This blog is about my life as a Norwegian “expat” in India. For more than two years I worked and lived in India. During my stay there I tried to learn as much as possible about my new “home country”. Right now I’m back in Norway. But this does not mean that I’m not interested in India anymore! Rather the opposite. I will try to keep this blog alive for as long as possible, which bascially means for as long as there is something to write about India. Who knows, maybe some day I will return back to India?
Everything in this blog is based on my own experiences as a Norwegian in India. It is not the official view of Capgemini, but my own view. I do blog about what I see, and do not try to offend anyone.
All mistakes here are made by me.
Karsten Eskelund
from Norway to India 
Hi Karsten,
Nice site!
Hei Karsten! Dette høres jo veldig spennende ut. Gøy å følge bloggen. Lykke til!
M
Hi Karsten
I came across your blog while researching for an article about expat blogs and have really enjoyed reading your entries about Mumbai life (crocodiles?! I had no idea!). I would love to talk to you about it for the article. I’m a British journalist working for Times of India in Mumbai. Please get in touch if you’re happy to talk some time.
With best wishes,
Rachel
Så otroligt kult!! Jag önskar dig massa lycka till på detta spännande äventyr. Stor kram från Norge, Oslo och mig!!
Hi, A very good site and nice perspective. -Joy
Intressant. Jeg var født og oppvekst i Sør Mumbai (Charni Road). Nærheten av Wankhede.
Jeg besøker jo Mumbai nesten hvert år! Nå bor jeg i Midt Norge somenYogi i Norway.
Enjoy, experience and enlighetnm yourself Karsten! Bombay is the city of dreams.
Hei Karsten
Dette var spennende lesing. Jeg flytter til Mumbai etter sommeren, og her finner jeg mye informasjon som sikkert kommer til nytte i min expat tilværelse. Kanskje vi ses i India 🙂
Hilsen Kathrine
Hei Kathrine
Hyggelig at det jeg skriver er til nytte for andre. Bare rop ut hvis det er noe du lurer på. Jeg begynner å bli brukbart kjent i Mumbai, og er gjerne til hjelp.
mvh
Karsten
If only there was some mechanism to translate all comments into a universally understood language like english…!!
🙂
Have you heard about google translate?
Hei Karstein,
Så bra side du har – masse god informasjon.
Vi planlegger å flytte til Mombai til våren, så jeg er aktiv søker på jobb som teknisk inspektør innen shipping.. (6år erfaring)
Lurer på om du vet om noen gode internasjonal skoler for en 13 åring??
Are Skaanevik
ASB, american school of Mumbai, er fantastisk!
Hi Karstein,
I’ve read all your posts and they are all enjoyable to read. Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
Very interesting blog. As a journalist I have covered about India a lot, and, as you say, while India is considered as ‘difficult’, opportunities do not come without challenges. The Indian government itself is more interested in its trade with major countries such as the US, Britain, Germany, the EU (as a bloc), Japan and even China while the interest in countries such as Canada (where I live now), Norway is less, but there are opportunities for small players with niche products. This is not about multi billion dollar deals but often deals in multimillions but they do bring lots of business for specialized companies.
senthil.ratnasabapathy@gmail.com
Hi Karsten,
Interesting to read your blogs.Hopefully will be able to contribute with some
constructive comments in future.
BR,
Anmol
Hi ! Karsten ! Nice to read your blog ! Giridhar.G, Speech therapist, Secunderabad, giridharghodkar86@gmail.com
Have you really noted its (swastika)
Mention in the vedas
Hi karsten , I just wanted to know that do you have any plans to come back in India?
Not really