Call India From Your Prepaid Mobile Phone

During the last weekend I spent most of my time watching movies on DVD. I have no preferences at that time so I just watched anything ranging from Hollywood movies and also some bollywood movies. One thing I love about watching hindi movies is the duration for each movie can take from two and a half hours up to three hours. What a way to spend my ample time! During watching though I suddenly wonder how many Indians have came and work here in Malaysia? Do they have any families back in India? How do they keep in touch with their families in India? Via mobile phone or mail? Email perhaps?

Now when I say Indians here it means I am talking about those who are from India not those who are Malaysians. If you were born in Malaysia, then you are a Malaysian though your ancestors were originated from India. So I prefer to call you a Malaysian and for those who came from India, they are Indians. I hope you get that right ok? There are many of them especially in Selangor area and Johor area.

So I spent some time for the last two days researching on this and I was surprised to know that there are actually a lot of Indians work here in Malaysia. They work in various fields ranging from professional jobs to simple jobs. Of course you see a lot of them here working in Indian restaurant or we affectionately called “mamak” restaurant but do you know that there are a lot of them working in professional fields? Some of them are experts in IT sector and also other pro sectors. There are lawyers, doctors, and there are also musicians.

India is big country and in fact they are one of the countries that have biggest population in the world. To name a few places like Calcutta, Bombay, and Bangalore, these places are crowded with people. You can see why there are a lot of them chose to work abroad as there are too many competition there to get a job. Why not? If I had the chance to work somewhere in the US or maybe in the United Kingdom, which I can earn more than what I earn here, I will always take the chance. But I must say that I salute the guys who came here and left their families far far away just to earn some money. Hey I think they make quite a lot of money here. Some even managed to go back every month to their country. This number could be increasing in the later future as AirAsia had got landing right there in India. Pretty cool huh?
Communicating between the two countries has been made very easy since the introduction of calling cards. It used to be hard to call up India last time since you have to go to public phones and call up the operator first. Now the long distance call to India has become quite easy and you should not have problem to call as long as you know what the country code is. Make sure you dial up 00 first on your prepaid mobile phone either Digi or Maxis before you put in the country code for India.

It used to cost a lot to call India but not anymore nowadays. There are many calling cards available and easy to be purchased either offline or online. How to find it is all up to you and be sure to first check and make comparison before you purchase anything. Sometimes the card is cheap but the talk time could be costing you a lot. Make sure you choose the correct plan if you want to call up India from Malaysia. Don’t fall trap into cheapest IDD call rate unless you have read them well. If you are looking for one, I recommend you to make comparison at least for three different plans. Check the call rates, the price, and also how compatible the plan is. You should be fine then.

Have a good day!