It didn't have to be London really but my God, am I glad it is. :)
Mumbai lost it's charm for me. I was frustrated with the infrastructure. Yes, they have "spirit". Yes, they are fundamentally lovely. But they are way too many. Every where. All the time.
Not that London solves the people problem.
I never had a problem with the people, it was the lack of people management. Lack of infrastructure. Lack of accountability for my tax money.
And I needed a change. The inertia was killing me and I don't think I fully realised how much.
I wanted to move West. New York or London really. No other option.
London is closer to home, "a flight away", I tell myself and my family (mine and Arjun's).
London is cosmopolitan. London has so many Indians, wealthy, professional Indians. I won't have to battle that prejudice, though there is some romanticism in doing that too, isn't there?
London has all this European cultural hangover, the British sense of humour, the art, the free museums. I always considered myself or at least want to consider myself a connoisseur of the arts. And where better to do so than here.
London it is.
Excited. Anxious. Apprehensive. Jump!
Mumbai lost it's charm for me. I was frustrated with the infrastructure. Yes, they have "spirit". Yes, they are fundamentally lovely. But they are way too many. Every where. All the time.
Not that London solves the people problem.
I never had a problem with the people, it was the lack of people management. Lack of infrastructure. Lack of accountability for my tax money.
And I needed a change. The inertia was killing me and I don't think I fully realised how much.
I wanted to move West. New York or London really. No other option.
London is closer to home, "a flight away", I tell myself and my family (mine and Arjun's).
London is cosmopolitan. London has so many Indians, wealthy, professional Indians. I won't have to battle that prejudice, though there is some romanticism in doing that too, isn't there?
London has all this European cultural hangover, the British sense of humour, the art, the free museums. I always considered myself or at least want to consider myself a connoisseur of the arts. And where better to do so than here.
London it is.
Excited. Anxious. Apprehensive. Jump!
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