The Year: 2050
Place: Two Americans at IBM, USA.
Currency Conversion Rate: Rs. 1/- = $ 100/-.
Alex : Hi John, you didn’t come yesterday to office?
John : Yeah, I was in Indian Embassy for stamping.
Alex : Oh really, what happened, I heard that nowadays it has become very strict.
John : Yeah, but I managed to get it.
Alex : How long it took to get it stamped?
John : Oh, it was nasty man, long queue. Bill Gates was standing in front oof me and they played with him like anything. That’s why it got delayed. I went there at 2 am itself and waited and returned by 4 PM.
Alex : Really? In India, it is a matter of an hour to get stamped for USA
John : Yeah, but that is because who in India will be interested in coming to USA man, their economy has been booming.
Alex : So, when are you leaving?
John : Anytime, after receiving my tickets from the client in India and you know, I will be getting a chance to fly Air-India. Sort of dream come
true.
Alex : How long are you going to stay in India.
John : What do you mean by how long. I will be settled in India, my
company has promised me that they will process my Hara Patta.
Alex : Really, lucky person man, it is very difficult to get a Hara Patta
in India.
John : Yeah, that’s why, I am planning to marry an Indian girl there.
Alex : But you can find lots of US girls in Bangalore, Madras, Hyderabad
and Mumbai.
John : But, I prefer Indian girls because they don’t divorce and force you
for alimony payments.
Alex : Where did you get the offer, Bangalore?
John : Yeah, salary is good there, but cost of living is quite high, it is
Rs. 1000/- for a single room accommodation.
Alex : I see, that’s too much for US people, Rs.1 =$ 100. Oh God! What
about in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Madras?
John : No idea, but it is less than what we have in Bangalore. It is like
the world headquarters of Software.
Alex : I heard, almost all the Indians are having one personal Robot for
help.
John : You can get a BMW car for Rs. 5000/-, and a personal Robot for less than Rs. 7500/-. But my dream is to purchase Ambassador, which costs Rs.200000/- but has got a sexy design.
Alex : By the way, who is you sponsor?
John : WipInfoSaty, a pure Indian company, specializing in Embedded
Software.
Alex : Oh, really, lucky to work in a pure Indian company. They are really intelligent and unlike American body-shoppers who have opened their fly-by-night outfits in India. Indian companies pay you in full even when you are on bench. My friend Paul Allen, it seems, used his bench time to visit Bihar, the most livable place in India, probably world. There you have full freedom and no restrictions. You can do whatever you want! I wonder how that state has perfected that system.
John : Yeah man, you are right. I hope our America also follows their
footsteps.
Alex : How are you going to cope with their language?
John : Why not? From my school days I have been learning Kannada as my first language here at New York. At the Consulate they tested my proficiency in Kannada and were quite impressed by my centpercent score in TOKIL i.e. Test of Kannada as International Language.
Alex : So, you are going to have fun there.
John : Yeah, I will be traveling in the world’s fastest train, world’s
largest theme park, and the famous Kollywood where you can see actors
like, Vishnuvardhan, and all. Esselworld is also near to Kollywood.
Alex : You know, the PM is scheduled to visit US next year, he may then
relax the number of visas.
John : that’s true. Last month, Veerapan, the Indian ruler, visited White
House and donated Rs. 20,000/- for infrastructure development at Silicon
Valley and has promised more if we follow the model of Lalbag Park of
Banglore. Bill Gates also got a chance of meeting him. Very lucky person.
Alex : OK, Good Luck John.
John : Same to you Alex. And don’t go to Consulate in a Kurta Pyjama or
dhoti, because they will think you are too Indianised and may doubt you
will ever come back and hence your Non-Immigrant Visa may get rejected. Wear a baseball hat too and not the topee, But don’t forget to say “Namaskara Sir, Chennagi Iddeera” to the Visa officer at Window 5. It seems he likes that and will not give you a visa if you don’t greet him that way.