Jonathan Sidhu - Livemint.com
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Member since 04-14-2009
Last visited 04-24-2009
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  • Friday, April 24, 2009
    Posted at 2:06:00 PM
    In Delhi, most expatriates seem deeply self-conscious of how they fit (or don’t) into their new (or not-so-new) surroundings. Being image-conscious obviously isn’t unique to this part of the world. But I’d venture the range of possibilities of ‘scenes’ for expatriates make the perennial assimilation vs. accommodation debate more pronounced. I’ve met Americans working at transnationals who spend most waking hours keeping tabs on the hippest lounges this side of parliament. I’ve been introduced to backpackers who overstayed their visas to spend months.
  • Tuesday, April 21, 2009
    Posted at 5:42:00 PM
    I knew that moving to Delhi would require a certain cultural education. But lately I've mostly just wanted to play Scrabble -- as I wade through burdensome acronyms. I am told that I'm an NRI (or an ABCD!), eligible for a PIO or OCI card. The general elections fill newspaper headlines with CPM, BJP or SP. Did you know the Congress Party also goes by INC? For anyone who has spent more than two weeks in India, this is all Expat 101. But during week one, all I could think was WTF. Every new locale or language has it's abbreviations or short.
  • Tuesday, April 14, 2009
    Posted at 3:34:00 PM
    Good afternoon Livemint readers- This post will be a brief introduction. As Melissa and the other expat bloggers have set the bar high with their tales of racism, sexual harassment and smacking little children, I hope that I too can offer the occasionally informed opinion about cultural confusion as an exile. Preferably I'll do that without beating up any kids, but the expat life is an unpredictable one. So I recently joined Mint on the Views page and am based out of the New Delhi office. We're on the 16th floor of a high rise, so you can.
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