On Nov 25, 2007 1:55 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian  wrote:
>
> How does the model suggested here shift, when this current generation is
> considered?

I found the article quite interesting, though some of the reasoning
seems alien to me,
probably because I am in Kenya and not in the US.
I left, because I wanted anonymity, there is a certain pleasure in
being away from the
familiar, not bumping into a nosy relative or a familiar face at every
turn and corner.

now, when I visit India to see family and relatives (not friends,
since most of them have
 emigrated to the US ! ), i enjoy a different kind of anonymity, one
of me being able to
blend into the masses, as just another indian guy.

Its not something that is easy to explain to ones parents, since
everyone they know of
has gone to the US, and done X, Y and Z... most of which involves
buying a home-theatre
system, visting the statue of liberty, getting a green card and so on,
none of which has any
relevance to me.  Its as if they have been locked out of possible
competitive conversations
with other relatives and friends whose offspring have settled in the US :)

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