Thought I’d forward out this old-ish story where folks interviewed a series of cab drivers in NYC to find out about their lifestyles, motivations, etc. – A World Connected – Cabdriver Confessions

At aWorldConnected, we asked ourselves what kinds of people have the most intriguing perspectives on globalization? And what do they see? To begin to answer this question, we sent our cameras to New York City and talked to cab drivers. All the cabbies we spoke to grew up in developing countries and immigrated to the United States. In making these risky, life-changing decisions, they left behind family, friends, and a familiar culture for the chance at a better life.

Of course, several of the folks were desi –

Kawsar from Bangladesh Making money in America has opened up new opportunities for this driver. Hop in for a ride as he tells his story.

An interesting multi-part article @ The India Times about the life of Desi Gen-X.

There’s the techie who can’t get da ladies –

After having spent his formative years in an all-guys boarding school, Brijesh Pandit thought that he would get lucky with girls when he enrolled himself in college. However, much to his dismay, the ratio in his engineering college in Manipal was 1:10.

Ruchita Kumar, a single web designer, says that techies are a strict no-no for her. Ask her why and she replies with a smile,” belonging to the industry myself, I don’t find any of my techie comrades exciting. Some of them can be really boring, going on hours at end about Linux and Open Source,” she complains.

For software engineer Ambarish Sen Sharma, life has not been easy. After spending six years in Sacramento, the 34-year-oldÂ’s Sundays are now devoted to checking out prospective brides with his family. Although he is not too keen on an arranged marriage, there does not seem any other option available to him.

The “want it all” career girl –

A workaholic colleague at the next cubicle, a ‘coming soon’ hike, a loving boyfriend , a new music system-DVD-VCD player, the Da Vinci code – these are just a few things that keeps Ameeta Singh going. For the 27-year-old art director in an international advertising agency, life is about striking the right balance.

The emasculated older guy –

Mohan Ojha, 33, realized this when his manager retired and he became answerable to his 28-year-old boss. For Ojha things got complicated further when it turned out that his superior was a woman and his junior from B-school.

The country bumpkin who goes to the big city–

“I never used to wear branded clothes or drink mineral water when I stayed in Agra. I was also very stuck up on pre-marital sex and could never identify with women who smoked or drank. Call me old-fashioned, but after living for 2 years in Dallas, my attitude changed,” Animesh Dutta, US-returned programmer, said.