My aim is that this blog will be Informative, Entertaining, and occasionally Inspirational.
Informative? I admit that what I know about India, compared to what is still to learn, is very little - but it is more than I knew when I decided to make India my home four years ago.
All I knew about India then were the usual cliches - Incredible; exasperating; spiritual; corrupt; amazingly beautiful; rundown and dirty - and of course a cheap place to live, with plenty of sunshine.
All I know now is that all those cliches, and hundreds more, are absolutely true.
India is a country of contrasts, where poverty and squalor exists alongside wealth and opulence, and architectural wonders lie hidden behind ramshackle slums. Cows and stray dogs do forage among the piles of rubbish outside 5-star hotels and multi-national techno hubs.
Entertaining? As the guidebooks say, most foreign visitors new to India will oscillate between loving and loathing it, but the surest thing is life is never dull or boring (provided you are prepared to step beyond your air-conditioned apartment or poolside bar from time to time)
In my view India can be whatever you want to make of it - an adventure playground, a nature lovers paradise, a history buffs dream, a gourmets endless dining experience......however, I would add that if potholed roads, a lack of pavements, mangy animals and dodgy electric wiring bothers you then cross India off your list of places in which you might retire, work, or even go on holiday. Its not for you.
Inspirational? See beyond these minor annoyances and there is definitely something amazing here - and you will discover a lot about your inner being, chiefly through the way your inner being, and outer self, learns to handle Indian bureaucracy and the Indian way of life.
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