Would you move to India for a year?

[Anonymous]

If I had to summarize my answer in one sentence I would say:

Like living on a different planet.

But if you like long answers, here you go:

Everything about India is just so different, the food, the people, the traffic, the culture, the languages, the climate, the politics, the immense diversity. Aside from this, foreigners have different experiences living in India, both good and bad.

The good: The people are welcoming, the cultures are fascinating, the Bollywood movies are great. Almost everything you need is available if you live in a big city like Bangalore, from restaurants to grocery stores, shopping malls and entertainment. Travel is easy with plenty of Auto Rickshaws, trains, cabs and airports.

The bad: The pollution, the heat during summer. The garbage (granted the current government is starting to do a lot to fix this), lingering social and religious tensions. Overwhelming paperwork/bureaucracy to get things done. Traffic.

Overall, I think foreigners either love it or hate it, but Speaking for myself, I did not like living in India. It takes a special type of person to embrace the culture in India. There's a reason lots of Indians are dying to live abroad. Some even ship their babies back so they can focus on working in the US instead of taking care of their children! I've seen it with my Indian coworkers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Dumb question perhaps but can an American just go stay in India for a year? Do they offer visas for that?

Op here. Why in the hell would you come here if you don't have any family?

OP this is such a bizarre and aggressive comment. Tons of people on here have referenced spending significant time in India without necessarily having family. I am the person that would NEVER go somewhere with small children without hot running clean water but my cousin spent like 3 years in India studying for his dissertation and loved it. He and his wife (both white as the driven snow) go back frequently.

Why in the hell do people go anywhere they don't have any family? I find you pretty unappealing after this comment.

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Tons of people? Where are all these people living in India without family because I don't see anyone besides your family and half the Indian Americans are telling me hell no don't live in India. The quality of life is much worse here. You haven't been to India and you are very dramatic.

Aren't you the one who WANTS to live in India? There are 1.4 billion people in India. There are an estimated 20-30k Americans living in India permanently. Plenty of people here are saying you SHOULD do it.

I wouldn't do it because I feel like young childdhood is approximately 50% cleaning things up but that doesn't mean I think it would be ridiculous that you or someone else would be making a different choice. This is such a strange argument. YOU thought moving to India would be a good idea and asked about it, got a fairly mixed set of responses which I think makes sense because it takes someone with an adventurous spirit to live in a foreign country with young children, and now you're MAD at me for saying you seem like a jerk for not comprehending why someone would visit India?

You are confusing. Good luck with your life.

Visiting and living are 2 different things. After reading the responses on here and recently getting sick I have decided NOT to live in India. You would have to be crazy to live here.

Yep. Just as I suspected. OP is a troll. Just waiting for the anti H1B rants.

Op here. I am not a troll. I have only been in India for 1 week and a lot has changed since my original OP. The responses have been very helpful and I have changed my mind. I am a clean freak. The dust and trash everywhere is not the lifestyle for me.

[Anonymous]

Op again. It's 3 am here and I cannot sleep because of barking dogs. This has happened every night. I don't know why the dogs bark at night. Perhaps it's because people do not keep dogs as pets and they're hungry?

[Anonymous]

Happy to see we talked some sense into you OP.

-Indian American who would never live in India

[Anonymous]

If you want them to spend time with DH’s family, pay to fly them to the US for long visits. The culture your toddler is getting at this age is mainly from family. Go back to India when your kid is old enough to remember things and go on more outings. I mean, when I go to visit my husband’s extended family on their midwestern farm, it seems peaceful and bucolic, and it’s fun to see my sons play with their second cousins twice removed, etc. But not a chance in hell that I would move there for a year. And that’s just the rural Midwest, with running hot water and washer/dryers. The culture your toddler is getting is mainly kus

[Anonymous]

If you want them to spend time with DH’s family, pay to fly them to the US for long visits. The culture your toddler is getting at this age is mainly from family. Go back to India when your kid is old enough to remember things and go on more outings. I mean, when I go to visit my husband’s extended family on their midwestern farm, it seems peaceful and bucolic, and it’s fun to see my sons play with their second cousins twice removed, etc. But not a chance in hell that I would move there for a year. And that’s just the rural Midwest, with running hot water and washer/dryers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you want them to spend time with DH’s family, pay to fly them to the US for long visits. The culture your toddler is getting at this age is mainly from family. Go back to India when your kid is old enough to remember things and go on more outings. I mean, when I go to visit my husband’s extended family on their midwestern farm, it seems peaceful and bucolic, and it’s fun to see my sons play with their second cousins twice removed, etc. But not a chance in hell that I would move there for a year. And that’s just the rural Midwest, with running hot water and washer/dryers. The culture your toddler is getting is mainly kus

My husbands mother is too scared to fly and his sister can't take extended time from work. I wish they could visit us in the US or even live with us but it doesn't seem possible right now.

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Anonymous wrote:Dumb question perhaps but can an American just go stay in India for a year? Do they offer visas for that?

Op here. Why in the hell would you come here if you don't have any family?

