Year: 2050
Date: July 4th
Place: Washington D.C
Conversation between two young American IT professionals
Mark: “hey Brian, what’s up? In which stage is your Chennai skilled worker Program proceeding?
Brian: “well, just finished my Visa Interview yesterday @ Indian Embassy!”
Mark: “that’s cool man!.. How did it go?.. Heard that it’s getting very strict these days”
Brian: “ yeah, but managed to get it through!”
Mark: “ congrats man!, how long did it take?.. they have all their strict procedures right!”
Brian: “hugh!…it look hell a lot of time…long queue. In fact I had a kind of butterflies in my stomach when I saw ppl lining up like that”
Mark: “I have heard my dad say that it was vice versa way back in 2016”
Brian: “exactly!.. well, now they’re ‘ Bade Bhaiya’! Socially and economically!”
Mark: “tell me how did you manage in the interview? And how did you cope up with their language. You know every state has its own language!”
Brian: “Ha, Mark!, that’s where I cleverly chose Chennai. From my school days I have been learning Tamil from my aunt who is a Tamilian. You know, at the consulate they even tested my local language proficiency. Thank God, my Tamil scores in TOTIL was 4.5 (Test Of Tamil as Indian Language) . And I was lucky enough to be directed to kidki 3 (vias officer there is a native tamilian)..He was awestruck by the way I greeted him “ Vanakkam sir, Nalla irukeengala “ in a typical Indian style by joining palms.”
Mark: “that’s great..By the way who’s your sponsor?
Brian: “ Honeywell technology solutions, a pure south Indian company. And I am posted in Madurai, the marvelous temple city!”
Mark: “oh really!, lucky to work in a pure Indian company. People down there are really intelligent. Indian companies are pay masters and they value your work”
Brain: “true Mark. I hope companies here to follow their footsteps”
Mark: “so, you gonna have fun there!”
Brian: “yeah!, I will be living in one of the ancient city in the world. Got to speak the ancient language, will get a chance to travel across my dream country INDIA in smart trains, will be visiting their wonderful flora and fauna! And ofcourse the most entertaining Kollywood!..”
Mark: “ how about the salary?, will you be able to manage?”
Brian: “ pretty cool and cost of living is quiet manageable when compared to Chennai , Coimbatore. It is 1000 rupees for single room accommodation. And the best part of this city is it lip smacking foods!.I need to allocate some extra amount for that.”
Mark: “ oh no!, that’s way high for US people.” (* current exchange rate is $150 per rupee) and “how long is your tenure Brian?”
Brian: “what do you mean by ‘how long’, I am assured that my Aadhar card will be processed in a year’s time!..That means, I am settled there forever!”
Mark: “sounds cool!, you know their PM is scheduled to visit US by 2052, maybe he will relax the visa terms and increase the number of visa intakes!”
Brian: “hopefully!, make sure you join me soon!”
Mark: “of course!, who would deny to settle in India – the historial/cultural and economical super power”
Brian: ” Good luck with that”
‘This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.’
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