Tuesday, October 21, 2008

A land of Software Enggs VS A Waste land

Thousands years of old rich land’s(INDIA) people one day wake up from their half dream to pursue a software engg career. After thosands days struggel they got a degree. Parents,people and students all become happy. To cherish their half filled dream($$$$) they flew thousands of miles and laned in a land of thosands days old country(USA). I was among them in that flock.
My venture started after two days - just get rid of my jetlags. Everything looked fresh and new here to me - Home,Road,buildings,office,air,sky,vehicle even people(white). May be this place is just 1000 days old and mine being 1000 yeas old. I just compared this place with a flash back of my country. My inquisitive mind proded to know more. Many weekends passed in travelling 1000s of miles in car. Ever rising gas price did not hurt me as I could able to remit 1000 USD into INR. My first stop was at Niagra after 400miles(<1000 miles :}) drive. But after reaching there found 1000 people out of 1001 are from India. All came out to be software enggs and their family. Everybody travelled far from their location to see Niagra falls once read in school text book. It was good experience. I never got a chance to see any water fall so close in my country. Next weekend I arrived at New York. A dream city. Empire state building,Ellis Iand,statue of Liberty, ruins of twin towers and colorful Times Square. I deliberately left wall street thinking it might fall over me anytime and came across dwindling Main Street. I wandered few other places Chicago,Washington DC,Rhode Iland,New Hamsphire,Philadelphia and few more in the north East. Spring and Summer over, now fall and winter slowly sets in. Temerature drops in up to -10 degree centigrade. Poeple hate snow like anything. But I am eager for skiing and watching snow fall - a man of dust and dirty land.
Suddenly a question came. I travelled many 1000 miles. All are free flow high speed free ways. I did not find any crop fields or big trees in rode side. Hardly find any people roaming. No mines and no chain of industries. It has nothing but waste 1000s of miles. How a tree will grow in freezing temperature? So how come it became a Number one developed Nation. It hurt my sentiment for my poor country and people. All shopping malls where ever I go hardly see any product “Made in USA”. Made in china,india,brazil etc are prevelent. Yes they never fought with china,india..but only with British for Tea - Boston Tea Party. My little mind soon understood the concept of Globalization and outsourcing. yaaa…because of this I am here like many and busy with only work and $$$$. A house in India is too costly to afford with my 1000USD savings per months. So many switch from Deshi company for more $$ — is it called cheapt labor ? :}.
It was my eye opening after seeing Waste Land. Compared to this My thousands year old country has many people, many thing to grow and eat, many minerals,many beauties,many talents,many religion,many yogies and mnay more uncountable things to tell…
but feels like we do not have many things like unity,descipline,honesty,patrotism,compassion,determination,understanding and many more. Or are we lost in many good things in search of few more $$$s and glitters?
Ok friends today this much only……From Land of 1000 days old.