OP this is such a bizarre and aggressive comment. Tons of people on here have referenced spending significant time in India without necessarily having family. I am the person that would NEVER go somewhere with small children without hot running clean water but my cousin spent like 3 years in India studying for his dissertation and loved it. He and his wife (both white as the driven snow) go back frequently.

Why in the hell do people go anywhere they don't have any family? I find you pretty unappealing after this comment.

+1.

Tons of people? Where are all these people living in India without family because I don't see anyone besides your family and half the Indian Americans are telling me hell no don't live in India. The quality of life is much worse here. You haven't been to India and you are very dramatic.

Aren't you the one who WANTS to live in India? There are 1.4 billion people in India. There are an estimated 20-30k Americans living in India permanently. Plenty of people here are saying you SHOULD do it.

I wouldn't do it because I feel like young childdhood is approximately 50% cleaning things up but that doesn't mean I think it would be ridiculous that you or someone else would be making a different choice. This is such a strange argument. YOU thought moving to India would be a good idea and asked about it, got a fairly mixed set of responses which I think makes sense because it takes someone with an adventurous spirit to live in a foreign country with young children, and now you're MAD at me for saying you seem like a jerk for not comprehending why someone would visit India?

You are confusing. Good luck with your life.

Visiting and living are 2 different things. After reading the responses on here and recently getting sick I have decided NOT to live in India. You would have to be crazy to live here.

Yep. Just as I suspected. OP is a troll. Just waiting for the anti H1B rants.

Op here. I am not a troll. I have only been in India for 1 week and a lot has changed since my original OP. The responses have been very helpful and I have changed my mind. I am a clean freak. The dust and trash everywhere is not the lifestyle for me.

Then why has Jeff noted that you're posting from Bangladesh not India? Go away troll.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/780048.page

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:Happy to see we talked some sense into you OP.

-Indian American who would never live in India

This post was actually from the OP.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Happy to see we talked some sense into you OP.

-Indian American who would never live in India

This post was actually from the OP.

yeah, the OP who is supposedly a non-Indian living in India with her Indian DH. OP, you're a sick person. I hope you get help.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Happy to see we talked some sense into you OP.

-Indian American who would never live in India

This post was actually from the OP.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Dumb question perhaps but can an American just go stay in India for a year? Do they offer visas for that?

Op here. Why in the hell would you come here if you don't have any family?

OP this is such a bizarre and aggressive comment. Tons of people on here have referenced spending significant time in India without necessarily having family. I am the person that would NEVER go somewhere with small children without hot running clean water but my cousin spent like 3 years in India studying for his dissertation and loved it. He and his wife (both white as the driven snow) go back frequently.

Why in the hell do people go anywhere they don't have any family? I find you pretty unappealing after this comment.

+1.

Tons of people? Where are all these people living in India without family because I don't see anyone besides your family and half the Indian Americans are telling me hell no don't live in India. The quality of life is much worse here. You haven't been to India and you are very dramatic.

Aren't you the one who WANTS to live in India? There are 1.4 billion people in India. There are an estimated 20-30k Americans living in India permanently. Plenty of people here are saying you SHOULD do it.

I wouldn't do it because I feel like young childdhood is approximately 50% cleaning things up but that doesn't mean I think it would be ridiculous that you or someone else would be making a different choice. This is such a strange argument. YOU thought moving to India would be a good idea and asked about it, got a fairly mixed set of responses which I think makes sense because it takes someone with an adventurous spirit to live in a foreign country with young children, and now you're MAD at me for saying you seem like a jerk for not comprehending why someone would visit India?

You are confusing. Good luck with your life.

Visiting and living are 2 different things. After reading the responses on here and recently getting sick I have decided NOT to live in India. You would have to be crazy to live here.

Yep. Just as I suspected. OP is a troll. Just waiting for the anti H1B rants.

Op here. I am not a troll. I have only been in India for 1 week and a lot has changed since my original OP. The responses have been very helpful and I have changed my mind. I am a clean freak. The dust and trash everywhere is not the lifestyle for me.

Then why has Jeff noted that you're posting from Bangladesh not India? Go away troll.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/780048.page

I don't why it appears that way because I am definitely in India.

[Anonymous]

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jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Happy to see we talked some sense into you OP.

-Indian American who would never live in India

This post was actually from the OP.

yeah, the OP who is supposedly a non-Indian living in India with her Indian DH. OP, you're a sick person. I hope you get help.

+1 Why are you sock puppeting OP? Could it be because you're an anti-Indian troll? What a shock.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Child rape, and rape in general is a huge problem in India and not getting better. That alone would keep me from moving.

Racism is prevalent. Caste system still dominates social interactions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband is Indian and we're here visiting for 1 month. Our 2 year old is having so much fun. He plays with his cousins all day long and not much is expected of me. My husband could work remotely for 1 year. I stay at home now. I used to work from and I could possibly go back to work but the time difference would be harder with my job vs my husbands. Life is relaxed here but not as comfortable as the US. I miss hot running water, washer and dryers and American foods. Has anyone lived in India for a year?

No, but our family isn't Indian. If I was moving it would be longer than a year but, not sure to India.