My experience from recent India trip..

[adavilo_baatasaari]

6 hours ago, FrustratedVuncle said:

4 bags n kids tho train digutunte,

O Pali 4 bags and kids tho New York Subway attempt cheyi bro, telusuddi maa South Central Railway viiluva.

 

6 hours ago, FrustratedVuncle said:

Everyone wants free money. 

Idi maree  goram.

NYC/Atlanta/Richmond lo knife point , Gun point incidents teldeti? Nenu live lo chusina oka visual. Oka ammayi daggara 10$ kottesi 2 flight of NYC subway stairs nunchi kindaki nookaru.

 

[adavilo_baatasaari]

12 hours ago, verrigadu said:

I visit very rarely baa.. visited for 2 weeks in 2011, 2015, 2018, 2021 and now in 2024. Its all the same. Its like the same when I left India in 2008.

ee tooru 4 weeks plan cheyi Bro.

 

2 weeks lo 10 days nee jetlag set avvatanike saripotundi. Nee fan noise  frustation and couple of others Jet lag valla koodaa anukunta.

Ofcourse Air pollution is the worst.

[verrigadu]

11 hours ago, no01 said:

nenu India lone putta and akkade periga, not that I moved to US at very young age....so naaku as it is gaane anipinchindi...like how it was before I moved to US. Same janalu, same mindset everything same, only thing changed is Hyd grown and developed a lot....US lifestyle emi miss kaamu. Infact like I mentioned earlier, maids/drivers etc etc help untadi.....so lets say you won a lottery of few millions (after tax cuts), you dont have to work at all ever in life...then US lo best thing you can do is buy bigger house in prime location...but still shitty jobs nuvve chesukovali.....luxury cars, items, trips anni India lo accessible.

I got your point about labour availability at pea nuts price in India.

But but but...did you observe the quality of work maids are offering? We took a Guest house for rent for 2 weeks and employed maids.

Even my 6 year old could have done better cleaning job. Everyday we ended up cleaning on our own after the maid left. Washing machine saved us. We never knew the difference before and after utensil cleaning. We had to clean on our own.

20 years back we had the option to shout at maids and get the work done. Now they have the Unions and if you shout at them, the Union will ban anyone coming to your home address.

Probably you are lucky to have got good maids but thats not the case with everyone everytime.

[andhra_jp]

11 minutes ago, verrigadu said:

I got your point about labour availability at pea nuts price in India.

But but but...did you observe the quality of work maids are offering? We took a Guest house for rent for 2 weeks and employed maids.

Even my 6 year old could have done better cleaning job. Everyday we ended up cleaning on our own after the maid left. Washing machine saved us. We never knew the difference before and after utensil cleaning. We had to clean on our own.

20 years back we had the option to shout at maids and get the work done. Now they have the Unions and if you shout at them, the Union will ban anyone coming to your home address.

Probably you are lucky to have got good maids but thats not the case with everyone everytime.

maaku maid weekly twice vastundi and 2k rupees istaamu and she cleans, mop and 2 bathroom cleaning.

baanee chestundi maa maid work...

emo baa naaa IQ levels ki and average burra ki india is the best , india loo yenni problems vunna aaa western countries loo just cannot imagine surving old age,retirement and death.. also 50yrs taruvata i just dont want to work in IT industry and early retirement is not that easy in western countries for average joe like me..

I can understand if one is highly confident , passionate about work then US is THE BEST country...

[verrigadu]

12 minutes ago, andhra_jp said:

maaku maid weekly twice vastundi and 2k rupees istaamu and she cleans, mop and 2 bathroom cleaning.

baanee chestundi maa maid work...

emo baa naaa IQ levels ki and average burra ki india is the best , india loo yenni problems vunna aaa western countries loo just cannot imagine surving old age,retirement and death.. also 50yrs taruvata i just dont want to work in IT industry and early retirement is not that easy in western countries for average joe like me..

I can understand if one is highly confident , passionate about work then US is THE BEST country...

Okay bro, here the main point of my post is even after a good 20 years India changed but Indians did not change ani.

Main positive is you can get a specialists appointment the same day in India while you need to wait for 6+ months in developed world. Again the down side is Indian doctors rely on antibiotics for their treatment.

Maids thing- yes you must be lucky enough everytime.

The general behaviour of Indians remained the same aneedhi naa main complaint

[andhra_jp]

3 hours ago, verrigadu said:

Okay bro, here the main point of my post is even after a good 20 years India changed but Indians did not change ani.

Main positive is you can get a specialists appointment the same day in India while you need to wait for 6+ months in developed world. Again the down side is Indian doctors rely on antibiotics for their treatment.

Maids thing- yes you must be lucky enough everytime.

The general behaviour of Indians remained the same aneedhi naa main complaint

yes mana indians mararu.. dantlo doubt emi vundi...

bangalore loo main roads kakunda crosses loo janalu driving chudali ... worst antee worst...   auto drivers vallu ayitee oka sycho laaga behave chestunnaru...

aaa swiggy, zomato drivers ni chustee jali vestundi ento india loo inta backwardness vundaa ani... no proper white collar jobs in india bhayya...

