Just Think about it !!!

Ofcourse I do support socialising and getting togethers... but unnecessary socialising and get togethers should be avoided instead we must make some kind of budget (each individual) which goes for the 'Community Help' ...

I suggest one of you should come forward and lead the Group...

This is also a kind of Volunteer work :-)

'Just Think about it - TCOM'

Not really rms. what speed meant is the welfare of the community :)

Obviously socialising and getting together are also a part of it.

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so u mean all the group should turn to volunteering ?

then how QLVG differ frm others ?

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rMs..!!

guys the purpose of making a 'Community Group' is to serve the community in better way not to hang out for movies and clubs/ bars or to just waste money on yourself for your satisfaction and entertainments :-D

One should kill his wish to help is brothers and sisters in need.

This is what I personally feel...

hmm... gona deviate to a usual racial post !! yukk !

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rMs..!!

Welcome on board...well said..

Some people are simply jealous …no cure for that..lol

from that to Chennai-born Nasser Hussain being captain of the England cricket team & the current "England" team comprising a fair share of Indians & the national dish being chicken tikka masala...may i also add that the richest individual in your "England" is an Indian...the empire strikes back?!...like it or not,it's our turn exiledsaint,maybe you guys(i'm assuming you're brit) shouldn't have put us together...look what you've turned us into,a potential world superpower in the making,while in the UK...hmmm,things not looking too good are they?! :)...INDIAN...& VERY PROUD OF IT...

Indians can neither be ignored nor forgotten rather just be envied due to a million reasons..

lol Shreeya...

Practise, huh !! i m very much experienced in it, no need of any practise ..:)

So, what type of manager would you like? One who will greet you with a waaaarm kiss at entrance?

I know, Risk will start practising it right now!!!

Everything's gonna be alright!!!

Mommy !!! :( :(

how dare u call me a kid !.. u insulted me... u insulted the whole Qatari's :).. for sure u ll haf to pay for this..

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lol FS...

I dont want to join a group ..where the manager is shy to talk to me...sorry..any brave Managers ...who are not scared of ladies..lol

and also If you gonna take Kids like Rms? I am not in..loool

i don think so !..

and first somebody make a group . then think about making it the biggest or wat eve !!!

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rMs..!!

lol FS...

we are in a process of making a group, to which i am the MANAGEr....:)

Dare to Join ??....lol

What are you all talking about...

I am from Venus...any Alien group...am IN..lol

I m very much ShY to participate or talk to anyone, especially ladies...:)

Why not rms? Look at the Filipino expats group. At the time it is the biggest one I know. And I am sure there are many Indians too on QL. May be some of them are shy to participate in forum debats. But if somebody can give them an opportunity to converse in the language they are most comfortable in, why can't we form the biggest group?

Everything's gonna be alright!!!

It depends upon the group..

some group like QLSG,QLVG,MMM is beyond web .. like meetings,picnic,volunteering etc etc.. but some group like QL Kairali is limited to web...

n ye considering in Qatar , it ll b biggest.. but i dont think it ll be in QL !

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rMs..!!

Hey please clear me one thing when we talk about starting an Indian group. Should we restrict the group activities only as a web forum or should we go beyond the limits of web? I mean like arranging get-togethers and coffee meets, movie hangouts. What would you say? Won't it difficuilt to arrange and manage such a huge group? (considering our number in Qatar it should be the biggest group, what say?)

Everything's gonna be alright!!!

On a question and answer convo, yes you are right. But when its othewrise, they act different. Like what I posted above.

Here in Qatar we have one Indian Cultural centre atleast, otherwise , all the places I have lived, its statewise associations of Indian expats.

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It is quite simple!

I've asked several people where they are from and they'll say, "India" or "Pakistan" or "England" or whatever. The people will rarely get more detailed than that, unless I ask for specifics.

When I'm asked, I say, "the US" and if asked, "Where in the US?" I'll then say, "Texas."

NOW, in the US, I am (of course) more specific and say "Houston"--people just know that Houston is in Texas.

No big deal.

Arien: Fine here in Dubai. Again, its about who you are talking to..If somebody asks me in malayalam where i am from I would obviously take the name of my village/district and not the name of my country or the state. if somebody asks me in hindi, I would say Kerala. and ofcourse, if its someone whose not an India, I would say india. Quite simple, really! :-)

ye ye.. i do have one and it is running like a rocket !! ;)

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rMs..!!

Winn..hi , hows dxb treatin u?

You sure there is Unity in the diversity we have?. Atleast when we are out of the border, would luv to hear them sayin Indian than bloody mallu, gujju...and all Uuus!!!

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I do not see anything wrong in having an identity within an identity. End of the day, "Unity in Diversity" is what india is all about. and our identity is that Diversity that constitutes of 28 states, 7 UT's, 21 languages, 1652 dialects and God knows (pun intended) how many faiths.Lets accept it and be comfortable with it.

rMs buddy...

u better start a Tea Stall...tat would run like Express....:)

lol Arien & Rizks..

i would have started that.. but as u said, it will b another deadly group like kairali..

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lol Rizk - no u better dont do it, it will just another dead on like Kairali then.

