« Dhoni’s Angels :+: Torture Top 10 »
Brown in America
Indian Americans cutting down on basmati?
By: Santosh :+: Under: Brown in America, Business, Desi PleaseOn: ⋅ July 16, 2008 ⋅
Email this post
⋅ 
Print this post
⋅ Post a commentDiscuss in our off-topic forums
Looks like you are new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
Indians in India are consuming more rice, while Indian-Americans are cutting down.
More Indians in India are driving, while Indian-Americans are cutting down on their driving habits.
The comparisons between Indians of the des and Indian Americans are strictly anecdotal and may or may not be related but certainly indicative of the times. Personally, over the last few years so I’ve cut down on rice in general but that is a personal choice. As for driving, high gas prices have certainly played a role in reduced driving. The last recession (dotcom bust) was when I was graduating, and jobs were extremely hard to come by, especially for H1B seekers.
How is the slowdown in the US economy affecting you, if any at all? Job search? Groceries? Driving? Vacations? Retirement funds? Daily life, in general? Do you think America is in a recession currently or is former Senator and former McCain adviser right about America (including Indian-Americans) being “a nation of whiners”? Any economic gurus/market experts feel free to chime in.
Other posts in Brown in America
- Make way for the Loins... - September 3rd, 2008
- Sports talk with Aditi Kinkhabwala - August 29th, 2008
- PSA: T20 tournament in DC on Labor Day weekend - August 25th, 2008
- PSA: Ashish Mahendru - August 24th, 2008
- "A Custom Lungi" - a literary review - August 17th, 2008
« Dhoni’s Angels :+:
Torture Top 10 »
Discuss in our off-topic forums
Moksha Tees:Funny irreverent desi tees
Paid ads
Recent Comments
- -Runa on Sexism and the City
- -Chirayu on Sexism and the City
- -Karthik on Sexism and the City
- -Runa on Sexism and the City
- -Karthik on Sexism and the City
- -shlok on Nooyi in top 3 of Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women list
- -shlok on Sports talk with Aditi Kinkhabwala
- -Annu Kristipati on Sports talk with Aditi Kinkhabwala
- -Desi on Study suggest incense burning could lead to cancer
- -Desi on Nooyi in top 3 of Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women list
- -Kim on Raj Bhavsar brings 'em to Über Desi
- -Sidhu on Nooyi in top 3 of Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women list
- -Santosh on Biden: Beyond 7-Eleven
- -sqrlnt on Study suggest incense burning could lead to cancer
- -Runa on Study suggest incense burning could lead to cancer
- -Santosh on Study suggest incense burning could lead to cancer
- -Videsh on Study suggest incense burning could lead to cancer
- -Ezsuds on Biden: Beyond 7-Eleven
- -Sidhu on The TOI screams "holy C.R.A.P.S!!"
- -Raccoon on Spy games: USAF-IAF edition
- -Santosh on Harry Potter and the Copyright Infringement
- -Santosh on The Gandhi-fication of John Edwards?
- -Aishwarya on The Gandhi-fication of John Edwards?
- -Santosh on "A Custom Lungi" - a literary review
- -Karthik on The Gandhi-fication of John Edwards?
- -Aishwarya on "A Custom Lungi" - a literary review
- -Karthik on Karthikeyan could be back - The F1 silly season has begun
- -Runa on The Gandhi-fication of John Edwards?
- -kancheong spider on Victory - it only took 56 years !(Updated)
- -F1-fan on Karthikeyan could be back - The F1 silly season has begun
- -Dhananjay on Karthikeyan could be back - The F1 silly season has begun
- -Karthik on Karthikeyan could be back - The F1 silly season has begun
- -F1-fan on Karthikeyan could be back - The F1 silly season has begun
- -Karthik on Karthikeyan could be back - The F1 silly season has begun
- -F1-fan on Karthikeyan could be back - The F1 silly season has begun
- -The other guy from WHAM on I want to believe: Bigfoot edition (UPDATED)
- -The other guy from WHAM on "A Custom Lungi" - a literary review
- -Santosh on I want to believe: Bigfoot edition (UPDATED)
- -Santosh on "A Custom Lungi" - a literary review
- -Aishwarya on "A Custom Lungi" - a literary review
- -chintan patel on Watch a movie, win Rs. 500,000?
- -shlok on Macaca nation turns 61
- -Karthik on Macaca nation turns 61
- -Sidhu on I want to believe: Bigfoot edition (UPDATED)
- -Desi on I want to believe: Bigfoot edition (UPDATED)
- -Runa on When charlatans meet capitalism ...
- -Runa on I want to believe: Bigfoot edition (UPDATED)
- -Santosh on I want to believe: Bigfoot edition (UPDATED)
- -Sidhu on I want to believe: Bigfoot edition (UPDATED)
- -Anamika on When charlatans meet capitalism ...
Categories
- Blogs
- Brown in America
- Business
- caste
- China
- Crime
- Culture
- Desi Please
- Economics
- Education
- Entertainment
- Equality
- Food
- halloween
- Health
- History
- Humor
- Immigration
- Jeep
- Jhapat Restaurant Reviews
- Mahindra
- Media Watch
- Military
- olympics
- Opinion
- Opression
- Personal
- Pictures
- Politics
- Polls
- Public Service Announcement
- Q&A
- Religion
- Review
- Rumors
- SAJA
- Sarcasm
- Science
- Shameless Self Promotion
- Sports
- Tata
- Technology
- Terrorism
- The FOB Diaries
- The Lankan Diaries
- The Wedding Diaries
- Travel
- Trivia
- Uber Fashion
- Useful Tips
- Weekly Columns
- What's the haps?
- world
Uber Archives:
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
Uber Subscriptions:
- Spot the desi stereotypes! - 5 emails
- The Exorcism Of Susan By The Young Piyush Jindal - 1 emails
- Pew Religious Survey 2008: Breakdown of Hindus in the US - 1 emails
- Did you know Laloo could speak in English? - 1 emails
- Über Recipe: Mushroom Curry - 1 emails
Most Emailed
Discussion
No comments for “Indian Americans cutting down on basmati?”
Post a comment