Imagine a country where:
It feels like you’re in a Mario Kart game when you’re driving down the road.
Cows, buffalo, oxen and dogs create traffic jams.
White people are more of an attraction than the Taj Mahal.
Curry (of some sort), chapattis and mounds of rice make up at least 2 meals a day.
It’s okay to show your stomach but not your shoulders.
Fans, air coolers or air conditioning is a must.
You want to take a shower 3 times a day because it’s so hot and humid.
Power outages last for hours.
Toilet paper is a rare find in the bathrooms.
Language, culture and food change completely from city to city.
You might get caught in a torrential downpour any time of day.
Hindus and Muslims are in a perpetual battle.
Girls have to walk outside in groups for fear of being trafficked or raped.
There are high levels of female infanticide often because parents can’t afford the dowry to be paid during marriage.
A 75 year old, blind man is still “allowed” to drive (us) on the bad roads at night.
Chai is any kind of tea and it’s served in miniature cups.
Motorcycles and rickshaws are the main mode of transportation.
Men sell their daughters into human trafficking for $6 to feed their families.
Brightly coloured sarees and gold adornments are abundant.
Trains have separate cars for the women and children.
Religious persecution occurs regularly.
Pants typically cost $3 and a shirt should only cost $5.
Any thing or animal might be someone’s god.
Men walk around wearing towels or sheets of fabric around and through their legs.
The street is your trash bin.
That is India.
