R2I Club Member Hangout

Mate, I was HATED by people in the state I was born in India. I have been told to go back to where I came from in India. Its because 5 generations ago my ancestors immigrated from a BIMARU state to where I was born. I am going to be hated anyway, why stay in a pile of garbage? Better of being hated...

Most Canadians cant differentiate and dont care about who is Khalistani, who is Gujju, South Indian etc. All they see and know is, too many brown people have come in and are taking jobs, food from food banks, etc. The knee jerk reaction of Indians when criticized is to deflect the criticism on to a...

From someone who has been there and done that. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bhattkapil_the-first-company-i-worked-for-had-a-simple-activity-7263908758274129920-mAYV?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop "The first company I worked for had a simple adage, 'Do the Math' Let's do the ma...

Coincidently found this on twitter today:

I have been in the US for 32 years now. One interesting thing for me was that the retirement/r2i goal post kept moving as I reached previously set goals. Somewhere along the way r2i stopped being practical and especially now since both children have graduated from college and are working. I have en...

Indians are the most class and status conscious people in the world. Most Indians I know in India stick to their own social class to hang out with. I know people from my college who are in some high managerial positions, some own startups. They only hang out with each other. They even look down upo...

Any day, I would take the potlucks over cold Zomato food :) since the journey is always more enjoyable than the destination itself. We had potluck both for the 4th of July block party involving all races and the Diwali one with Desis only and my wife had fun organizing both of them. We also had an ...

@wd40 - let me flip this around! I need a passport to prove that I am an American and to ensure I won't be thrown out. (Renewal of GC costs as much as getting a USC and GC is not the same as citizenship) No such things are needed in India. I look like an Indian, I walk like an Indian and I talk lik...

@wd40 - let me flip this around! I need a passport to prove that I am an American and to ensure I won't be thrown out. (Renewal of GC costs as much as getting a USC and GC is not the same as citizenship) No such things are needed in India. I look like an Indian, I walk like an Indian and I talk lik...

"Water, water everywhere but not a single drop to drink " - unless you or your wife is garrulous and quick to make friends, you may feel out of place in India after being out for a long time. I lucked out with the Florida move since my wife is good in making new friends. You may have to a...