{"id":127,"date":"2004-12-06T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2004-12-06T04:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/?p=127"},"modified":"2004-12-06T10:20:00","modified_gmt":"2004-12-06T04:50:00","slug":"leaving-on-a-jetplane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/2004\/12\/06\/leaving-on-a-jetplane\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaving on a jetplane"},"content":{"rendered":"

Son: I’ll be leaving soon<\/span>
Dad: Where? Why?<\/span>
S: I’ve figured out my career plans<\/span>
D: thats good news, so i guess you must’ve chosen your college<\/span>
S: Yes<\/span>
D: you almost scared me, hope you have chosen someplace nearby, so <\/span>you can come home often<\/span>
S: thats what i wanted to speak to you about, i want to go abroad<\/span>
D: abroad!! i think i know where… but why? you have the best <\/span>places to study here.<\/span>
S: maybe, but it helps to have a global perspective.<\/span>
D: but what about your culture, religion.. you are at an age when <\/span>you can be easily influenced by their thoughts, customs<\/span>
S: that could happen here too, and i guess, it already is..<\/span>
D: yes, but there you hardly have any relatives, there’s no one to<\/span> watch out for you<\/span>
S: thats how we learn, dad!! besides what about all those cousins<\/span> of mine, i thought you were quite proud of them, the way you <\/span>used to go on with ‘how well that boy is doing now..” besides <\/span>thats the most happening market now.<\/span>
D: its all just a phase, a fantasy waiting to be shattered and what <\/span>if you end up like one of your illustrious cousins, marrying one <\/span>of them?! your mom would die of a broken heart!!<\/span>
S: Dad, you are just letting your imagination run wild. as for the<\/span> shattering,they have been saying that for decades now!! <\/span>
D: maybe, but i dont think the locals take kindly to us going there <\/span>and taking away their jobs.<\/span>
S: its just survival , dad.. whoever gets it done cheaper!! and l<\/span>ook at the scene here, unemployment is rampant!!<\/span>
D: but we are <\/span>improving, nowadays they say that cutting edge tech <\/span>work gets<\/span> done here…<\/span>
S: no, dad, thats what everyone thinks, but the real action gets<\/span> done there.. its certainly our guys, but despite whatever we c<\/span>laim, we still only have a miniscule share of the software <\/span>pie!! and who knows, maybe i’ll come back here and work..<\/span>
D: thats what they all say, but they end up settling there… they<\/span> even have a term for it – brain drain!!<\/span>
S: the job is a decision i shall take later, but i have decided, i<\/span> am going to India!!<\/span><\/p>\n

a conversation i hope will happen in the US,a few decades from now!<\/span>

until next time, remember that a broad isnt everything!!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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