India is a place where women in considered as something pure , we pray to our Goddess , Devi ,
Ma or Mother is considered something of high respect ....
We have books and books , stories which glorifies all what I said ...
But in reality , its all opposite ...
This is my third blog , my view of how woman / a girl is actually treated ,,,, before u guys think that is another social discussion on woman rights , well, just hold your horses .... its not
Its my practical and actual view how how I see woman actually been treated , It tough to be a gal in India.
either in a city or a village , its still the same ..........
I am from Bangalore , In this city, I have seen eve teasing done to girls, road side romeos making comments to girls in a bus stop, teasing girls or making rude comments cos they may be dressed in a western wear ...
guys hanging around the woman section in a bus , I saw a guy feel up a gal in a bus and she was too scared to do anything , at that moment I kinda told him off ,,
many friends of mine including married friends tell me stories of guys ( prevs ) stalking them online on face book, orkut etc etc )
Its easy for a guy to walk any where , go alone in a dark shady road ,walk alone at night , well for a gal , it isn't !
I will share a disturbing but true story which happened .. when I was in college , I went for a movie with a friend I guess I know him very !!! well, there was a cute gal in front of us , well we boys being boys checked her out , This guy asked me to touch her .. I WAS SHOCKED , he was serious .. My first thoughts was , does this guy do this to others ???? Lets just say that we are not hanging around now days....
This blog is not to show that I am good chap out there , but hey , all I can say is those gals are some one's sis or mom !!
Sadly to say this is a reality in may cities out there in India ..........
Monday, January 3, 2011
Nikil -- In Saudi ????
I had always been asked this
" why are u working in Saudi "
" why Saudi "
" its not a free country "
" why not Dubai , Bahrain , Kuwait " blah blah blah ...
well , i decided to make this my second blog ....
here is the story , about less than 3 years ago while I was working in India , I decided that my boss is an A** , he does not pay me on time , I get half my salary on one day and the rest on another ,
so I decided .. heck with him , and threw my resumes on every door of many companies....
Got a call from a company who wanted a sales & marketing guy from Bahrain , They said that the position is for Saudi Arabia .... My first thought was , hmmmm Saudi ??? I heard that is a strict country with strict laws, less freedom .... On the other the money is gooood , :) and I can go to Bahrain easily ( The country where I spend most of my life )
after days of thinking I made my decision .... I decided to give it a try and why not ... I have stayed in two different countries and this is chance to be in the third , plus I can get good forgein experience in my resume.
Thus , Finally ... I signed the offer from the company & send my Good byes to my old boss .. within 3 weeks I reached Saudi Arabia .... My first thoughts was the weather was too hot , I got adjusted with my collugues , the new place soon ..
I have experienced alot in this new places ...
The negative points were :
The law is strict if you are guilty of murder, rape or drugs, could even mean hanging ..
No cinemas ( but we can rent a DVD ) , no drinks ,
I found this odd and strange .... but now , i am kinda ok with it ( details will be told personally from me if u wanna know )
Driving here is horrible cos of the crazy drivers out there
The plus points
Good money , Huge savings , cos there is less to spend on
Huge learning possibilities & experience in terms of work , I personally deal and meet with clients from all over the world - China , Korea, US , Europe, Japan etc etc over here ! learnt alot since I have alots of responsibilities , I have a chance to expand my self .
Good standard of living , cos of my work / job ... I have been to many many cities , eaten in the best 3 , 5 & 7 star places , stayed in good hotels , got a good company car , great flat , the best of everything
Saudi is actually beautiful, I have seen beautiful mountains , went sand bashing on a SUV in the deserts , seen nice wildlife and birds , some of this nature is actually not seen any where else in the world .
End of the day , well yeah this is not like Bangalore , Mumbai , Dubai etc , but hey every country is different , after the crisis , most companies in India and aboard were sacking people expect in Saudi , In fact at that time I actually got a raise .. there are tons of things to do here and have fun ....
The main question --- Was coming down here in Saudi really worth it , I say " Oh Yeah !!!!! "
Will I continue to be here in Saudi , another common question -- Well, no idea , Lets see what destiny has in store ....
" why are u working in Saudi "
" why Saudi "
" its not a free country "
" why not Dubai , Bahrain , Kuwait " blah blah blah ...
well , i decided to make this my second blog ....
here is the story , about less than 3 years ago while I was working in India , I decided that my boss is an A** , he does not pay me on time , I get half my salary on one day and the rest on another ,
so I decided .. heck with him , and threw my resumes on every door of many companies....
Got a call from a company who wanted a sales & marketing guy from Bahrain , They said that the position is for Saudi Arabia .... My first thought was , hmmmm Saudi ??? I heard that is a strict country with strict laws, less freedom .... On the other the money is gooood , :) and I can go to Bahrain easily ( The country where I spend most of my life )
after days of thinking I made my decision .... I decided to give it a try and why not ... I have stayed in two different countries and this is chance to be in the third , plus I can get good forgein experience in my resume.
Thus , Finally ... I signed the offer from the company & send my Good byes to my old boss .. within 3 weeks I reached Saudi Arabia .... My first thoughts was the weather was too hot , I got adjusted with my collugues , the new place soon ..
I have experienced alot in this new places ...
The negative points were :
The law is strict if you are guilty of murder, rape or drugs, could even mean hanging ..
No cinemas ( but we can rent a DVD ) , no drinks ,
I found this odd and strange .... but now , i am kinda ok with it ( details will be told personally from me if u wanna know )
Driving here is horrible cos of the crazy drivers out there
The plus points
Good money , Huge savings , cos there is less to spend on
Huge learning possibilities & experience in terms of work , I personally deal and meet with clients from all over the world - China , Korea, US , Europe, Japan etc etc over here ! learnt alot since I have alots of responsibilities , I have a chance to expand my self .
Good standard of living , cos of my work / job ... I have been to many many cities , eaten in the best 3 , 5 & 7 star places , stayed in good hotels , got a good company car , great flat , the best of everything
Saudi is actually beautiful, I have seen beautiful mountains , went sand bashing on a SUV in the deserts , seen nice wildlife and birds , some of this nature is actually not seen any where else in the world .
End of the day , well yeah this is not like Bangalore , Mumbai , Dubai etc , but hey every country is different , after the crisis , most companies in India and aboard were sacking people expect in Saudi , In fact at that time I actually got a raise .. there are tons of things to do here and have fun ....
The main question --- Was coming down here in Saudi really worth it , I say " Oh Yeah !!!!! "
Will I continue to be here in Saudi , another common question -- Well, no idea , Lets see what destiny has in store ....
why I decided to start blogging !!!
I am a guy with full of opinions on everything out there !! about EVERYTHING !!
cos we live in a crazy world wound up by crazy people out there .....
Thus is my first ever blog ..... the rest will have interesting topics on anything which pops up in my mind .
In fact while I am writing this now, I got a couple of ideas right now !!
Hope you all enjoy my future blogs..
Nikil Mohan
Dated : 3 Jan 2011
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