt like AP but with excellent infra, spicy mexican food and great chicas (strictly viewing purpose only).
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Originally Posted by poloman It seems you are royally pissed off by something and needs to chill down. |
Hehe, no sir, I did not type that in a bad mood, neither am I pissed with anything as of now. I just wrote what I have observed has happened to India in the last decade or so (esp the last 5 yrs). I'm not comfortable with what is happening in the society currently (lot of issues to list here) and what people get away with in the name of "values" and "traditions".
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Originally Posted by poloman Your concept of value system may not necessarily be digestible to all. To each his own.. |
I sincerely agree I've a very different viewpoint. Like you said "To each his own"
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Originally Posted by poloman Coming to cost of living and inflation. The following site will help you to see where each city/country stands. Indian cities are still at the bottom of the heap. |
Doesn't matter where India is in the heap. Livings costs have risen exponentially and it will be a shock to those coming back to India after a long time, esp. for families depending on single salary.
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Originally Posted by subs Children on their part have no connection with parents and in most cases wudnt even know if their parents are alive and doing well or lying in a hospital looked after by nurses. |
I would also be uncomfortable with such behavior. But it is possibly because I grew up in a different culture. Westerners think it is weird for an adult to stay with his/her parents, and laugh at the concept of joint families. But this is our culture and we prefer it this way.
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Originally Posted by subs All we can do is to try and make sure children dont catch up with the wrong type of people and get into wrong stuff before they reach an age when they are capable of deciding what right and whts wrong. |
Agree again. But I guess you could do that still staying where you are. In fact I might be more concerned letting my (yet to be) children out of my house in India.
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Originally Posted by chevelle 25 people including 10-15 children shot down in a elementary school.
Where is the value? Compared to this, India's society seems invaluable. Your statement is highly inappropriate as you generalize societies in India. |
Stuff like that happens here too.
Girl shot for objecting to a man urinating in front of her house.
Pune driver hijacks bus, goes on rampage killing 9
And, I bet the Americans look at our road accidents (one dies ever 4 min) and say "Where is the value (for life)?"
Anyways, let's not limit ourselves to the USA here.
Whew! That took a long time to compose.
Let me add: What I write here comes from my experience, my values, and thinking. Two people can feel about the same thing in very different ways. So, I ask you to not be offended with what I write here, and to take it merely as another opinion. It isn't necessary everyone agree.