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Celebrating 7 years in India with some pictures

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Publié le 06/11/2013 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

The color doesn't make the Indian!

You feel very funny when your rickshaw driver gets insulted by an Indian girl in a very skin-tight jogging outfit, and that to with the purest American accent! After a few second of stupor comes the moment of solidarity with the driver: What the hell is that woman doing here? And why is she getting so worked up just because we almost ran over her? Then there is a brief moment of...

Publié le 04/11/2013 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

When the fan becomes of an instrument of torture of the fan; Pedro to the rescue!

You were asking for it, IndianSamourai did it! Pedro , the return… My mission today was to purchase some kind of LED lamp. I waited a few minutes at the hardware store while the guy made a few phone calls asking around who would have stock. Meanwhile Pedro – who works there – was smiling at me and showing pictures of my cat on his phone to everyone around! Once I had...

Publié le 02/11/2013 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Why in India people burp when eating (or at any other point of time)

Me: Hello, how are you today? My colleague: I’m not too good, I’ve got gas. Oh Lord, gaaas??? How graceful! So for one thing my question was rhetorical and for another thing, gas??? Oh, this is gonna be a long, long day… I wrote in August 2008 that while I "was peacefully walking in the street, a tiny old woman, passing by my side, let go of such a powerful burp...

Publié le 26/10/2013 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Why in India we can see the Nazi cross everywhere?

The immediate answer here (with a bit of pride because many Indians greatly admire the leadership skills of the dictator – see here ): Hitler copied the Hindu swastika and changed the sense of the branches... In fact, it is a little more complicated than that! This cross ( swastika ), is a symbol of good fortune and well-being that has been used for...

Publié le 24/10/2013 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Why in India there is a caste system?

After 7 years in India, I obviously wrote quite a bit on the subject (see below). I have sometimes been revolted against this system. I have accepted it. Ignored it. Forgotten it. It is not so much this system – let us be realistic, every society is divided in social classes – but its rigidity that disturbs so much… Your caste (which you are born in) defines what you will...

Publié le 22/10/2013 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Why in India people eat with their fingers?

This post is dedicated to one of my French bosses who asked me recently, after a trip in India, if in my opinion “they” would continue to eat with their hands for a long time. “These savages” he might as well have added. Before I praise the practice of using fingers, a small memo on how the “sophisticated” countries actually stopped it... “The use of fork dates...

Publié le 10/10/2013 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Why in India fat guys have the paunch of a pregnant woman?

I've always wondered whether it was only in my head or the belly of paunchy Indians had a special shape. To put it simply, they look like pregnant women. It also happens to quite a few Indian women past their fifties (which makes me wonder every time I meet one “isn’t she too old to be pregnant?”). With a little research I found out that it is not only in India that overweight...

Publié le 08/10/2013 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Why do cows roam freely in the streets in India?

We just saw why cows are considered as sacred in India; and the advantage of being a God is that you can do what you want when you want where you want... So if a cow wants to be where it is, well it just stays here! We have the right to blow their ears by honking like mad but not to touch them... Talking of ears, I have a feeling that bovines have not a very developed hearing......

Publié le 06/10/2013 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Why in India most people are vegetarian?

My mother gave me an idea. She was in a great shape during her last trip to India and asked me about a dozen of questions every minute: and why is this woman dressed like that and why is this guy doing this and why this and why that? A bit annoyed by the number of questions and even more because I didn’t have the answer, I started making up (stupid) answers, which she kinda believed…. ...

Publié le 02/10/2013 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

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