I had to do this...sorry

I start with Diwali and I dont know where its going to end

It is Diwali today and tomorrow...no lights...no lamps...no music...no crackers...no new clothes...no sweets...no fanfare...

I live in an alien nation called Australia...the land of the Kangaroo (Kangaroos outnumber hunans here). To put it in perspective the population of Australia is nearly equal to the population of Bombay.

I am in Brisbane, not so multi-ethnic as Melbourne or Sydney. Apparently there is a huge celebration in Federation Square in Melboure. I hate to miss it.

Okay enough beating about the bush. The point I am getting at is we tend to forget a lot of India connections trying to chase the Pardes Dream. It might be materialistically (I have no idea if I have spelt that right, please excuse me if it is'nt - this spell checker on the blogger is'nt that great, see again I am off on a tangent, you know what? Now I even doubt if there is a word materialistically, forget the spelling - time to visit dictionary.com - confirmed there is - I can't beleive I am off again) beneficial, but I feel I am moving far away from my motherland. It drives be bananas sometimes.

I am not that emotional a person (I know a lot of people who will vouch for that ;) but still when I listen to Indian Music I feel the urge to go back and live life there. The movies in Satyam, teh Molaga Bajii in Beasat Nagar, Picnic Bar (I am not sure if they call the same now, its in Mylapore), SV Sekar Dramas in the Hall near Gemini Flyover. It was so much fun and with so little money. India is amazing.

But the then the monstrous perils of Indian politics, the roads, the transport, the rotten bureaucracy, (I would'nt dare mention Indian Railways - looks like Apna Laloo has done good work - not sure if the good work is only in getting the numbers right - how about customer service improvement?) scare me to death. In fact I have actually tried sending my CVs to a few Indian companies and I don't think it would be hard for me to get a good job. (With the kind of econimic activity going on in India you got to be really dumb to not get a decent job I guess).

The point I am trying to get to here is that I am missing too much for too little.