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The new normal…
After living for over a year in India, what is the new normal…? It’s the ever present presence. The presence of people everywhere; watching, staring, interacting in often overly confident and intrusive ways. Of others it’s the warmth and the friendliness, and the willingness to help. Opposites of attitude, circumstance and people dependent. It’s the…
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You just can get the staff around here…
There are around 1.4 billion people living in India. Technically I think it is still officially the second most populous country in the world, but it may now have overtaken China, or be very close to doing so. Which basically means if you need a job doing, it is not hard to find someone to…
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Here we go again…
Year two of living and working in Delhi has begun. It feels a bit of a milestone to be honest. One U.K. based business contact of mine said to me last month I had managed longer than he had known others to achieve, and fair play for doing so. It had always been my main…
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A high cultural incline
There is a saying that you cry when you first arrive in India, and you cry when you leave. The inference being that on arrival in this foreign land of such differing culture, it is hard to deal with and can overcome you. But that over time you adjust your perceptions and as you adjust…
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A journey’s tale
“So how long are you going to be in Delhi for?”, the man in the seat next to me asked as we started our pushback, unashamedly breaking a cardinal rule of 2×2 business class seating – you do not engage in conversation with your neighbour! Internally I sighed, as I am not one inclined to…
JC in India 