Home away from home I

ndia offers wonderful comforts of family support and hired help. Most Indians who migrate to Australia find it tough in the initial days as they struggle to get used to daily chores which are routinely outsourced in India. The basic chores of cooking and cleaning are all done for you; and you most probably even had the luxury of being driven around by your own driver. Your gardens were maintained, the children were dropped off and picked up from school, and groceries were home delivered. More so, the social support system was strong enough to give you the peace of mind that your brothers, sisters, parents, friends were just a phone call and a short drive away in case of emergency.

The lack of these luxuries are acutely felt when one migrates to Australia. While there are professional and financial challenges, settling into the new environment and lifestyle adds even more pressure. A number of facilities taken for granted in India now have to be carefully evaluated and considered. There is limited, if any, family support; hired help is expensive and one has to endure a steep learning curve to become familiar with the various types of vacuum cleaners, washing machines and fridges. Ikea and Fantastic Furniture are places where pilgrimages are made during the weekends as the home is slowly furnished. Life now has a different direction as the new migrant grapples with the issue of lifestyle in their adopted country.

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By PAWAN LUTHRA

The advantage which the recent migrants have over those who came to Australia 15-20 years ago, are the wonderful escapes which are now available. Sydney is blessed with a wide range of Indian restaurants in almost all the suburbs. Be it the northern tips of Sydney in Newport or the southern highlands of Bowral, you will find the familiar tandoori chicken and butter chicken shop. Not only are there a huge number of Indian eateries, now the variety of food from the different parts of India can also be enjoyed. The samosa and dosa may be common and the Hyderabadi may be well-known, but you can now enjoy a Gujarati thali or even a Rajasthani meal in a choice of restaurants. If you want fusion, Indian Chinese is rapidly gaining momentum. There are restaurants harbour views; those with great décor, as well as those with $20-all-you-can-eat buffets.

Latest Bollywood releases are now a common thing. In fact, so well organised are these releases that one can see these movies at the same time as friends and family back in India and give a review of Abhishek Bachchan or Shah Rukh Khan’s performance in a matter of hours of seeing the movie. Almost every month there is an entertainer of great repute performing in Sydney. Promoters work hard in getting good talent Down Under and the local Indians get another escape with these performances.

For large community gatherings, there are fun-filled fairs now well entrenched in the Sydney lifestyle – the Holi Mela, the Independence Day Fair and the Diwali Mela. With thousands thronging to these fairs, it is a wonderful opportunity for all to meet and greet one another.

And over the past few years, the Indian Australian community is blessed with a range of religious places now available. The temples, the gurudwaras, all allow the community to flourish and provide another opportunity for all to enjoy their escape from daily chores.

There are also a number of social organisations, set up either through a linguistic or a geographical common denominator, for people to join and meet on a regular basis. These associations form an important bond in the structure of our local society.

While it is difficult to replace the pleasures of enjoying India in all its diversity when actually living in India, the various avenues now available to Indian Australians to experience home away from home and therefore enjoy their adopted country even more, seem to be ever expanding.

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