Posted on June 24th, 2007 by Chitra
Before coming to the conclusion that cars are your only option for everyday commute after R2Iing, let us assess all the other available options. The only public transport that Bangalore has right now is the bus. There are a few kinds of buses for public transport; the absolutely basic blue-colored BMTC buses that you see […]
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Filed under: commute, Public Transport, Road, traffic, Cars, 2-wheeler, R2I, auto, pollution, Bangalore
Posted on June 8th, 2007 by Chitra
Our status: Hub and I are GC holders and the kids are American citizens.
Though it has been 8 months since we R2Ied, hub and I had only casually broached upon the topic of registration at the Foreigners Registration Officer (FRO)/Foreigners Regional Registration Officer (FRRO). And today, at last, I went […]
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Filed under: FRRO, FRO, Citizenship, Children, R2I
Posted on April 18th, 2007 by Chitra
If you have gotten used to the answering machines in other parts of the world, it will take you a while to get used to the never-ending ringing on the other end of the phones here in India. Typically, there aren’t any answering machines. Surprisingly, the cell phone services do not include […]
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Filed under: r2itips, R2I
Posted on April 10th, 2007 by Chitra
We recently completed 6 months of stay in Bangalore. Overall, I don’t think there were any major surprises. But for a person planning on an R2I, I think what would be of more interest are the things that we missed the most on returning. I expected to miss and do miss all of the following:
Roads […]
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Filed under: medical care, Parks, Sidewalks, Temple, Infrastructure, Family, R2I, MG Road, traffic, Docs, Bangalore
Posted on March 28th, 2007 by Chitra
In my previous post, I made a list of things that you can take and some that you don’t need to take with you if you are winding down and returning to India for good. On the same lines, here’s another post with some pointers for your move back home. Some of which maybe useful […]
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Filed under: r2itips, shipping, R2I
