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Home vs Residence vs. Accommodation

Nowadays, I have been having trouble answering a very common question people ask me. Let me illustrate it through a dialogue:

Mr. X: Are you staying in Bangalore?
Me: (in my mind) Grrr ! I cannot be staying in Abu Dhabi if I have been coming to your office in Bangalore since the past 3 days!!!
(aloud) Oh Ya! Indiranagar.
Mr X: Own house or rented?
Me: (in the mind) Is he mad?? Oh! Seems he was asking me if I stay in Bangalore
(aloud) Oh! I meant I am currently staying in Bangalore but I am not a native.
Mr X: Oh! So you are a native of?
Me: aa…. (thinking) … I am from the Bombay Practice of KPMG
Mr X: So, you are originally from Bombay?
Me: (in mind) Grrrr … I hate this confusion
(aloud) No actually I am a native of Bhopal
Mr X: But you are a Maharashtrian, right?
Me: (in mind) Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr …. I hate this even more …
(aloud, smiling) Ya! Actually ancestrally our family belongs to Maharashtra. But both my parents were born an brought up in MP – and so am I. (smile again)
Mr X: Oh! I get it (triumphant smile on his face)
Me: (in mind) You better. I don’t like my efforts getting wasted!
(aloud) So? You from Bangalore?
Mr X: Ya!
Me: (in mind) Wow! What luck! Just a two lettered answer ... I wish my life too was as easy ... sigh!

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  1. Wondering Wanderer9:11 AM

    i can understand ur feelings mate.. i have faced such situations myslef many a times..
    i can still recall one such "most irritating" conversation a few years back..
    X:"R u a bengali?"
    Me:"Yes"
    X:"Where do u stay in Kolkata?"
    grrrrrrrrrrrr.....

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  2. Coach Hemant Jain4:28 AM

    Come to think of it ... We (Consultants) are supposed to be GLOBAL citizens ...

    Imagine a similar conversation with a person in some 'foren' country with some knowledge of India ....

    Some knowledge as they say is more dangerous than Full Knowledge ...

    Where are you from ?
    India
    Oh Bangalore ?
    Grrrr .....
    No Mumbai
    So you work in Bangalore
    Grrrrr .....
    No Hyderabad / Mumbai
    Oh ... so have you ever been to Bangalore
    Grrrr.... Grrrr .... Grrr.....

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