Any other desi who doesn't follow American sports and feels cornered in project meetings with all enthusiastic sports talk?

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To each their own but for me NFL is the worst sport I have ever seen…

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I tried really hard but man you are right. So dumb.

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Not at all! Whenever football/ basketball talk comes up I straight up say "I don't follow it but I do follow cricket and start talking about it". Either they will drop the talk or ask questions to know more. Either way I don't let it corner me.

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Usually the conversation is a couple of min, so don’t sweat it.
One thing I do it bring up the movie, book or place I visited in some of the meetings to showcase my interests.

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“ When in Rome, Do as the Romans do”

Previously, I used to be left out, but then started following football and basketball.

As someone who used to live and breathe cricket, tbh NFL and NBA are much more fun and interesting.

This even helped me to build rapport with clients and other folks.

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Follow NFL and NBA. 95% of team and clients are covered with these two leagues.

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Flip the scenario. Indian location, Indian client, you are on the project with other Indian colleagues and have 1-2 Americans who don't follow cricket while IPL or the World Cup is going on. How would you feel about them?

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“They are in India, so they must learn about our culture and interests. They better learn about cricket if they want to survive in India” Thanks to our world renowned desi hypocrisy

I dont follow American sports & proudly say that whenever it comes up. I dont even follow the cats & dog conversations & find them silly . It is absolutely ok

I say I don’t follow the sport, but ask them what happened in the game. Lo and behold, I am the center of attraction for 5 minutes. Works most of the time.

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