[Teluguredu]

11 hours ago, Peddayana said:

youtube lo Telugu food videos lo full junk food enjoying young ppl, oka video choosa, they put so much cheese in it that you could probably smell it from tv, if ppl keep eating that junk I think in next 10 years lot of them will be diabetic

food vloggers ni tannali, all promoting junk food

civic sense issue will still be there from what I feel, laws implementation is the only way ppl will listen, hope it happens some day

Ee cheese anta only north indians unde daggare untundhi andhra lo undadhu.

[nag]

17 hours ago, FrustratedVuncle said:

Same happened to me anna. 4 bags n kids tho train digutunte, vunties tosukuntu ekkutunnaru. okka nimisham agamma ante, train potadi ani kids ni kuda tosesaru. 10g the addam padatav ani tidithe apudu diganicharu. 

public transport is such a hassle, unless you buy AC or luxury bus Tickets or travel in personal cars.

ika train platform meda water or snacks amme vadi konte via window, bottle/snack 20 ki change ivvaledo aa saale gallu 100/200/500 isthe train kadile daka atu itu busy ga tiruguthu change ivvakunda 10gestaru. Everyone wants free money. 

ika tirupathi pothe akkada chance ichavante thaloka 500 ettukellipotaru. 

100 % agreed

[r2d2]

I go every year.. sometimes twice..

one noticeable change over the years is the fearless spending...

[pichhipullayya]

All uncles complaining on Fan sound 

BLDC fans are very popular now in India.. costs around 3000 per fan and very energy efficient,

Why don't u change existing fans to BLDC motor fans and be done with it.

[Thantrik]

On 9/12/2024 at 2:49 PM, verrigadu said:

 

 

Trip from 20/Aug/2024 - 02/Sept/2024 for nearly 2 weeks.

 

London -> Hyd -> VJA

and same reverse journey.

Positives: 

1. Digital Services are excellent even though some banks still not great. Most of the things can be ordered online. Delivery timelines are crisp.
2. loads of money everywhere though not every has got access to large money.
3. If we live in a city like Vijayawada, things can be done very easily and quickly as there is not much traffic impact. We got multiple things done in a single day within VJA town.
4. Access to medical facilities is awesome, at current levels India has already defeated many advanced countries in this regard.

Negatives:

1. Noise pollution - Biggest draw back. Vehicle and general public noise everywhere. Could not bear the loud noise from ceiling fans. Got very difficult even to talk to person sitting next to me due to fan noise.
2. Air pollution - No need to mention this even.
3. Lane discipline and Queue culture: I think it will take another 5000 years for general public to maintain public discipline. Even at the privileged places like airports, I saw people cutting lines and jumping queues. When I am scanning bar codes at VJA airport, some very decently dressed couple came and tried to put their bar codes even though I am doing for rest of the family.
4. I never understood why they touch the bu££s from behind in a queue even when there is no rush.
5. Traffic Lane discipline: No need to talk about this.
6. Spitting culture cannot be get away with.
7. People still oogling at tightly dressed women 

 

Of course unexpected ending of the trip:

That days after 02/Sept/2024 : It was a night mare for VJA public. We somehow got out and reached airport and landed in Hyd to catch flights back to London on 02/Sept/2024.

 

 

Most of the negatives are related to 1 issue over population anni pollutions pothayi once controlled it will never happen anytime soon

[Konebhar6]

On 9/12/2024 at 11:57 AM, no01 said:

agreed, recent India trip and previous trips lo I noticed is Hyd lanti city lo manchi good looking girls kanipinchatam leru.

pubs, malls, theaters ki vellina I hardly notice very few...main reason for this is availability of food options + online deliveries which is available 24X7 + lots of young girls are drinking alcohol and that too mostly beers.

Obese and not in good shape unna young girls chaala mandhi unnaru.....face chudataaniki baguntadi, but completely out of shape.

Try malls. You will see some good looking girls there ... Also gym's. 

[Joker_007]

On 9/12/2024 at 2:53 PM, cisco_sastry said:

One thing I observed from my recent India trip is People eating way more calories than required. No wonder we are diabetic capital

aw kaka... no body is counting it.. Pada poyi biryani thintu charchinchukondam... 

[futureofandhra]

On 9/13/2024 at 2:19 AM, andhra_jp said:

maaku maid weekly twice vastundi and 2k rupees istaamu and she cleans, mop and 2 bathroom cleaning.

baanee chestundi maa maid work...

emo baa naaa IQ levels ki and average burra ki india is the best , india loo yenni problems vunna aaa western countries loo just cannot imagine surving old age,retirement and death.. also 50yrs taruvata i just dont want to work in IT industry and early retirement is not that easy in western countries for average joe like me..

I can understand if one is highly confident , passionate about work then US is THE BEST country...

u r right on retirement

developed countries lo retirement is tough 

i have seen in singapore too

old people work even after 65+ to survive