NRIs in India - 'how you & indians adjust/feel?' - Page 2

NRI = Non Reclaimed Indians.....😆

NRI's have a great respect for their culture, tradition and values - so that they can relate themselves with India (their motherland).

I love Indian returants in France though...

Originally posted by: Crimson_Sky

Well my family were abit tense. But things are ok now. My wife is very intelligent and culturally aware.

However, coming to my friend who is here (India) to get married, expects a girl who would be very Sanskaari. As his parents want that. Now this guy does not have equal sanskaar himself (which I know very well). Its like "Saath Chooha Kha Ke Billi Haj Ko Chaali" 😆. Imagine!

Now the Indian girl may have high expectations too... Her parents are like going crazy for the NRI Jamai!

As you said .. money is not flying in Europe or USA. We work there, and the living standard is preety high, and thus we need to earn good to live up to that! Maybe if the currency is converted to Indian currency, it seems we are millionaires... but its not always confined till the currency is it?

Plus ... the Indian girls who fly abroad with their NRI husbands... dont they have the cultural shocks? The REALITY SHOCK as we call it?

lol thats the main problem with indian guys....they expect a totally traditional girl from abroad but arent so good themselves. There are tons of good girls here...but there are also some totally non-indian behaving girls. Good luck to him...

Its really hard to do well here in US...we have mortgage payments, electricity bills, water bills, heat bills, insurance payments, etc. When we go to india, we spend a lot cause the money currency is totally different! 1 dollar is around 50 rupees(46 right now) and most things are cheaper there (except for gold).


haha when you say NRI, you mean non-indian too?
But im going to marry an NRI....& he will be indian 😆
If he's indian, then they'll be no culture shocks.

But if he isnt, then i think he wouldnt feel the culture shock as much as we think they will.
Like, if im not wrong, lots of non-indians are interested in our culture and whenever there are non-indians in India, they are awed by everything & videotape everything 😆

Plus, indian people have huge families...it might be weird to go to all the Family stuff & everyone's speaking their indian language.

No Jess, by NRI I mean Non Resident Indian. A non-indian is a foreign citizen. My friend is an Indian with UP background. However, we remained in Sweden since he was 6, and then they settled in Finland from his age of 10.

Originally posted by: Crimson_Sky

No Jess, by NRI I mean Non Resident Indian. A non-indian is a foreign citizen. My friend is an Indian with UP background. However, we remained in Sweden since he was 6, and then they settled in Finland from his age of 10.

Therefore he is ethnically Indian. And yes, there are culture shocks. Specially in the rural visits.

Oh okay...well im an NRI and have been to india & havent experienced much culture shocks.
But some things bothered me....guys that stare shamelessly, how theres no traffic rules and theres like 8-9 cars trying to cross 2 lights, the endless visits from the neighbors, the shararati kids, etc.

Theres tons of indians here in US and we marry indians from US. Just because im indian, i dont have to go marry a guy from India. There are several indian guys here!

If i take my indian/NRI husband to india, we'll probably go visit our families (grandparents, etc). There wont be any culture shocks if he has visited india before.


Im a american born indian...with a punjabi background :D
My parents have always maintained our punjabi roots...we go to gurdwara, i know how to talk in punjabi, and i know whats right and whats wrong. I've been to india and have visited all my relatives.