In the infinity of life where I am,
All is perfect, whole and complete.
Change is the natural law of my life, I welcome change.
I am willing to change. I choose to change my thinking.
I choose to change the words I use.
I move from the old to the new with ease and with joy.
It is easier for me to forgive than I thought.
Forgiving makes me feel free and light.
It is with joy that I learn to love myself more and more.
The more resentment I release, the more love I have to express.
Changing my thoughts makes me feel good.
I am learning to choose to make today a pleasure to experience.
All is well in my world.
A
few decades back, the typical trend was, masses of bright Indian minds had a
one way passage to the United States in search of higher education in famed US
Universities. Thereafter secure good employment with a good organization,
settle down with family and buy that dream house with a 2 car park garage and
maybe have a dog – that was an American Dream.
This
was an intentional change in personal &professional life that every
aspiring future NRI would dream about. Then was the advent of the IT &
Internet revolution. India as a potential business destination by then had
started appearing on the radar of many International Organizations. Mega IT
firms, and other organizations (Banks, Semi-Conductor, Pharma, Auto etc.)
started thinking of investing largely in India. India was perceived as a major
offshore destination that had quality knowledge & skills and yet could show
good profits for these large institutions that chose to outsource.
With
the amount of opportunities that India now started having, showcased to the
world that they were on the Industrial map. This was the pivotal point for many
of those aspiring minds who had once upon a time left everything and had made a
decision to pursue their American Dream. The immediate and an important thought
then to some Indian settled in America was –do we now have an option to return
back ‘home’ and be professionally challenged??
Some
made a conscious decision and took that bold step to return. Alas! India had
indeed changed! And it had changed for the better. There were big shopping
malls; bigger and better cars were being witnessed on the roads, the free
market economy which showcased an influx of freely available branded electronic
products like SONYs, SAMSUNGs, LGs etc. Those that chose to return started
experiencing an improved lifestyle. Big multi-national offices in India and big
malls provided employment for so many, may it be cleaning crews, or cafeteria
staff to even the local non-technical and perhaps not so highly educated
Indians. We witnessed drivers, maids, and vegetable vendors etc. now carrying
cell phones. The milkman, the newspaperman once who once walked or at the most
had a bicycle for his morning deliveries, now carried cell phone to do business
and rode on motorcycles or scooters. The cleaning crews in malls now wore a
proper uniform and had imported floor cleaning machines that they could
operate. The mid to upper middle class Indians who once took public
transportations or a 2 wheeler to work now drove around in 4wheelers since
banks were giving loans at attractive interest rates. Wow! What a change this
was compared to the 70’s & 80’s where many were mere factory workers or
only employed with typical government jobs (such as Railways, Income-Tax etc.).
Many upper class Indians are now able to afford foreign vacations and able to
buy better apartments in huge international level housing complexes. There are
a lot of private taxi service companies that evolved. In general the country
had started seeing a lifestyle at all levels that was not heard of a few
decades back. In all this, I feel the biggest revolution that turned the wheel
of this change was the Internet! Now business can be done in any & all
industries with a click of a mouse.
This
indeed was a welcoming change for the better for India as a country. In general
Indians now enjoy an uplifted lifestyle as compared to what it was decades ago.
We Indians now have access to many opportunities may it be professional career
or availability of world-class consumer items.
-
Rakhi
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