My interaction with Exchange Students

Recently i had this wonderful chance of interacting with a group of very sweet ladies from Finland who had come to India as Exchange Students and it was wonderful to share ideas and thoughts which resonated and projected the problems faced by a Country with a population less than the City of Mumbai.

We discussed on issues ranging from Economic and Monetary Stability to Social and family relations

The major points i learnt from them were

* The ageing population of Finland is a challenge where Productivity is Slumping

*People like to follow rules and instructions and if they don't their neighbours care to inform the authorities ensuring they are forced to follow

*Quite like India there is a growing divide between the Rural and The urban or the City and the Country Side

*Unlike India which has Bollywood,Food varieties and IT as it's Soft power Finland only possessed Nokia but even that is taking a backseat incidentally

*The World is not looking towards them as they are not in news unlike India or China which is generating new news everyday

*The government is becoming more right wing which is making the rich happy while its making the poor Unhappy

*The social Subsistence scheme is one of the best and allows a person to cover all his needs

*The income for this Subsistence comes from taxes which is high on rich people and thus they want this rate to be decreased

*The students get an income for studying

*Social Problems in Finland thanks to the Rules Compliance

and Finally Indian Spicy food is India's Biggest draw to lure other country nationals


Cheers

Arvind !!