I am through with my paper presentation and that is always a relief. I did manage to generate a little bit of discussion where I said people on the messageboard report that Agra City is not attractive at all even though the Taj Mahal is fabulous. Well the quote that I was using was a little stronger but the message was the same. Created some offense to some people.
Have to be more careful how to phrase these findings. There was a debate on my methodology and in India it still feels that if you have not done a quantitative research you have not done research at all! I was a little surprised with that. In the evening I was checking with a senior academician about what should I do differently next time and he said, “You are doing fine.” That was quite enouraging.
But the worst of all is I have a badly upset stomach and I can hardly eat anything. After writing this, I am wondering who will read this at home and get worried but then I am taking my chances. So, I am dead tired by now. See you all.
Will catch up with all the comments when I come back. Thanks for them a lot, they are a real morale booster.
you are right in saying that about agra n the Taj.. i fully agree…n hey girl, take care…
quantitative research ???Whats that.
My personal observation is that majority of the Indians cannot handle positive criticism and become very defensive. Also, most of the responses start with “no”.
Hope you’re feeling better.
You take care..hope u are better now..just amazed that you manage to keep the blog alive 🙂
The first observation when I visited Agra, was exactly what you said, Taj Mahal is a histirical monument but then the city is not at all a representation of an India, we could show to the hundreds of foriegners flocking the place. Why will they then not call our country the slumdog nation?
Mindspace, thank you. I am much better and back too!Hobo, quantitative research is where you try to make sense of a phenomenon through numbers.Atul, this my be changing at least in the conference circles.Bindu, I m much better now, thank you.Lakshmi, managed through auto posts! I am at home and almost cured now.Atula, many thanks for sharing your observations.