Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Indian in a foreign land!

Going by some statistics, we wonder if India still has a long way to go to become a developed nation. That may be true. But, I feel that the disposable income has tremendously increased among Indians. As a result, one finds an exploding traffic, burgeoning real estate market and increasing service sector market. There is one more interesting point about Indians. Indians are increasingly exploring the lands outside India. I have seen this myself. Go to any place in Europe and you would find a sizeable population of Indian tourists. Once, when I had been to Swiss, I was surprised to see about 400 Indians on a very famous mountain peak. The point to be noted is that there was an Indian restaurant there, at a height of about 10000 feet....tennnn thousand feet !!!!!!
While this is a good indicator about India's success story, there is one more interesting aspect about Indians visiting other countries. You know how an Indian plans a trip?First he gets his ticket booked with a tourist operator who would take him through out Europe for the least price. Remember, it is important for him to increase the number countries that he has visited irrespective of whether he gets time to explore each and every place. Next he would take great pains to find an Indian restaurant where he would be ready to pay 12 euros for a dosa. Remember, he has prioritised this over a meal in Mc D... where he would get a Mac, fries and a doughnut for 5 euros! Once energised, he gets hold of a map and spots the most important places that he could visit. Take for example a place like Rome. Rome is a place where one needs to walk a lot to visit places. So, our guy takes great pains to cover as many places as possible....but what does he do once he gets to the destination....he searches for a strategic place..for what??? of course to take a pic...and once it is done..he heads off to the next place. Siginificance of Spanish steps (Rome) or Colosseum does not really matter to him...all he needs is a pic there. Thus, he finishes a wonderful trip and heads back home. Once at home it is a head ache for others...why??? Obviously, our hero has taken more than 500 pics on his newly bought Canon digicam.....and its the duty of others to patiently browse through the photos. I am fine with browsing through the 500 fotos..but please..let our hero not sit beside me to explain the PHOTO!!!
Someone refuting my story?????

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