"grusl" wrote in message
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> "William Black" wrote in message
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>> "grusl" wrote in message
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>> There 'cosmopolitan' means 'I work with an Indian who was born in another
>> country, but he still speaks really good Hindi'.
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> Hindi? What's that? We don't talk that round these parts - the local pubs
> are full of Hindi-speaking IT exiles from the north who, of course, have
> to order in English. Bombay and even Calcutta are far more "cosmopolitan"
> than Bangalore, especially given that the city (and the state) is run by
> yokels, though that's probably true for Maharashtra also.
The state may be run by yokels, but they're Congress yokels and so are at
least focused on something other than their own pockets some of the time.
Bombay, let's be brutal about it, is run by some hard arse from the IAS who
doesn't care who gets elected, he's got arguably the biggest city in the
world to run.
Same as the Bombay cops, they may bow down to Shiv Senna but they look to
'the Centre' for direction and leadership.
> Right, I' m off to the dreaded "villages" for a few days. My reward is
> Hong Kong and Tokyo later this month.
I like the Indian villages, as long as you get your insect repellent
discipline right it's fun.
--
William Black
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.
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