It has been amazing 7 years in US. This country has made me like a spoiled kid, giving me so much comfort, so much fun, so much independence that I will always compare it to the life in India.
The only thing I miss sometimes is family. I still remember, in the first 6 months, I cried every time I spoke to my family back in India. My first Diwali out of home was all spent in crying. I visited them in December that year, and the crying stopped. I started enjoying my life in the US. I do miss my family, but I speak to them quite often and then I wonder, if I lived in India, how often I would meet them if I was not living with them, twice or thrice - that too because of some occasions?
Last 7 years, I have learned new things, took up new hobbies, travelled a lot, ate a lot of different cuisines, made a lot of friends, lived a life in which I can make myself happy and also a lot of others.
There will be one day when I will return to India, sooner or later, but today I really like my life here. I enjoy every bit of it. What I really like is the independence I have, to be able to do everything on my own pace and make sure it gets done on time. I can easily go on a day trip all by myself. Being a woman, I feel safe enough to go for a day trip. I love the easy access to nature and the number of different activities you can do in the outdoors. I like the fact that people are sincere towards their job whatever it might be. Very rarely I have had issues with people not doing their job and blocking me, may it be servicing the car or getting something fixed in my apartment.
To be frank, I am pretty sure I will have a tough time moving back to India. All the things that I like here and appreciate of having, I won't be getting them in India. But may be my life will become so busy that I will not get any time to think about all this. A lot of people say that life is easy in India when you have kids, I don't agree with that too because I don't see anything wrong with "Day care" facilities.
I feel I am more American than Indian now, its not just the american comfort life, but also my attitude towards a lot of things. I feel the same for American soldiers that I feel for Indian and I also wish that Americans athletes/teams win in a sport that I am watching.
And I really appreciate the value given to a "Life" here, be it human or animal.
The only thing I miss sometimes is family. I still remember, in the first 6 months, I cried every time I spoke to my family back in India. My first Diwali out of home was all spent in crying. I visited them in December that year, and the crying stopped. I started enjoying my life in the US. I do miss my family, but I speak to them quite often and then I wonder, if I lived in India, how often I would meet them if I was not living with them, twice or thrice - that too because of some occasions?
Last 7 years, I have learned new things, took up new hobbies, travelled a lot, ate a lot of different cuisines, made a lot of friends, lived a life in which I can make myself happy and also a lot of others.
There will be one day when I will return to India, sooner or later, but today I really like my life here. I enjoy every bit of it. What I really like is the independence I have, to be able to do everything on my own pace and make sure it gets done on time. I can easily go on a day trip all by myself. Being a woman, I feel safe enough to go for a day trip. I love the easy access to nature and the number of different activities you can do in the outdoors. I like the fact that people are sincere towards their job whatever it might be. Very rarely I have had issues with people not doing their job and blocking me, may it be servicing the car or getting something fixed in my apartment.
To be frank, I am pretty sure I will have a tough time moving back to India. All the things that I like here and appreciate of having, I won't be getting them in India. But may be my life will become so busy that I will not get any time to think about all this. A lot of people say that life is easy in India when you have kids, I don't agree with that too because I don't see anything wrong with "Day care" facilities.
I feel I am more American than Indian now, its not just the american comfort life, but also my attitude towards a lot of things. I feel the same for American soldiers that I feel for Indian and I also wish that Americans athletes/teams win in a sport that I am watching.
And I really appreciate the value given to a "Life" here, be it human or animal.
