Comments on: Dad, Give It A Rest

By: mona

mona — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 22:47:39 +0000

In India you will not be in nursing home. Main problem in western country that if we live too long we will be in nursing home. If changing home is so painful imagine moving in nursing home and waiting for death. I been to nursing home and then run away india and more happy in India,I can decide when I want to take shower and lot more. If you are young one thing is fact you all will become old and before that visit nursing home and think did your grandparents died like that.Buy another home in India.

By: A Singh

A Singh — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:21:18 +0000

Anon, I agree with you that India has most definitely moved on although many NRIs think the country is still in the dark ages. However, as an NRI with most of my family based in India, I challenge your assertion regarding selfishness and community spirit. Things have changed! I have personally witnessed and heard anecdotally all too often how even blood relatives are falling out over money and the most trivial matters. I don’t find there is any greater community spirit than with NRIs in the west. Also if you wanted to live in Mumbai and certain parts of Delhi or Punjab, it’s not cheap…

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:54:41 +0000

Your younger cousins (unless they are in a small village) would probably discard the laptop on the second day. Broadband connections come with 12 month free after sales service and regular power supply isn’t an issue if you buy an invertor which I am sure your parents will afford (80 pounds for 6 months?). The problem with the NRI perspective is that they look at India from their grandfathers’ eyes…it has changed buddy! Maybe there are cultural adjustments & our infrastructure is probably not the best, but a middle class NRI can have a LAVISH life in India and escape the horrible lack of community spirit, selfishness & not to mention the gray winters in this country! But I love England anyways…:-)