Three months ago I had to go abroad because of a assignments at the Client's main office in USA. There a large number of ABCDs and NRIs were employed too.
As a personal rule, I never talk politics at work place or even my colleagues because Politics tend to make working atmosphere very hostile and awkard and also I feel mixing persnol politics and work hours is quite unprofessional.
But, at my clients office -there is this ABCD who has really was a headache for me for the 2 weeks I was there.During lunch,one day I accidently revealed that I voted for Modi in 2014.
The ABCD went fucking berserk after that.Complete insult flinging abuse fest-He started saying how I was a fascist for voting Modi, how I support 2002 by voting Modi, How [I wont name the religion to not derail this thread] being in majority should be secular.
He did not say all of this together but used to keep dropping it in small amounts at agaiar intervals.
When I told him that I wasnt comfortable discussing politics at work, he went off on a weird tangent that People like me were the real reason why his Parents left India.
I pointed out that he has never come to India even once in life except for a few weeks every 2-3 years.
Then he said some stupid misinformed shit - like NRI money runs India, without NRI influence no FDI would come, that India needs to up its game and only then he will think of returning to India again.
Now I would not have cared if a stupid Dumb american ABCD was the only idiot in my team, but a lot of NRI green carders were supporting his stupid shit too by agreeing everything he was saying.
The NRI would interject with dumb stuff in front of my american coworkers that India should do this and this to progress, or say stuff like "This is the problem of India.........."
Now The company is sending me back to The office in US next month again.How do I deal with this dumb shit