I spent 8 great years in the United States of America. I always wanted to go back to India. I just did not know when. I got married to my college sweet heart and had a baby the next year. It was then that both of us decided that my baby needs to grow up surrounded by grand parents and great grand parents. So we booked our tickets to India. And I was into all the packing and cleaning up. Me and the baby would move first and my husband was to follow us 6 months later. We really did not have much time to imagine how India was going to be or even if things would be different. I was totally immersed in packing and selling off furniture and what not.. I do not remember thinking too much about making such a huge decision. We wanted to move and so we went ahead and did it. All I felt was this unsettling feeling, I cannot exactly explain it.
One thing that I realized after moving back is that, it is easier to settle down here if we don't compare living in the US and living in India. All of us found it difficult to get used to American life when we first moved there. That is the same thing when someone comes back to India and settles down after a while. Give yourself some time to get used to life here.
There are quite a few things that I missed here. I miss the enchiladas and chilli cheese fries and the creamy shrimp Alfredo pasta. I miss the barbecue s on the cool fall afternoons.Well the good news is that we can make all the above delicacies here with a little change to the recipes. Alfredo pasta sauce is available in most of the supermarkets here. If you own a crock-pot, making chilli is relatively simple. And making enchiladas is a breeze if you have a decent oven and good meat. I prefer minced beef and I am still trying to find good beef in Chennai.
Apart from the food, I miss watching Seinfeld. My Friday evenings used to be spent watching Seinfeld non-stop with home delivery pizza and soda. I also used to watch Law & order, SVU.
But most of all, I miss the peace and quiet that I had in good Ol' Carlsbad, New Mexico..
Chennai is a busy city and peace and quiet is something that belongs in dreams here.
