Talk:Mohinder Suresh

Just making this no longer blank, since Talk:Mohinder needs to redirect here.--Hardvice (talk) 16:06, 1 December 2006 (EST)

OK, I just added a link to Mohinder's license, and the thought occurred to me. In 1.5 days, Mohinder manages to get a cab-driver's license. Isn't that rather fast for a guy who just marched in from India without any preparation? Cuardin 16:33, 10 January 2007 (EST)

• Since he would presumably need a chauffeur's license, and not just an ordinary driver's license, this is especially strange. I presume that the US honors regular driver's licenses from at least some other countries, allowing foreign tourists and the like to rent cars while in the states. Such a license should not, however, allow someone to drive strangers or cargo in a business capacity, though. --Ted C 16:42, 10 January 2007 (EST)

For my own sake (feel free to delete), here is a timeline of the "3 days"

• 3 days ago: Midday, Mohinder gets the message his father is dead. During the day he decides to go to New York. We assume he goes to the airport and with a stand-by-tiket, manages to get on the evening flight to Europe.

• 2 days ago: With 1 part luck and 2 parts time-difference, Mohinder arrives at JFK before noon this day. I did a check and this is possible. Mohinder applies for a taxi driver's license.

• Today / 1 day ago: Mohinder gets the license and a job as a taxi driver. Main timeline of Genesis begins sometime Midday today.

Cuardin 16:33, 10 January 2007 (EST)

• Check out the requirements on the NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission website. It's not only unlikely, it's nigh-impossible. I suppose if Mohinder had been a student here, and held a job while he was studying, he could have the SS card, a US photo id, and proof of address (outdated proof of address, but still), but it's pretty unlikely he'd have had a chauffeur's license unless he was driving a taxi the first (hypothetical) time he was in the U.S. It's more likely that the license is forged; the cab boss did say she needed drivers in a hurry, so maybe they just doctored Chandra's license. Or maybe the writers just blew it for the sake of moving the story along. Great catch, though.--Hardvice (talk) 17:51, 10 January 2007 (EST)
  • Wouldn't be the first time something of the sort happened (in both the corruption and story-telling senses). --Ted C 18:00, 10 January 2007 (EST)
  • Do we have previous indication that Mohinder has studied in the US? Mohinder is rather fluent in English. OK, it is an american show, but let's do this entirely in-world. Mohinder has gone through some fairly lengthy schooling, and it is even probable, that he has been abroad for at least a year. Together with the taxi-license, there is some weight to that theory, don't you think? (--Cuardin)
    • What I "love" about the languages on Heroes is that they speak Japanese in Japan, but English in India. Hmmm.

      There's no indication that he studied in the US. He is obviously edumacated (heck, he's a professor), but no indication that he studied in the US whatsoever. In fact, his accent is quite British (which is common for Indians, since English actually is a national language, and the country was ruled by Great Britain until 1947, IIRC). Cool theory, a bit of weight to it, but nothing factual unfortunately. :) - RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 17:24, 11 January 2007 (EST)

      • IRL, around me, it is very uncommon that someone reach the level of "professor" (I doubt he is a professor at the age of 35, probably an assosciate professor) without having studied at least some time abroad. But of course what I really beleive is that the writers completely fudged up because that is what writers do, all the time. (--Cuardin)