I've recently had a few conversations with friends about living in the US and India. Despite having grown up in India all their lives, they still see the ridiculousness of the bureaucracy, silly rules, being so late, and all those other things that make living in India just the slightest bit, or sometimes greatly, more difficult than living in the US. But a lot of my friends don't think they'd ever want to live in the US, which they view as being clean, efficient, regular, and boring.
One friend of mine explained that she doesn't know what would make her life interesting if she didn't have someone cut her off driving to work and yell some hindi expletive at him. Another explained that life isn't uniform, regular, or easy, and that India reflects those aspects of life that living in the US hides.
Maybe I'm just too desirous of peace and quiet, but I don't think I'd like to live in India, which is exciting and filled with wonderful people, but perhaps a bit too much for an entire lifetime.
One friend of mine explained that she doesn't know what would make her life interesting if she didn't have someone cut her off driving to work and yell some hindi expletive at him. Another explained that life isn't uniform, regular, or easy, and that India reflects those aspects of life that living in the US hides.
Maybe I'm just too desirous of peace and quiet, but I don't think I'd like to live in India, which is exciting and filled with wonderful people, but perhaps a bit too much for an entire lifetime.
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