Tales of a Visiting NRI

These are the tales of a Non-Resident Indian (NRI) living having lived in US for 15 years, returned to live in India for 8 years and now back in US. I travel a lot between US and India and see both the countries and cultures with the eyes of a native and a foreigner. Here are my stories.

Sunday, February 11, 2018

Uber stories - 3

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I had two interesting experiences with Uber at Salt Lake City recently. Actually they were both Lyft drivers as I recently switched to usin...
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Friday, March 27, 2015

Uber Stories -2

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Last Saturday afternoon I call for Uber to get a ride from Penn Station in Manhattan to my apartment in Queens. It is 25-30 minutes ride an...
Sunday, March 22, 2015

Uber Stories - 1

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Few days back, I took Uber to get to Penn Station to catch Amtrak. The car showed up and the driver name was Philip. I thought it would be ...
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Monday, March 16, 2015

Uber Experience: India

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Uber has recently been in news in India and around the world. A woman passenger was allegedly raped by a Uber driver in Delhi and the fall...

Touching Email

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I received a touching email many months back. It is from a former student of my school. Let me share what it is about. After moving to In...

India when I am old (Part 2/2)

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So how is life for the old in India. Here are few anecdotes from my personal experience in India, US and other places. My aunt (my mother...

Lazy Sunday Morning ...

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[I wrote this blogs many years back while in India. Forgot to post it but it reflects my life in India] Sunday mornings are the same ev...
Friday, December 06, 2013

India when I am old (Part 1/2)

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I was watching a TED talk by my favorite anthropologist (I only know one), Jared Diamond , about how old people are valued in traditional ...
Sunday, April 14, 2013

The Beauty of Religious Coexistence in India

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The Indian Muslim Culture I had one of the most wonderful experience recently when I was invited over to a house warming function of my...
Saturday, December 29, 2012

Living in US and India

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I wrote this article in October of 2007 and was published in The Hindu newspaper in India. This was a year after moving back to India. It w...
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