Monday, January 29, 2007

My First Handwritten Blog

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Republic Day-Indian American



Indian outside India are doing better. Here is example of Indians in US.
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Asian Indians have outperformed all other minority and majority groups in most measures of socioeconomic achievement in US.

Indian Americans are now the richest ethnic group in the United States. Median household income for Indian Americans was $68,771 in 2004. The median household income, nationwide, in 2004 was $46,326.

Education

Indian Americans have the highest educational qualifications of all national origin groups in the United States. According to the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, there are close to 41,000 Indian American doctors. According to the 2000 census, about 64% of Indian Americans have attained a Bachelor's degree or more.(compared to 28% nationally). Almost 40% of all Indians have a master’s, doctorate or other professional degree, which is five times the national average. (Source: The Indian American Centre for Political Awareness.) These high levels of education have enabled Indian Americans to become a productive segment of the American population, with 72.3% participating in the U.S. work force, of which 57.7% are employed in managerial and professional specialties.

Economics

According to the 2000 U.S. Census Indian Americans have the highest median income of any national origin group in the United States. ($60,093), and Merrill Lynch recently revealed that there are nearly 200,000 Indian American millionaires. One in every nine Indians in the United States is a millionaire, comprising 10% of U.S. millionaires. (Source: 2003 Merrill Lynch SA Market Study). This affluence has been matched by a high degree of educational attainment.

Indian Americans own 50% of all economy lodges and 35% of all hotels in the United States, which have a combined market value of almost $40 billion. (Source: Little India Magazine). A University of California, Berkeley, study reported that one-third of the engineers in Silicon Valley are of Indian descent, while 7% of valley high-tech firms are led by Indian CEOs. (Source: Silicon India Readership Survey) According to Technology Review 35, the technical journal of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "while the Indian-American population is less than one per cent in the United States, the contribution of the community is to the extent of almost 17 percent".In 2002, there were over 223,000 Asian Indian-owned firms in the U.S., employing more than 610,000 workers, and generating more than $88 billion in revenue.

Friday, January 12, 2007

Echoa-French Connections!


In Picture: Front Row, Me, Eléonore
Back Row: Camille, Christian, Samuel, Thomas

It was boring sunday night in Cleveland, and i thought to avoid cold and sit at home going to Mercury Lounge for little dance and music will be fun which is femous for International Roma night every sunday.

There were not many people and not much of happening however at the corner of the dance floor i see a group of people enjoying and dancing. Their dance made me interested to know about them, before saying hello, i started dancing with Eléonore, which was welcomed and friendship started. Meeting them made me to go and see their play 'ECHOA- percussionnistes danseurs'( www.mitiki.com ) and visit next day to see their cultural and art exhibition next day, and party after.

These people are really artist and beautiful by heart. Everyone has been so nice and so friendly, made me think of visiting France and see them, thanks for the invitation guys (Eléonore,Thomas,Camille, Christian,Samuel ) i will surely visit in near future.

Good Luck and Enjoy.

Viva la France.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Truelly Creative

Saturday, January 06, 2007

Traffic In India

Which City it could be??


Wednesday, January 03, 2007

I grow fast..thatswhy i look for different horizon all the time


Why the hell I am awake at 3:30AM ...I have no idea...lot of things does not fit me anymore ...however i still enjoy those...I call it i grow up so fast ...I need different horizon all the time...
In past couple of months...i have seen some changes over peoples reaction on me...sounds ..most of the time ...i feel i am doing great...then it comes to compare myself what i was...i feel ...i left things behind...now ...i dont fit there anymore....

Funny Part if even...my most pents size 34...do not fit anymore...lost 4kgs ...and came back to 71Kg...and 32 pent size..why did i changed myself...to look ..better which makes me more confident on presenting myself...i guess...I shaved my head...to look ...how i wanted to be...i know since childhood...i have big..proper shaped head...which looks even better without hair...
...I shaped body after going to swimming and yeah..hell of dancing...sometime...extras...

But the real change ...i see is...i don't look Indian anymore to people here...I guess i have gained little bit of accent ...little bit of western humor and a little insight of their life...which makes me easier to understand them and talk freely...call it confidence...comes after knowledge..

Contd...(I lost my thought over some work...I hated though...)

