Flight to India

@Mahesh  - thats really good to know about the future plans... Also as you discussed earlier we can have frequent local meeting which helps members to get motivated about our site growing...

@Suthish -- You are rt, best way is to speak and learn :)

Karthik,
I think you will learn more when you visit North India. Plus we should plan a meeting in South India as well. Our next plan is in East Coast, USA and then West Coast, USA.

Oh but Karthik, you are expected to speak Hindi like a native but I can just say I am an American.

At least I already know a few Hindi words like snaps and fresher. Right?

Karthik is probably right! Also, it is probably easy to learn when you live in the Country. I am working (not really) to teech Hindi to my son (Neel) but he can't. But now he has visited INDIA 3 times, he kind of understands.

But good news is, almost everybody, who is in IT (specifically programmers), do speak good enough English so you would have no problem.

Indian culture is much larger and has a wider scope of languages, local cultures and slangs. If I go to a different state, I would not be able to speak or understand. Even, I go to a local village if I am not from there, it will be difficult for me to understand. Keep in mind, the culture is thousands years old but it was more like small tribes in ancient times and every tribe developed it's own mini-culture and local language.

But

After first day or two, everything is back to normal now. It's 6:46 AM now and I woke up at 6:00 AM.

But yes, if you are not used to, it takes couple of days to adjust. May next year, we a few key members USA will come to INDIA for the Summit.

Also, we will plan a Summit in USA soon.

Thanks!

Maybe I need to start learning Hindi for next year.

How is the time difference? You are young, Mahesh; I assume you have not had a problem adjusting to the time difference.

In India, do spicy foods have many types of spices or are they just hot with no other spices? Well I am being a little sarcastic and we should discuss that in another thread but note that I did try to start a similar discussion about Curry. Many people say spicy when they actually just mean hot. I hope people in India use many spices, not just hot ones.

Welcome Sir

Thanks everybody. I am at NOIDA. Flight was good. Hectic but not bad.

Got the Internet working. Will keep you posted on various activities.

Tomorrow plan to go see the place where we are planning the Summit.

Have fun Mahesh :-)