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India - Upcoming Business Trip
Found out today that I'll be headed to Mumbai next month. I am the whitest American in the world. I will stand out.
Should I be concerned about security? I don't want to end up on Al-Jazeera with my head cut off, but I don't want to overreact either. Maybe I'll ask if the firm will provide bodyguards or something. This is mainly because it would be cool to have bodyguards, not that I think my firm would cover it. |
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Re: India - Upcoming Business Trip
I think you're a little hasty with your Al-Jazeera reference. Obviously you should be careful when travelling to any third world nation (although I don't think all of india qualifies as third world) but India /= Middle East.
So are you recruiting engineers or customer support? |
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Re: India - Upcoming Business Trip
lol you won't need any of that
I am proud of myself for not making fun of you right now |
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What sort of difficulty are you expecting? It's Bombay man not Riyadh.
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Re: India - Upcoming Business Trip
Buy some timberlands and don't use the toilets.
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Re: India - Upcoming Business Trip
Watch a Bollywood movie.
In other words, I don't know. India has very well-defined class distinctions and a caste system. I assume the Mumbai end will handle the details. |
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Re: India - Upcoming Business Trip
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Watch a Bollywood movie. In other words, I don't know. India has very well-defined class distinctions and a caste system. I assume the Mumbai end will handle the details. [/ QUOTE ] I kind of doubt that our intrepid friend will fall prey to the caste system. |
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Yeah, I know Mumbai is acutally a bustling metropolis, but there have been some unsettling attacks there recently. My OP is partly tongue in cheek, but I do have security concerns and I've never been to that part of the world. I love the food though.
My firm has a partner there. We're co-developing a medical imaging system. The two companies agreed to share the travel burden. Guess I drew the short straw. |
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Do not wear
I [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Pakistan or I [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Beef t-shirts. |
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but I don't want to overreact either [/ QUOTE ] You realize that India is over 80% Hindu, right? And that Hindu is not the same as Muslim. And that India is one the most culturally and physically diverse and beautiful countries in the world. [ QUOTE ] I am the whitest American in the world [/ QUOTE ] I never would've guessed. Ethnocentrism is an ugly thing. |
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