Going through my various blogs, Google groups, web pages of the last 40 years, I found this very good post on O-India Google Group by Sreekanth Kanjarla from December 2007!
Here is a picture with the young handsome Sreekanth kneeling in the front before Renu and Dipu came to Finland.
He and Vishu Mallabadi were living in Peltola and I had the good fortune to join them for a small celebration of Christmas in their home.
Those were some beautiful days of OUR O-India! :-)
I thought that I should blog it as advice to newcomers to Oulu. Those who would like to give additional up-to-date advice can send it to me and I will blog it.
This, taken with our book “Handbook for Survival in Finland” published in 1994 (30 years ago), should help some of you get acclimatised quickly!
Sreekanth and his delightful wife, Renu, are still in Oulu and their son, Dipu, is a fine example of a Findian.
I have known Dipu from the very first trip when I picked them up from Oulu Airport. I knew we had a fascinating addition to our group in Oilu and I have not been disappointed.
I had an email from Rajesh Kumar just this week, who has returned to Helsinki. He recalled how I did drive him snd his family (of three then) from Oulu Airport their new new home in Oulu.
He sent me this beautiful photo of his grown up family in Finland. They all look so gorgeous and I wish them a happy stay in our country! I have invited him to Oulu to catch up with us.
I digress, as here is Sreekanth’s great 2007 post to the O-India Google Group:
“sreekanth
12/7/07
to o-india@googlegroups.com
Dear O-Indians,
Here are some of the contents (i:e @ Oulu) that can go into the front page of our "O-India" website, which we are planning to develop. This is only draft version and sub-contents can be modified with the actual information.
Fresher @ Oulu
i. Items to bring from India
ii. Formalities at Oulu (Bus pass, population registrations etc…)
Apartments @ Oulu
1. Formalities for apartments
2. Looking for new apartments
Schooling @ Oulu
i. Kindergarten,
ii. Pre-school,
iii. Primary/High School Educations
Kids @ Oulu
i. Tips for take care of small kids
ii. Kids shops
Banking @ Oulu
i. Open a new account
ii. Closing of account
Library @ Oulu
i. Library care issue information
Games Clubs @ Oulu
i. Cricket
ii. Vollyball
iii. Skiing
iv. Swimming
Indian Food @ Oulu
i. Indian Shopping stores
ii. Indian Hotels
Passport Info @ Oulu
i. Passport Expired
ii. Passport Lost
ByeToOulu @ Oulu
i. Closure formalities of apartment ( Bank account, gas connection etc…)
Regards,
Sreekanth Kanjarla”
Please feel free to add or suggest, so that I can include them to this list.
For your information there are over a thousand posts about the past of O-India in Oulu from 2007 onwards.
I have decided to make our O-India group more active.
The Moderators are Atul Mahajan, Mani Shankar Bhowmik, Pushpa Dhundwal and me.
All posts are moderated.
