One phone call from my didi, announcing that she was taking me to Dubai for a wide variety of reasons, changed my life and the size of my wallet drastically . I went on a shopping binge because the plan of action was to get a job in Dubai while on visit . So, though it is a shopper’s paradise i added a few good outfits in my kitty before i could attack the malls....So I, me, myself landed in the land of Arabs  with no clue about which way life would go henceforth. That kept me away from family, friends n blogs (that explains my absence from iland).

Dubai is not the same old place some said, the standard of living has increased by leaps and bounds and it is not so easy to find the right kind of jobs nemore.....Despite the warnings I left the carefree, happy-go-lucky goan life miles behind n found myself trapped in a not so exciting life behind a closed door flat.....Two months of struggling helped me land a job as a Network Engineer in Sony Gulf....my folks were thrilled at my new found success and compliments flowed in like wine from heaven.....
So, i had finally made it !!! The crème de la crème of shopping malls to choose from, the view of the Burj-al-Arab while on my way for work, an MNC to work in........well can life get any better??? 
Surprisingly yes...........I happened to speak to a fellow Indian and he put in words what had been on my mind since the time I came here.......he said, "This place has everything to offer, except that lil something and even after years of living here u realize that it is that lil something that is absolutely essential to live life........." By that he probably meant the feeling of belonging – to ur family, ur people n ur country. The feeling of walking down the street and knowing that u’ll come across a couple of familiar faces and stop to enquire how they are doing….knowing that u never have to renew a visa that decides whether u stay or leave…….knowing that 15^th August and 26^th January are a celebration……(sigh!)

Well we all are like migratory birds here…..we’ll return to our nests when the sun sets….home is where the heart is folks!