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so I was chatting with @RR and we just had a quick talk on travels and now he's never been here. That got me thinking.
There's a lot of misconceptions, half truths and yes, kool aid views of India. I'm here and can answer most anything about this place. Culture, politics, military, work culture, business, history, women (or men), sports, food, travelling actually most anything you could think of.
My credentials ? Am a Canadian but my dad sent me here for my schooling when I was a kid. 12 years from kindergarten to high school and then pre-med (no I'm not a doctor, fk that sht). Now I'm back here since the last 3 years because of work. Go back n forth quite a bit.
I'm an avid reader of books, newspapers n magazines in whichever country I happen to be. My family here are highly placed bureaucrats / politicians / policy makers (state level) and one of them was even recently the Home Secretary (national). I have travelled extensively from north to south here. By air, train, bus, car, bike, cycle and even driven a bull cart n a tractor. Stayed in a 1000$ / night hotel (owned by a near family member so didn't pay that rate) to shitty no star hole in the walls. Even spent about a month in total in the local villages.
Consequence of all this is I'm not quite entirely Canadian but definitely not Indian to the core. I think I can see the negatives / positives of both cultures and their views about the other side. My experiences, both here and abroad, put me in as good as place as anybody you'll ever meet to ask about India.
So ask away.
There's a lot of misconceptions, half truths and yes, kool aid views of India. I'm here and can answer most anything about this place. Culture, politics, military, work culture, business, history, women (or men), sports, food, travelling actually most anything you could think of.
My credentials ? Am a Canadian but my dad sent me here for my schooling when I was a kid. 12 years from kindergarten to high school and then pre-med (no I'm not a doctor, fk that sht). Now I'm back here since the last 3 years because of work. Go back n forth quite a bit.
I'm an avid reader of books, newspapers n magazines in whichever country I happen to be. My family here are highly placed bureaucrats / politicians / policy makers (state level) and one of them was even recently the Home Secretary (national). I have travelled extensively from north to south here. By air, train, bus, car, bike, cycle and even driven a bull cart n a tractor. Stayed in a 1000$ / night hotel (owned by a near family member so didn't pay that rate) to shitty no star hole in the walls. Even spent about a month in total in the local villages.
Consequence of all this is I'm not quite entirely Canadian but definitely not Indian to the core. I think I can see the negatives / positives of both cultures and their views about the other side. My experiences, both here and abroad, put me in as good as place as anybody you'll ever meet to ask about India.
So ask away.
