34. Dilip - First Time Leaving India and European Culture Shock

In this episode we talk to Dilip.  Dilip is originally from India and left Indian for the fist time when he was 28 for a business trip to Germany. Since the Dilip has lived in Germany and The Netherlands in Eindhoven. In this episode we talk about aspects of the Indian culture, culture shock and aspects of the European society that took him by surprise especially Christmas Market and Mulled wine.  Here is an outline of the topics discussed: From Indian Anupur Bangalore Inndian Bangalore is Expensive Small Facility Selling Insurance in India 03:00 Options in India - 05:20 Doctors inn India and Barter Repayment 06:50 Art in India 07:45 Art and importance 09:47 Control of artist by the system First Trip out of India 11:50 News from Germany 13:20 - Smiling First Winter In Germany 15:07 Similarities between Romania and Indian 16:40 The Experience Economy 19:00 Indian Water and Tissue Difference 21:50 ++++ Shock was using Toillet Light vs Dark Shock - 22;50 Christmas Markets 23:00 +++ Indian Markets 24:45 Gulled wine wonder 25:15 German Food 26:33 Horse Milk and Horse Cheese 28:00 Interactions with German Colleague and Expertise 29:45 The Option of Moving To Indian 32:00 Staying in Tübingen 33:00 Finding Accommodation in Germany 34:00 Challenges of Finding an apartment - worse than India 37:00 Making Romanian Friends 38:00 Positive Experience 39:00 Deciding not to go back to India 40:00 Working Across Continents 41:00 Work Life Balance Culture 41:30 Finding Another Job in Europe 42:00 Transition in Eindhoven 44:00 Eindhoven - Accommodation Issues 45:00 Eindhoven - Tech Parks 46:00 Other Options in Europe 51:00