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So, we went to a baby naming party. While the event was going on, someone sneezed, and we heard someone else say "God Bless You" !!

Our eyes turned back, who was this person?
I said - you dont seem to be from around here? He said - NAY-AM visiting from da US !!!

WAT - US??? (**Thoughts**Oh my long lost brother)

Suddenly, all our allegiance changed from the party hosts to this person from some small town near California. We forgot the party and started giving the **Obama treatment** to this person. Soon, everyone started coming around, oh Ya - he the so-n-so's brother, lives in the US. You know - they were also in the US, they have now moved from India.

Ya, reallhy wad made u make dat decision?

(**Me Thinking** Man we were mad !!! )

(Oh - India is great man, u got to stay a little longer here to really undertand the fun of being in India)

Does that happen to you? You meet someone who has come from US/ UK / anywhere abroad - hell Sri Lanka would even do, and you feel attached to them a lot after R2I???

Yes. Happens with me. When I hear that a person is in the US visiting India or R2Ied, I instantly want to talk to that person. Cannot quite place why. I can almost bet that if I was still in the US and crossed an Indian's path in a mall / grocery store / street, the tendency of both would be to not look at each other...stare at the floor, look elsewhere and walk by without acknowledging.

could it be the sub-conscious of wanting to feel superior to others around?
Potential thought process when crossing paths with an unknown Indian in US: Oh man..another Indian here. wonder how he made it to this land of the great. I know I came the hard way and achieved so much etc. etc. Plus I want the Americans around to think that I assimilate with everyone and not just Indians.
Potential thought process when crossing paths with an unknown R2Ier or LIA Indian in India: Yes, both of us know more than the others around us here. We have experienced more than them. We have a secret bond.

Who knows...but yes...its happened a couple of time after being informed that someone in a meeting is also an R2Ier, both of us struck some conversation immediately after the meeting. Cause we are special..

mkngtrbl;348427Yes. Happens with me. When I hear that a person is in the US visiting India or R2Ied, I instantly want to talk to that person. Cannot quite place why. I can almost bet that if I was still in the US and crossed an Indian's path in a mall / grocery store / street, the tendency of both would be to not look at each other...stare at the floor, look elsewhere and walk by without acknowledging.

could it be the sub-conscious of wanting to feel superior to others around?
Potential thought process when crossing paths with an unknown Indian in US: Oh man..another Indian here. wonder how he made it to this land of the great. I know I came the hard way and achieved so much etc. etc. Plus I want the Americans around to think that I assimilate with everyone and not just Indians.
Potential thought process when crossing paths with an unknown R2Ier or LIA Indian in India: Yes, both of us know more than the others around us here. We have experienced more than them. We have a secret bond.

Who knows...but yes...its happened a couple of time after being informed that someone in a meeting is also an R2Ier, both of us struck some conversation immediately after the meeting. Cause we are special..

i dont think it is superior etc. simple fact is - one wants to connect to themselves. If you meet a person from your college/university, you want to say hi, and talk about school days. similarly, if one meets a person from their hometown, you want to say hi, discuss about local boutiques, shops etc. The longer the distance, (meaning east to west) the greater the chance for such discussions.