Comments on: India, part II http://romansturgis.com/2008/12/06/india-part-ii/ Fiction podcasts and my blog. Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:25:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roman Sturgis − Krabi Part II http://romansturgis.com/2008/12/06/india-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Roman Sturgis − Krabi Part II Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:11:27 +0000 http://romansturgis.com/?p=195#comment-72 [...] causing them to glow blue-green. Readers of this blog may remember a similar experience I had night swimming in Kerala, India. I never get tired of the stuff. It’s like playing with underwater sparklers that never go out. I [...] [...] causing them to glow blue-green. Readers of this blog may remember a similar experience I had night swimming in Kerala, India. I never get tired of the stuff. It’s like playing with underwater sparklers that never go out. I [...]

]]> By: Morgan http://romansturgis.com/2008/12/06/india-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Morgan Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:34:40 +0000 http://romansturgis.com/?p=195#comment-62 An elderly gentleman accosted us in Mumbai, just south of Victoria CST. After asking us where we were from, he introduced himself. He claimed an emeritus professorship at the University of Mumbai and to have at least three doctorates related to economics and finance, as well as several masters degrees. Suffice it to say, I was interested. After introductions, in the offhandedly confrontational manner of most Indians, he immediately inquired, "Where will you be in three weeks, on November 5th?" Our brains, immersed in the tumult of Mumbai, required a minute to deduce why, in particular, he would ask about this day. "I will ask who you are voting for, but may I suggest Obama, Obama, Obama! The Democrats have always been the friends of the Indians, and the Republicans our enemies." His tendency to repeat singular word, no doubt an artifact from his teaching days, was hilarious and rather endearing. Obliged by his honesty and directness, we revealed that we would likely be voting for Obama and would be back in the states come election day. This greatly relieved him and he invited us for a beer in the nearby neighborhood of Fort. We declined, but his elation at hearing that we were voting for Obama was palpable. Whether or not his views on the Republican and Democratic foreign policy towards India are correct is debatable. I don't know if this has been people's universal expirience, but my friends currently abroad (including yourself, Roman) have all remarked that the outlook towards them has improved among the native population of their adopted country. Whether it be my friend Addis Ababa, or Jim or in Spain, or any of my expatriate acquaintances scattered around the world, they all have reported back that the world is excited for Obama, and by extension Americans in general. An elderly gentleman accosted us in Mumbai, just south of Victoria CST. After asking us where we were from, he introduced himself. He claimed an emeritus professorship at the University of Mumbai and to have at least three doctorates related to economics and finance, as well as several masters degrees. Suffice it to say, I was interested.

After introductions, in the offhandedly confrontational manner of most Indians, he immediately inquired, “Where will you be in three weeks, on November 5th?” Our brains, immersed in the tumult of Mumbai, required a minute to deduce why, in particular, he would ask about this day.

“I will ask who you are voting for, but may I suggest Obama, Obama, Obama! The Democrats have always been the friends of the Indians, and the Republicans our enemies.”

His tendency to repeat singular word, no doubt an artifact from his teaching days, was hilarious and rather endearing. Obliged by his honesty and directness, we revealed that we would likely be voting for Obama and would be back in the states come election day. This greatly relieved him and he invited us for a beer in the nearby neighborhood of Fort. We declined, but his elation at hearing that we were voting for Obama was palpable. Whether or not his views on the Republican and Democratic foreign policy towards India are correct is debatable.

I don’t know if this has been people’s universal expirience, but my friends currently abroad (including yourself, Roman) have all remarked that the outlook towards them has improved among the native population of their adopted country. Whether it be my friend Addis Ababa, or Jim or in Spain, or any of my expatriate acquaintances scattered around the world, they all have reported back that the world is excited for Obama, and by extension Americans in general.

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