Dual life!

I never thought I would be dealing with a dual life, one in Bangalore ( Not sure if I should call it India exactly) and one in New Jersey (again I dont think I can call it the US). Given my perspective, I think I have taken several things for granted, the Idli Vada at Adigas along with the luxury of driving on I95 and the Garden State Parkway. These are probably the 2 truths of my life. I am just as much at home in NJ as much as I at Bangalore. NJ is no longer an unknown commodity. I have my KTU as much as my Radio Mirchi back home. The frosted flakes are as familiar as the maggi I buy.

When I started reading the Namesake, I really felt a part of the book. Initially as the relative who awed at the "Foreign return" relatives who were mesmerized with the idea of the capitalistic west. When my uncle first showed me the green dollar bills ( I probably would have said notes a few years back), I had no idea I would one day be running after it.

As I further read it, I found myself being relating to and understanding Gogol, well actually Nikhil. Just wondering how much India and Indians are changing. Its not so much the globalization and the walmarts that are bothering me, but its the change in the mindset to me that is shocking. The social parameters are so much different today.

In an ordinary conversation you would mention the city railway station and the Penn station in a single sentence and the other person would completely understand what you are saying without even blinking. Today the normal life is the confused global world that we live in. We have aspects in life from a whole bunch countries and cultures and lets just experiences..