20 Questions - Meet NRIs


Meet Shiva. He is 37, currently lives in Kew Gardens city, New York.

Published - Feburary 19, 2007

Meet Mr.Shiva...

1. Why did you leave India?
Family pressure.

2. Do you plan to return to India to settle down?
Yes, Bangalore.

3. What do you like most about being abroad?
Neatness, I have a good job and my company I work is just great.

4. What do like least about being abroad?
Missing my mother.

5. Would you be concerned about raising your family outside India?
No.

6. What are your thoughts about marrying outside your immediate community, someone who speaks a different language or practices a different religion?
I am married and happy with my married life.

7. What would be the first thing you would do if you became the Prime Minister of India?
Give moral and general education to each and everyone. Insist on speaking only truth.

8. What do you think are India's greatest strengths?(max 3)
1.Satellites.
2.Agriculture.
3.Defense.

9. What do you think are the biggest problems facing India? (max 3)
1.No education to the poor.

10. Do you think that a presidential form of government would better serve the needs of India's democracy?
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11. For whom do you have the highest regard amongst living Indians?
1. Mr.Vajpayee.

12. Do you think that the national obsession with Cricket has helped or has it hurt India as a sporting nation?
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13. What do you think are India's greatest achievements since Independence? (max 3)?
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14. What is your favorite pastime?
Studying in Hassan, India.

15. What is your happiest memory?
Spending time together with my daughter, wife and my mother.

16. What's your most memorable journey?
My first flight with my mother from Calcutta to Darjeeling.

17. What is your ultimate food dish?
Dhal Rice.

18. What are your favorite movies? (max 3)
Bhakta Gnana Dev.

19. What are your favorite books (please list authors as well)? (max 3)
Books of Swami Vivekananda.

20. A message from you to other NRIs
Be honest and sincere throughout life and not to ignore parents.

- Shiva

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