Thursday, January 06, 2005

Will This happen ?

Year : 2040
Place: Two Americans at IBM, USA.

Currency Conversion Rate: Rs. 1/- = $ 100/-.

Alex : Hi John, you didn't come yesterday to office?
John : Yeah, I was in Indian Embassy for stamping.

Alex : Oh really, what happened, I heard that nowadays it has become very
strict
John : Yeah, but I managed to get it.

Alex : How long it took to get it stamped?
John : Oh, it was nasty man, long queue. Bill Gates was standing in front
of me and they played with him like anything. Thats why it got delayed. I
went there at 2 am itself and waited and returned by 4pm.

Alex : Really? In India, it is a matter of an hour to get stamped for USA
John : Yeah, but that is because who in India will be interested in coming
to USA man , their economy has been booming.

Alex : So, when are you leaving?
John : Anytime, after receiving my tickets from the client in India and you
know, I will be getting a chance to fly Air-India. Sort of dream come true.

Alex : How long are you going to stay in India.
John : What do you mean by how long. I will be settled in India, my company
has promised me that they will process my Hara Patta.(green card)

Alex : Really, lucky person man, it is very difficult to get a Hara Patta
in India.
John : Yeah, thats why, I am planning to marry an Indian girl there.

Alex : But you can find lots of US girls in Calcutta, Bangalore, Mysore,
Ahmedabad and Mumbai.
John : But, I prefer Indian girls because they are beautiful and cultured.

Alex : Where did you get the offer, Mysore?
John : Yeah, Very happy to work in Mysore, where Softwrae Legend NR
Narayanamurthy born & broughtup, Definitely, salary is good there, but cost
of living is quite high, it is Rs. 1000/- for a single room accommodation.

Alex : I see, that's too much for US ! people, Rs.1/- =$100/-. Oh God! what
about in Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Calcutta and Mumbai.?
John : No idea, but it is less than what we have in Mysore. It is like the
world headquarters of Software.

Alex : I heard, almost all the Indians are having one personal Robot for
help.
John : You can get a BMW car for Rs. 5000/-, and a personal Robot for less
than Rs. 7500/-. But my dream is to purchase Ambassador, which costs
Rs.200000/- but has got a sexy design.

Aex : By the way, who is your client?
John : Chokshi Associates, a pure Indian company,specializing in Embedded
Software.

Alex : Oh, really, lucky to work in a pure Indian company. They are really
intelligent and unlike American Bodyshoppers who have opened their
Fly-by-night

outfits in India. Indian companies pay you in full even when you are on
bench. My friend Paul Allen, it seems, used his bench time to visit Bihar,
the most livable place in India, probably world. Nothing to say about
GARBAS of Gujarat. There you have full freedom and no restrictions.You can
do whatever you want! I wonder how that state has perfected that system.

John : Yeah man, you are right. I hope our America also follows their
footsteps.

Alex : How are you going to cope with their language?
John : Why not? From my school days I have been learning Hindi as my first
language here at New York. At the Consulate they tested my proficiency in
Hindi and were quite impressed by my cent percent score in TOHIL i.e.Test
of Hindi as International Language.

Alex : So, you are going to have fun there.
John : Yeah, I will be travelling in the world's fastest train, world's
largest theme park, and the famous Bollywood where you can see actors
like,Hrithik,Govinda and all. Esselworld is also near to Bollywood.

Alex : You know, the PM is scheduled to visit! US next year, he may then
relax the number of visas.
John : That's true. Last month, Narayanamurthy visited White House and
donated Rs. 2000/- for infrastructure development at Silicon Valley and has
promised more if we follow the model of High-Tech City of Hyderabad. Bill
Gates also got a chance of meeting him. Very lucky person.

Alex : But, Indian government is planning to split Narayanamurthy's
Infosys.
John : He is a hard worker man, he can build any number of Infosys like
this. Every minute he is getting Rs. 1000/-. It seems,if you keep all his
money converted as Rs. 100/- notes you can reach Pluto.

Alex : OK, Good Luck John.
John : Same to you Alex. And don't go to Consulate in a "Kurta Pyjama"
because they will think you are too Indianised and may doubt you will never
come back and hence your Non-Immigrant Visa may get rejected. But don't
forget to say "Namaste, aap kaise hai" to the Visa officer at Window 5.

It seems he likes that and will not give you a visa if you don't greet him
that way.

2 Comments:

Blogger Karthik CS said...

ha ha ha .. funny ... nice to have such conv... lets see when would it happen.. Hope it happens in our lifetime

Fri Jan 07, 09:36:00 AM PST  
Blogger ಅನೂಜ್ಞಾ said...

Hi niki
Nice to c u in my blog :)

Sat Jan 08, 02:32:00 AM PST  

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