What a Day



In a single day...so many events ..thoughtful...Woke up 6:45 in the morning big news..made tea..started working from 7:30AM...wow..at home...I was really freaked out that i have confirmed ticket which can not be used and i cant leave this country since i dint get the VISA stamping date before 24th of Jan...Here is snapshot...

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Travel dates for: BAGHEL / OM MR Reservation code: SX232T

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Flight: UA 7163 operated by: UNITED EXPRESS/MESA AIRLINES
from: CLEVELAND OH HOPKINS INT
to: WASHINGTON DC DULLES INTL
Departure: 02. January, 10:14 h
Arrival: 02. January, 11:25 h
Class: M, confirmed
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Flight: UA 167 operated by: UNITED AIRLINES
from: WASHINGTON DC DULLES INTL
to: CHICAGO IL O'HARE INTL, TERMINAL 1
Departure: 02. January, 12:59 h
Arrival: 02. January, 14:05 h
Class: M, confirmed
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Flight: LH 431 operated by: LUFTHANSA
from: CHICAGO IL O'HARE INTL, TERMINAL 1
to: FRANKFURT DE INTL, TERMINAL 1
Departure: 02. January, 15:45 h
Arrival: 03. January, 07:10 h
Class: Economy Class (M), confirmed
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Flight: LH 756 operated by: LUFTHANSA
from: FRANKFURT DE INTL, TERMINAL 1
to: MUMBAI IN CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI, TERMINAL 2
Departure: 03. January, 13:30 h
Arrival: 04. January, 01:35 h
Class: Economy Class (M), confirmed
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Story number two....
As soon as i started working...i started the with pre-release version of one product...made changes on installation, deployment and configuration scripts ...did all this to work with my laptop...then wrote to boss...see what i did...got news ..well we thought this is not the time to do that...:(...wow my 4 hrs waisted for nothin....

Story number three...
So i got frustrated over above two..and my friend called to pick him up who is coming after 11 days vacation from Florida...telling his storied for next two hours...made me thinking of vacation or tour somewhere...so started looking over deals...nothing less than 1000$ for next 4 days ...hotel car and flight...man...thats two much ..for just doing nothing....and wanna time spend alone...

Story number three
Finally i thought lets the day start with something good...so went to see friends...another problem...i had the bad day today...one of my very close friend has
misunderstanding over one of the prank i played over...nothing personal but made me so frustrated...that...this guy knows me for 3 yrs ....how can that 3 lines will change the course...but then that ..was me turning off from all this run over to see movie nearby....

Story number four
I was two early or too late...hour past and hour ahead...wow...thought of shopping grocery...went to shop(Z-Aldi)...I never new ...this stupid fellow will make fun of me ...over the fact...both side of locking rode(door) has written "Do Not Enter" ...and i was polite enough to ask before entering...a little Indian kid..came over and made prank...Stupid Americans...always reads the sign...uhff...man...

Story number five
I finished shopping lost my interested over movie...or doing anything but eat somewhere and run for home to sleep....So..heres another one...I went to this Mexican restaurant..never heard never been...ordered something that they suggested...waiting for some beautiful..waitress will come with smiling face and serve me the food...
To my luck..I got 300 pound ..we call it pasty...waitress ...means So many mix of races...Came handed the food well in time....hot and spice ...with water without ice...i was just thinking about not to utter a word ..finish the food and run to home....Then heard the the magic line..."Sir ..Let me know if you liked the food at your very first taste"... I have not heard such a polite manner of saying this words and a kind of mean...or call it she was asking genuinely ....WOW...
Here is the rest which made me feel good over balance on frustration over the day
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Om....... Well M'm that was very polite of you asking so genuine..
Andrea... Thats part of my job sir and i like it so much doing it for 5 years now.
Om....... Whats your name ..you made me interested to talk to you..
Andrea... Andrea sir...
Om....... Well I am Om..and Its really nice to meet you Andrea...
With my first bite ...i can say the food is really good ..however
I am Indian ..i would have preferred more hot and spicy..
Andrea... Well..I will bring you some sauce..which you will like..
Om....... The one like there..showing the two sauce..bottle with green and red
written..Real Hot sauce...
Andrea... No sir..Its different one..made of green chili and Tomatilo
Om....... Well that would be great..then
Andrea... Here you go ...with smile on face and ..face like 5 year old kid loves to
do something for someone and expect..a kind of big honor in return..

Contd....