SO! I’m writing this with less than a day left to enjoy India, visiting family, and all that such. It’s been.. quite a trip. I wasn’t expecting much of anything out of it, but in now thinking of it, I’m definitely sad to be taking leave. That’s probably in large part because I’ve been working harder at making a connection with all my family members here, out of some sense of obligation (partially bc my parents paid my ticket? Maybe..), and I’m now realizing that’s causing me to.. practically be missing them already. Weird, I didn’t even realize I felt that way til I just wrote it. The power of the word..

Anywho.. So, back to topic.
No, not the club/pub/discotechque/bar/whatever-else-mayhavethatname!

I was trying to think of rumours or curiosities about India, and do a little entry about all that. To help everybody’s understandings and knowledge. Yours, because I’d find the answer, and mine in finding it, if I didn’t already have something accessible.

All I can put for now is that.. it does seem that food and accomodation is cheaper than in Vietnam, as this Indian (By ancestry) Israeli had told me. But I kind of feel like you get more for your money in Vietnam. Maybe it all balances out..

Arranged marriages _are_ the norm with all my cousins/relatives, more about that if desired..

You wouldn’t want to drive around in Bangalore. Trust me! Makes Boston look tame.

I dunno what to put here, so put any questions, ponderances, any/all here, and we’ll see what we can do! Ta, -@

Oh, another rumour.. Do people know that I’m not Indian born+raised?
I thought they did, and that’s what I’ve been telling people during this travel month. But! I think I was wrong. People are speaking to me in Hindi, Kannada, etc. Noticing nothing peculiar. Sometimes getting confused why I’m taking pictures of drug stores, then realizing, maybe I’m not from around here. When I Was walking around w/ my cousins Suma (she 25) and Anoop (he ~12), it felt like we were getting a lot of glances/stares, she made it sound like she gets them a lot.

I felt like I was getting a lot of glances one day, when I was wearing coolers (sunglasses), shorts, and a camera. (I think that’s all that set me apart, maybe the fact that I’m not clean-shaven too?) So maybe people were guessing that day, dunno.. in general, people seem to not realize. And I guess, there’s not huge amounts of reasons for them to be able to tell. When I’m walking in tourist enclaves, I can’t easily guess who’s a tourist and who’s a native Indian, so..! Makes sense, I reckon.

  
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