Meet Upendra Kumar Sahu...

1. Why did you leave India?
I got a Job in Cyprus, in my campus interview.

2. Do you plan to return to India to settle down?
Yes - Bhubaneswar, Orissa.

3. What do you like most about being abroad?
Freedom.

4. What do like least about being abroad?
Food.

5. Would you be concerned about raising your family outside India?
Yes, but I am unmarried.

6. What are your thoughts about marrying outside your immediate community, someone who speaks a different language or practices a different religion?
No problem as long as she loves me.

7. What would be the first thing you would do if you became the Prime Minister of India?
Strict the rules so that crime will go down.

8. What do you think are India's greatest strengths?(max 3)
IT professionals.

9.What do you think are the biggest problems facing India? (max 3)
Poverty, population.

10. Do you think that a presidential form of government would better serve the needs of India's democracy?
No idea.

11. For whom do you have the highest regard amongst living Indians?
Parents.

12. Do you think that the national obsession with Cricket has helped or has it hurt India as a sporting nation?
Hurt.

13. What do you think are India's greatest achievements since Independence? (max 3)?
Education.

14. What is your favourite pastime?
Playing cards.

15. What is your happiest memory?
My college days.

16. What's your most memorable journey?
From Delhi to Cyprus, that was my first visit to abroad.

17. What is your ultimate food dish?
Rice + Chicken.

18. What are your favourite movies? (max 3)
Izazat, Jane Bhi Do yaro.

19. What are your favourite books (please list authors as well)? (max 3)
(no comment)

20. A message from you to other NRIs
Help those Indians who wants to come out of India, I mean find a job, help to get visa...