Observation #1: Time Moves Slow in India

The United States is predominately made up of people who like to move fast. Americans are always late for something and it shows in the way they walk. We like to hustle to our destinations... at least in most big cities. Here on the other hand, people like to take their time. Take the Infosys trip to the Police commissioner's office on 8/14 for example; we leave the campus at around 2 pm and return at about 5 pm. Here's what we did in the 3 hours: rode the bus (towards), sat outside the commissioner's office, sit in the conference hall, returned to the bus and rode back to campus.

We were in the conference hall waiting for the commissioner to show up (he never did) and the Infosys HR decides to collect our passports to put with the forms we signed the day before. 30 minutes later, he passes the forms back to us to carry into the conference hall. Another 30 minutes pass and HR (or it might have been the police commissioner's assistant) takes a look at our passport, returns it, and re-collects our folders. That's what I call "efficiency."