Hi all, is there anyone that lives in the Indian Subcontinent? I would love to know what the life is like there, and to swap stories and to just hear about people and their stories.

So lets swap stories.
aussie_girl_melb

 

i live in the indian subcontinent.
life is good.
i eat rice and ride an elephant to office.
shubho


 

I live in India.
What exactly do you want to know?

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

u are a rich man. as i have to go on a donkey to work everyday and its so damn slow, i wish i could upgrade myself to the elephant..but i can't afford it right now...hopefully the rains will come this year and we will have plenty of food, then i can afford the latest in transport...


The boss is away!!

I ride a large rat to work every day, eat broken glass for lunch and sleep on a bed of nails.
Even worse than this, I live in the middle of London.

You Indians, you have everything!

 

Give the girl the benefit of the doubt. If this is indicative of Indian mentality and self pity then there really is no hope for you.

 

I am sure none of them meant their statements to be taken in anyway other than good natured humour..however, I wouldn't know. I got a chuckle.

And to the OP, the stories are unlimited, they just need an excuse to start tumbling out.

 

its all about arranged marriges , astrology , hinduism , strikes, languages and history thats india .

travlr25

and CRICKET !!!! (We won the last series against the Aussies - pip-pip !) and movies and festivals and spice and mythology and people who WOULD love to swap stories.

Cheers !

 

I sit on a string bed in abject squalor on the banks of the Yamuna River,
dreaming of the loftiest sort of union with God imaginable.....My mantra is "Hare Om Navash Shev-eye"....
(a mantra is a special phrase you keep saying over and over to yourself, for years and years if necessary, until your mind fills with light...)

 

Come on guys, give me an idea of what you love about your life, what special little things there are in India that you love.


 

1)Autorickshaw drivers always demanding excess fair.
2)Loud music blaring at all the festivals
3)Coconut Chutney
4)Listening to Joni Mitchell on top of Snowdon Peak
5)Rumours about secret waterfalls (!)
6)Long Long relaxing cross country train journeys - spent by reading Terry Pratchett and eating cutlets at breakfast(on the train) and sitting at the doorway clicking pictures with extremely high shutter speeds and extremely large aperture.
7)KC Das and his Rosogollas
8)Freedom - almost an excess of it

and that is only a random list.



 

aussie firl, we LIVE here. we see nothing strange or fascinating about our lives, just as i'm sure you see nothing strange or fascinating about your life.

maybe if u ask specific questions, u'll get some answers. (PLEASE don't ask about spirituality.)

ANKUR

 

u are obviously a bengali boy, ankur.

i agree about the trains. there's nothing like waking up at the crack of dawn, opening the train door & sitting on the floor, watching the sun rise & drinking hot, over-sweet tea & smoking a wills.

absolute heaven.

planes have no romance at ALL.