Gender Nonsense: A view on India’s sex ratio disparity
The figures from the last census in India point to an imbalanced sex ratio that in this country there were 109 males for every 100 females under the age of six, up from 107 in 2001… and increasing. The imbalanced sex ratio in India calls my attention because having a male son is very important […]
Airtel Broadband Service in India: A Love & Funny Story
It took five weeks for Airtel, the supposedly most reliable mobile and broadband service company in India, to connect Internet in my house when I moved there last year. The day Airtel finally came (on a Friday around 9:30 PM), there were five technicians in my living room… one was holding the computer, one was […]
The Indian Dream: GDP & Economic Growth
“All men are created equal… endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights… including Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness…” These are the ideas behind the Declaration of Independence of the USA and the hope of development and prosperity. Since I have been living in India my view of the world has changed dramatically […]
Masala Popcorn
Last Sunday we spent the evening at Rex Cinema in Brigade Road in Bangalore. A good friend of ours recommended us to go there since he claimed that there is where you can live the real “Indian cinema experience”. The whole “experience” thing was a little exciting since he pointed that people can get […]
Morning Espresso: A small pleasure within the challenges of Living In India
Sometimes small pleasures like a decent espresso can be a good way to kick start your day when living in India. Living in India is beautiful as challenging, what can be better than starting your day with a decent espresso? I just moved into a new apartment with my best Italian friend in Bangalore and, […]
¿Indio o Hindú?
Antes de venir a India nunca me había cuestionado porqué a la gente nacida aquí les llamamos en Español “Hindús“. El término Hindú se refiere realmente a quienes profesan las tradiciones “religiosas” del Hinduismo, y digo “religiosas” porque técnicamente el Hinduismo no es una religión, pero eso es otro tema. Una de las razones que […]
Bittersweet Bangalore: My experience as an ex-pat in India
As an ex-pat, India is a land of contrasts in many senses. Weather it is income distribution (gap between the rich and the poor) or a picture of something astonishing beautiful next to something amazingly disgusting. I normally question exp-pats & foreigners who openly say “I love India” because I find it hypocrite. Let me […]
Un Domingo (Casi) Perfecto: Un día más viviendo en India
En India hay tanta la gente, que siempre hay algo sucediendo y es raro cuando estás en tu casa y no hay de plano ningún ruido afuera. La población por km cuadrado en México es como 51 personas y en India como 380. En China para que se den una idea es 140 personas por […]