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For these pravasis Hindi is all Greek
Young NRIs who attended the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas with the intention of reconnecting with their motherland were put off by a language they could not understand.
Eyal Dekel, an engineering student from Israel, was full of enthusiasm as he waited for chief ministers Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar to speak.
"I could not understand a word of what they were saying. I was left with no option but to quit those sessions," he said. But things were no different when the sessions were in English, a language they could relate to.
"We could not relate to the subject. The speakers waxed eloquent about how their respective states were good choices for making investments. We are too young and do not have the capital to invest right now," said Kulwinder Singh, an IT professional from San Francisco. Put off by these factors, few youngsters wanted to sight-see Hyderabad but found the event's location a deterrent.
"Hyderabad has so many historical places one can visit, but they are too far from here for us to see and return to our camps," said Kerissa Munsamy, a student from Durban in South Africa who is among 29 youth attending the event as part of the Internship Programme for Diaspora Youth. For some, the bland presentations were dampeners.
"Some speakers just read through their speeches from a prepared text. We could have as well been handed over the copies of the speech. Why read them in such a manner?" asked Priyanka Patnaik and Rashmi Pasapula, both IPDY members.
Finally, finding themseleves in a situation where they could not understand the language, where the subject was irrelevant, and from where they could not visit historical places in the city, they settled for the All India Crafts Fair in Shilparamam.
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