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lol Arien.....

ok i shall start tat group, but after starting the group i will be in INVISIBLE MODE....:)

rms- me am not the one for it buddy.Some one hwo has he patience and heart to start and manage it can only do it. I am a f**n lazy a$$. :)

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The oter day somebody was asking how to start a Indian Group and nobody took him seriously .... I think it was the Guy who said QL sucks not sure though

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i asked, y cant he start a new group called 'Indian Group' ?

i saw everyone in QL saying we dont have indian group bla bla and no one till n ow took the effort to start one !

'Y ' ??

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rMs..!!

rMs he is already a member of Mallu group ohh sorry i mean Kerala Kairali ....:)

y don't u start one ? :)

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Tcom - Sad but true.. you are right , and it has its reasons too. Unlike any other country , India has differennce in culture, language and life style in each state.That could be the reason.

Shreeya- whats written is just a joke, but the point what Tcom highlighted is true.

We can simply prove this ..There are more than 400 000 Indians in Qatar. There are many in QL. Is there an Indian group out here?? NO, but you will see a Kerala Kairali and Mahrashtrians.

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lol shreeya.. y shud i go through QL ? i aint mised any post in QL since 1 year and 1 week.. may b b4.. :)

and ye gud morning gal !! ;)

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rMs..!!

LOL rms, may be its night and I am not a night creature at all. Off to bed now. Good Night.

Well, I am not being hyper....And thinking about ourselves the best, then you will find everybody from every corner of this world thinks himself/herself great and best. You think me wrong? Just go thru QL more often.

Again nothing much an issue imho.

Good Night seriously...lol

Everything's gonna be alright!!!

TCM ur post is very very pertinent... and what Shreeya says is the most idealistic and should be situation ... however we all know majority of the people do in fact mention the state from where they belong rather than from India.. and this they say not only to Indians (if they guess the person right) but to anyone.... obviously the person if not from India asks where is that and then comes "its in India'. Feels so shameful at times...

I for sure always say I am from India and then later if someone wants... the place in India.

I have at times even lost my cool with such useless people and retorted very strongly... but then some (or rather many) of these are just incorrigible... they tend to carry the mindset wherever we go..

One Life to Live...Live It To The Fullest

I speak with a very soft Aussie accent so lots think I am Kiwi. I have mistaken Canadians for Americans. Most people would not really be able to tell the difference between a Scottish, Irish, Welsh or British accent. They are just Brits.

Within England you only need to travel 5 miles and it is different. Accent is hard, so is twang. Best be up front and say, the country first and then the region.

I will hoist that up the flag pole and see who salutes it!!

y u r being so hyper !!

just take the point wat TCOM post.. its the comon atitude of many Indians .. like malabaries think they are the best.. maharashtrians think they are the best,.. and there is no feeling like we all r Indians..

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rMs..!!

If somebody thinks a Srilankan as an Indian, then again is it a matter of life or death? The Srilankan can always correct him. And inturn the Indian can apologise and continue the conversation.

We all are from Indian sub-continent and thus we all look so similar to each other.

Secondly I find a big mistake with your story TCOM. If somebody visits India majority of the people he is going to meet there are obviously Indians. Then what is the point in saying that he hasn't met any Indian? There are very few immigrants in India as the country itself is highly populated.

Everything's gonna be alright!!!

mallu ? minu mallu ? ana qatari maafi hindi !.. B-)

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rMs u Mallu, dont lie...:(

lol Rizks.. m frm qatar .. ;P

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rMs were are you from ?? :)

even if it is in qatar, if 2 Indians meet, and if they ask frm wer u r, obviously they are gona say frm wich state they are.

and as shreeya said, if som one asked frm India , frm wer u are, and u replied am frm India, they might think u are crazy !!

and if any foreigners asked , for sure u haf to say m frm India instead goa or maharashtra or amchi mumbai r kerala or wateve, !!

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rMs..!!

"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach

I am not talking about conversation between 2 Indians here

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See TCOM, when two Indians meet each other, they obviously know that they both are from India. So the conversation starts from telling from the part to which you belong to. When a Keralite tells me that he is from Kerala, he takes it for granted that I know he is from India first.

Again, there is absolutely nothing wrong imho.

Everything's gonna be alright!!!

Nothing wrong if they say Indian first and then the state..... But many times I have heard state mentioned instead of country

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I think TCOM when we are in India we are like Maharashtrians, Keralites, Goans, Punjabis and so on. But when we are outside India, we are simply Indians. I don't know about others but in may case the conversation usually starts like that:

Someone: Are you Indian?

Me: Yes.

If I meet somebody from US I don't tell him that I am from Maharashtra, I tell him that I am from India only.

and then immidiately the other person asks "from which part?" and then you have say from where you belong to. I don't think any wrong in it.

I have seen people hoisting their southern or northern flags of a tiny island. Then again I know people who are very proud of being a Texan..what's so wrong about it?

Everything's gonna be alright!!!

I thought Goa was Portuegese at one time.

I will hoist that up the flag pole and see who salutes it!!

And Goa people are called Spaniards. LOL

"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach

An Indian could give a generalise views on ethnicity when in Qatar which have several nationality here; and without meeting any Qatari by chances.

today independence day or wat ! :$

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rMs..!!

Are you Keralite?

put India together for you, otherwise you would still be a bunch of Nation states that had no ideas of the laws of cricket....

I'm Algerian.......

but u know what, what u r saying is absolutely true,

take Iraq as an example