Having sent 1 batch of students to USA now after deciding to become a career counselor, I feel proud of what I am doing and I feel happy looking at my students going to USA to pursue their dreams. Some students call up from USA and tell me that when they convert Dollars into Rupees, they find things to be expensive. I tell them that even i faced the same problem in USA till the time I converted Dollars into Rupees but 2-3 days in USA and I stopped converting. That was the day from when I could enjoy my life in USA. Students have started following that and their worries have reduced now. They feel or get the idea that they will be earning in Dollars there, so they will be spending in Dollars over there.
While trying to decode the complex jargon of the forex world, I stumbled upon a rather weird (to say the least, outlandish, at least in the current market scenario) notion of a vice-a versa Rupee to Dollar conversion ratio. Well, I must say that I might hurt the American sentiments. Apologies in advance! No offence, Uncle Tom, but grant me the liberty or rather privilege to indulge in my day dreams.
What happens if 1 rupee = 45 dollars???
Scene 1
Venue: Microsoft Corporation, New York, Some s/w engineers are seeing some photographs.
s/w engg 1 : What’s that?
s/w engg 2 : Bob’s photographs from India.
s/w engg 1 : Wow. Let me see. Which is this place?
s/w engg 3 : (Sees the photo) This is Kalyaninagar, Pune…
s/w engg 1 : Fundoo yaar! And what is this? He got Bajaj Pulsar also.
s/w engg 2 : Let me see (sees). This guy enjoys life man…
s/w engg 3 : You know how much an Bajaj Pulsar costs? Nearly 60K…..
Say it in dollars… (60000*45 = 27,00,000 dollars)
s/w engg 2: Oops. We can’t dream of such a thing here.
s/w engg 1 : Let’s go to India & try for a job.
[Everybody excited.]
SCENE 2
Venue: Sun Micro-systems, San Francisco, California, US
s/w engg 1: I’m with you man. My Visa is expected anytime. Soon I will fly to India
s/w engg 2: Ohhh…. When is the party?
s/w engg 1: When I get it on hand.
s/w engg 2: Where will you be working?
s/w engg 1: I’ll be working in a company in Sadashiv Peth there….
s/w engg 2: Oh! Sadashiv Peth. Great yaar. Where is it???
s/w engg 1 : It is in Pune.
s/w engg 3 : Fundoo place yaar. Nice climate Not like California… You’ll love the weather yaar. One of my friends is in Budhwar Peth… He says it’s the ultimate place to live in. Cool man.
s/w engg 2 : Who is the client yaar?
s/w engg 1: You know Municipal Corporation of Pune?
s/w engg 3 : Yeah. MCP. One of my friends is there in the Road Repair & Cleaning Division. Most challenging job yaar. People are working in the cutting edge of technology there.
s/w engg 1 : I’ll be writing software for the accounts department of the GCU.
s/w engg 2: GCU? What does it mean???
s/w engg 1 : that is Garbage Collecting Unit.
s/w engg 3 : : Great yaar. That’s what I like about that country. You can get a job which requires all your skill. Not like here. See I’m writing software for the space shuttle remote control. I hate this.
s/w engg 1 : Don’t worry guys. I’ll give you my GMAIL id. You can send your resume to me and I’ll forward it to the HRD.
[Everybody takes down his GMAIL id.]
SCENE 3
Venue: IBM, New York, US
(Conversation between a Male s/w engg. and Female s/w
engg.)
Male: Hi!
Female: Hi. You know. I’m planning to settle in India Soon.
Male: What??
Female: Yeah. My marriage will be here in America only. He is doing his Ph.D in J.N.T.U and he’s coming here for a month. His studies will be over in 2 months. He’s already got a job in MSEB. We planned to settle in Pune itself… I’m also planning to work there. Let’s see…
Male: Good luck… Don’t forget us & US…
SCENE 4
Venue: Intel Corp. US
s/w engg 1: Great news guys. Our George has got admission in the IGNOU with scholarship for B.A History. A great new field yaar…
All are excited…
George: Got my Visa yesterday. It’s all finalized now.
s/w engg 2: Congrats yaar. So you are out of this country.
s/w engg 1: B.A in History… Ohh… Man, enjoy your life there…
s/w engg 2: Got full aid, eh?
George: Yeah. Got the UGC scholarship which will be 1200 Rupees per Year.
s/w engg 1: Great. Enjoy.
s/w engg 2: (Thinking loud): 1200 Indian Rupees…! That means 1200 * 45 = 54000 Dollars… with that amount I can buy a three bed-room flat & a Mercedes here in the US!!!
SCENE 5
A foreigner working in Pune as Software Engineer gets a call from his Home…
Father: What are you doing son?
S/w Eng: Having breakfast?
Father: what are you eating?
S/w Eng: Beans with gravy and Bread and a local desert… i.e. (Puneri Misal Pav and Mastani :-))…
Father: enjoy…dear!