Resident vs Non Resident Indians

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    People's perception in and outside India

    1. Mother-in-law:
    In India - A woman capable of making your life miserable.
    Outside India - A woman you never fight with, because where else you will find such a dedicated baby sitter for free?

    2. Husband:
    In India - A boring human species, who listens more to his mother than you, and orders you around to serve him, his parents and siblings.
    Outside India - Still boring, but now a useful human species that comes in handy when the house needs to be vacuumed.

    3. Friend:
    In India - A person whose house you can drop into any time of the day or night and you'll always be welcome.
    Outside India - A person whom you have to call first to check and make sure he is not busy.

    4. Wife:
    In India - A woman who gives you your underwear and towel when you go to take a shower.
    Outside India - A woman who yells at you not to leave tub dirty when you go to take bath.

    5. Son:
    In India - A teenager, who without asking will carry your grocery bags from the market.
    Outside India - A teenager, who suddenly remembers he has lot of homework when you start mowing the lawn.

    6. Daughter:
    In India - A lovely doll, who brings tears to your eyes during her marriage.
    Outside India - A lovely doll, who brings you to tears long before her marriage.

    7. Father:
    In India - A person you are afraid of, and who is never to be disobeyed.
    Outside India - A person to whom you pretend to obey, after all he is the one paying your college tuition.

    8. Doctor:
    In India - A respectable person with ok income.
    Outside India - A money making machine, who has a money spending machine at home called 'Doctor's Wife'.

    9. Bhangra:
    In India - A vigorous punjabi festival dance.
    Outside India - A dance you do, when you don't know how to dance.

    10. Software Engineer:
    In India - A high-tech guy, always speaks in American accent, always anxious to queue in the consulate visa line.
    Outside India - The same hi-tech guy, who does Ganapati Puja everyday, and says 'this is my last year in the US (or wherever)' every year.

    11. A Green Card holder bachelor:
    In India - The guy can't speak hindi, parents of good looking girls are dying to hook him, wears jacket in summer, says he has a BMW back there.
    Outside India - The guy can't speak proper English, wears jacket all the time, works in a candy store at Manhattan, dreams of owning a BMW.
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