People from India: Abhijeet Case Study
As a member of AIESEC Ive been one of many who has had international opportunities and, for this posting specifically, the chance to interact with people from India. I mean no disrespect or lesser honour for any other nation but the Indians have struck me most.
They are deeply spiritual people no matter how young or party-hardy them might seem. They share a rooted love for their country and fierce competitive spirit which is brewed in years of competing and striving to be different in a region with over 1 billion inhabitants.
They come from a land where they still witness heavy social stigmas and cast division and yet theyre natural tendency abroad (of most Indians Ive met) is to huddle up as group and form their own community. This does not mean that Indians are disrespectful or culturally insensitive, even though their dark sarcasm might through you off, but it simply means that Indians are like wolves: they come in packs.
Living in a country filled with problems and in some parts war, they come abroad in search of a better life. However, I have met no Indian who has not considered / planned to go back and help his country when he is able to financially and professionally.
To learn more about India and Indians I suggest you meet up with one. In the meantime take a brief look at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/indian_subcontinent/india/
http://in.yahoo.com/
Out of the many, today I decided to mention one: Abhijeet Mehta.
Abhi (has he is known to his friends) comes across as an individual with no worries in life, chilled out, looking for a 9 to 5 good pay/high profile kind of job, listen to good music and at night meet up the pack at the local pub.
However, beneath that rugged (sometimes unshaved), joyous looking surface is again another Indian led by the same ticks. One tick rang loudest recently and he decided to leave an international career at a large multinational for which he was working in Shanghai and pursue his dream: sports!
He is now working for Globo Media Solutions (www.globomedia.biz) in his home town of Bangalore and on weekends he helps out some of his friends (former members of AIESEC) in an NGO helping kids with their dreams (www.dreamadream.org).
Happy Birthday Abhi!
PS: See more of Abhijeet at: http://abhi.nomadlife.org/
