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This one is in US of A.

[quote=RaReSha3;88215]Our kid's age kids in India are no different than our kids who are brought up in US in emotional quotient. [/quote] Above sounds more of an exception than rule. Maybe it has to do with kid's age. There are distinct differences in kids growing up in US and India and the ...

Although I agree with many recent posts on India and US coming closer in terms of culture, etc., I have to disagree that desi kids in bay area or NJ will retain their parents' values, etc. For one, the Indian families in US no matter how close knit, is not even close to their Indian counterparts ...

[quote=river98;80768]some of the posts are going off on a tangent ... request all to keep discussion to the subject. Regarding suggestions to boil water, AC car , etc - I was also of the same opinion and am doing it . I have seen people on this board talk about importing water from france and what ...

bfchaser, Thanks for posting your real life experience. However, I must warn you that India is not that behind when it comes to Valentines day, Halloween, etc. especially in big cities. One of my friends' wife in India is a school teacher in Noida and she tells the same thing. Kids as young as 12-13 ...

#20 river98[I][B]: Another day, you are stuck on the road and your kids are breathing in the thick black smoke around for an hour and start coughing badly ... [/B] [/I]Buy an air conditioned car and keep windows rolled up. [I] [B] or try to cross a road with a 5 year old in tow ... [/B] [/I]Hold ...

[quote=nand;79621]This is my view - If you are in a position to spend more than 1 lac a month (family of 4), ideally 1.5 easily and have enough for future expenses, then all the day to day hassles can be taken care of. At this level, life is better that earning 100-150K gross in US. [/quote] Very ...

Rajaram, I don't believe anyone is suggesting one culture is *better* than other. They are *different*. If you ask Americans, they have most fun during thanksgiving/x-mas, etc. Indians in India seem to have the same thing going during Diwali holidays. You get the point. Now I agree that civic sense ...

I like everbank to hold foreign currencies with FDIC insurance and earn interest income at the same time. I believe a global portfolio ought to have some major world currencies such as Euro, GBP, etc.

There is some 1.5% fee they charge up front but its not too bad if you are in for long term.

[I]Atleast in the US, on a festival weekend, you can go to a place like Artesia have a wonderful dinner at Tirupathi Bhimas and take your kids straight to Disney Land or San Diego Seaworld and you enjoy every moment of it without worrying about traffic, crowd, mob etc.[/I] Why wait for diwali, etc ...