There was never a 1.0 version, just trying to keep up with the Joneses. (SMS 2.0, etc.)

There has to be a big group of Indians in the town. It maybe fun to meet some time and talk about all the good things or the bad things (if any) about being here and maybe make some of the Indian restaurants a little richer in this process.

Time for a little intro..

I consider myself an Indian American having lived in US for a significant part of my life but as they say "Born an Indian, you can't get the curry/cricket in you away". In shanghai for the last 4 months and god & my boss only know how much longer (not that I'm complaining). I'm an exec in an IT MNC on an expat assignment. That should be enough to get this started and I'm sure we can get to know more over couple of cold ones.

Who's next?

Hi, I am here for the past one and half year..
there are quite a number of Indians in the town.. around 600 or even more I think. There is an Indian association here, did you know that ?
www.indianassociation.com.cn.
We do have meets for holi and diwali, the ladies meet up once a month for coffee mornings..
there is another two or three who keep posting here, infrequently.. I think they will like to post anyway. I was also envying the SMS club and philipino thread..good to see you started one indian.
Aapko Hindi aati hai ki aap south se ho ?

Good idea. It wouldn't be bad to get something started like a monthly drinks evening or something. THe Indian Association (as far as I know) only has something once in a while and there is not a regular get together, especially for the younger Indians here (i.e. not married and no kids).

Unfortunately, if you haven't discovered it yet, most of the Indian restaurants here suck and/or are really overpriced. I know I'm going to get flak from lots of board members for that last comment but I stick by it.

Unfortunately, if you haven't discovered it yet, most of the Indian restaurants here suck and/or are really overpriced.

I second that ! But I guess for someone who is used to Dollars may be its not a big deal, but with most of the better restaurants , the price we pay for a meal for two could feed a dozen or more back in India!
Yes, do get something like monthly gettogethers.

hi shindam,

Well infact we at VEDAS(restaurant) are soon going to be arranging a monthly INDIAN IT nite at the lounge !! Non IT guys & girls welcome too.

Have spoken to IT companies Infosys,TATA and other companies like Tesco,motorola And getting a good response.Soon will be fixing the day of the month.
Suggestions welcome!!! which day will be good.

So will keep you posted....

Lotta wrote:There is an Indian association here, did you know that ?
www.indianassociation.com.cn. I was also envying the SMS club and philipino thread..good to see you started one indian.
Aapko Hindi aati hai ki aap south se ho ?

I've heard of the indian association but havent had the chance to check it out yet. Will probably do for the next occassion.

No more envy Why do you think I started with 2.0...

Mujhe hindi aata hai, phir be mai south se hoon.

shanghaismile wrote:Good idea. It wouldn't be bad to get something started like a monthly drinks evening or something. THe Indian Association (as far as I know) only has something once in a while and there is not a regular get together, especially for the younger Indians here (i.e. not married and no kids).

I'm hoping we can get enough critical mass so that we can start meeting once a month or so for drinks and some fun. I agree that it may not fit with the reguar meetings that Indian association may have.

shanghaismile wrote:Unfortunately, if you haven't discovered it yet, most of the Indian restaurants here suck and/or are really overpriced. I know I'm going to get flak from lots of board members for that last comment but I stick by it.

They seem to be on par pricewise with the western restaurants which I guess may make sense as they all are foreign food out here. Haven't had a chance to checkout any indian restaurants except Indian Kitchen. Can't complain. Zentral is getting most of my delivery money...

I'm hoping we can get enough critical mass so that we can start meeting once a month or so for drinks and some fun. I agree that it may not fit with the reguar meetings that Indian association may have.

You might get more attendance than the IA (indian association) that way, since there are more single people than families here, thats what I have been told. I know quite a few.
From the south ? Chennai - Bangalore - Andhra or Kerala ??
Lots of southies here too - But I guess if you have been to Indian kitchen you must have met some.

Lotta wrote:

I'm hoping we can get enough critical mass so that we can start meeting once a month or so for drinks and some fun. I agree that it may not fit with the reguar meetings that Indian association may have.

You might get more attendance than the IA (indian association) that way, since there are more single people than families here, thats what I have been told. I know quite a few.
From the south ? Chennai - Bangalore - Andhra or Kerala ??
Lots of southies here too - But I guess if you have been to Indian kitchen you must have met some.

Southie speaking hindi was the clue - hyderabadi(atleast partially)./Andhra I did spend a couple of high school years in chennai. Most of my Indian Kitchen has been delivery - not a big fan of eating dinner alone at a restaurant although I seem to have developed that skill now. So haven't had a chance to meet many Indians yet.

So speak telugu do you ? A few andhras here, too. Some times we do have special " telugu gettogethers" not that we dont have non telugus in the mass...

count me in..from good old Bombay ( never Mumbai..!!).. Hi Lotta, nice seeing u on the site...i have been away for quite a few days but hope to spend at least a week at one go in Shanghai..this time around

Hot water.

Hot water

? ? Sorry, didnt get you !
Captah, good to see you are back. I was wondering whether you caught the thread or not.

Hi, yeah it would be cool for all the Indians to meet up. Moved here six months ago...im from Goa.
I think d only good indian restaurant I found is Tandoor..but its a bit pricey...and 2nd would be Veda's.

distinkt wrote:Hi, yeah it would be cool for all the Indians to meet up. Moved here six months ago...im from Goa.

Goa - That's one place I'd have liked to be from. For me its like being from Hawaii or something, cool place.

Who do we've for now?

lotta, shanghaismile, captah, distinkt, shindam, "LaVecchiaSignora"

Yeah...missin Goan food right now

Anyways it would be cool if you could build it and get more people in Cheers

Yes, there are more I know do post on the forum, I guess they wouldnt have seen it, my advise is let us keep the thread active so more can join in..

Lotta wrote:So speak telugu do you ? A few andhras here, too. Some times we do have special " telugu gettogethers" not that we dont have non telugus in the mass...

Lord or Rings fan are you?
Speak telugu and now trying to speak mandarin.

Ledu - Lord or Rings nenu asalu choodaledu

Oh, you are referring to the " mass" part of it ??

Lotta wrote:Oh, you are referring to the " mass" part of it ??

I guess I mixed up. I was trying to refer to Star Wars instead.
Clearly shows I don't watch enough DVDs.

I was referring to "So speak telugu do you" as YODA does talk this way mixing up different parts of the sentence.

Well, we are not all so correct in our language here I try, though to keep it correct.. may be it just slipped.

Clearly shows I don't watch enough DVDs

Thats going to change, now you are in Shanghai, thats all you get to watch.. looks like you are more of english movie fan rather than indian movies'.

Where can I get Bollywood flicks besides Bhoomi?

I love Indian movies. Living in bayarea, I actually would go watch Indian movies in theater, we had a few of them screening in all languages. Too bad I can't get Indian Dvd's here. Although its not a traditional Indian movie, I want to watch "namesake" but can't find the dvd. Any of you seen it? Getting good reviews and oscar talk..

Distinkt.. where do you live ? if you live in Gubei, there is a shop in Ronghua Xi road which stocks odd flicks like Krish and Lage raho munna bhai, which I picked up for 9 rmb.. steal isnt it compared with bhoomi...
If you know Da gu road, near Masala art restaurant, my friend said she saw some..
The funniest thing is I picked up the best prints on the roadside vendors - kabul express , Krish, ( Asoka is very famous.. keep seeing it every where).. You should go through all the dvds the guy has, to spot.. need patience. sometimes, on recognizing us, they even take them out and show you.
Best of luck !
Of course, if you build a network, all you need to do is to start exchanging, which most families do here.

Shindam.. you can get all latest bollywood flicks in Bhoomi - dont worry ! Have you been there ?

Sangeetha, Welcome to Shanghai, or should I say advance welcome ?
Lots of homies around here !
Hope to see you soon !

Lotta wrote:Shindam.. you can get all latest bollywood flicks in Bhoomi - dont worry ! Have you been there ?

Nope. Maybe will go there this weekend as I haven't seen any of the new ones that have come out. Heading back to bay area for couple of weeks starting mid next week. Will try to get some new ones and you guys can take them from me. Any thing that I should watch out for?

Sangeetha wrote:Hi Guys, just came across your posting and thought of joining you right away! Right now, I am living in Berlin, Germany (I was born and bred here) and will move to Shanghai by July 2007 as my husband stays there. It's great to know that there will be some "homies" around...Take Care, S

There'll be lots of "homies" depending on where your new "hood" will be. Be prepared for the hot days during July.