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AkshayGoodOne
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Getting to learn about a broad range of cultures and lifestyles is always an edifying experience. I want to roam around the world, talk to as many people as possible and develop a broad understanding of this world we live in. Unfortunately, I don't have enough money to go about it. So, I would like to tell you my version of my nation and I'd be glad if you educate the people who'll read this thread and I about your country. Lets share what cannot be found on Wikipedia.....Lets talk about what travel channels don't....Let's try to live each other's lives and be each other's eyes to this world. Let us know what your nation smells, looks, sounds and feels like....
So here's India, for you.
India is a land where the smell of soil is always pervasive. The sweeper's rustling his broom against concrete roads, Bells ringing with the scent of camphor and incense sticks in the temples, Loudspeakers propagating recitation of Azaans and Bhajans and the roadside vendors crying in the heat of the sun always accompany me on my way to catch my bus for the university. A lean, elderly gentleman smelling of mustard oil and tobacco vapes his smoke, mixing it along with the cloud of dust that the sweeper carefully creates. The buildings age and go dilapidated, grow sprouts of trees, get their paints washed off and show scars. Everything here, have scars that speak myriad stories - From the heart symbols, with initials of the participating love-birds engraved on monuments, the glass panes smudged with little drops of paint to the faces of people who reek of the spirit to accept struggle in life. The means of transport may sometimes carry the number of people double the capacity, for the drivers have a big heart. There's still always room for every one in a densely populated country like ours.
This cocktail of traditions and cultures, a marriage of several beliefs, may compel a Sikh to enjoy Dhokla (A Gujarati Cuisine) and a Muslim to marvel at the taste of Pizzas. This is a land where relations often surpass duty, and that acceptance and patience makes people mess up the system sometimes. Yes, there are disoriented people in my country, who cross limits which our culture disapproves of, who take roads that shouldn't be taken and make us feel ashamed, but there is always room for all things here. So there's room for improvement as well. Just a proper rearrangement of things would do.
Power Cuts were our way of partying as children during the night. The thrill to run on soiled grounds, hide behind debris of bricks, stones and sand and cross ways with nonchalant stray cows and dogs, could never be matched.
Washing feet when coming home after long hours of work is a relief. This is a land where blessings are the currency that enrich people's lives, and people involve in kind and humble deeds to earn that spiritual currency from all. Our people are a bit afraid of change, but they eventually do and always fine with it. Like I keep saying, there's room for everything in India...and so is for change.
Our tastes in Foods go extreme.....Sweet, Spicy, Bitter, Sour, Salty....You name the taste, we'll define the limit in our foods. Colors.....Oh we love them and express our feelings through them..This language of colors is an unofficial one, among the various regional languages that are spoken. We're always experimenting with adopting and imitating other cultures that travelers in the past brought to our nation.....Be it cuisine, clothing, festivals or even ideologies...We try to understand them by following them.
Even though the boundaries of my land are surrounded by either huge mountain ranges or water bodies, its map seems like a person spreading his arms to accept everything. Yeah, we're a sensitive and emotional lot and might appear defensive, but we want to let our hearts out for the world.
Thank You
Waiting for your version of your nation.
Getting to learn about a broad range of cultures and lifestyles is always an edifying experience. I want to roam around the world, talk to as many people as possible and develop a broad understanding of this world we live in. Unfortunately, I don't have enough money to go about it. So, I would like to tell you my version of my nation and I'd be glad if you educate the people who'll read this thread and I about your country. Lets share what cannot be found on Wikipedia.....Lets talk about what travel channels don't....Let's try to live each other's lives and be each other's eyes to this world. Let us know what your nation smells, looks, sounds and feels like....
So here's India, for you.
India is a land where the smell of soil is always pervasive. The sweeper's rustling his broom against concrete roads, Bells ringing with the scent of camphor and incense sticks in the temples, Loudspeakers propagating recitation of Azaans and Bhajans and the roadside vendors crying in the heat of the sun always accompany me on my way to catch my bus for the university. A lean, elderly gentleman smelling of mustard oil and tobacco vapes his smoke, mixing it along with the cloud of dust that the sweeper carefully creates. The buildings age and go dilapidated, grow sprouts of trees, get their paints washed off and show scars. Everything here, have scars that speak myriad stories - From the heart symbols, with initials of the participating love-birds engraved on monuments, the glass panes smudged with little drops of paint to the faces of people who reek of the spirit to accept struggle in life. The means of transport may sometimes carry the number of people double the capacity, for the drivers have a big heart. There's still always room for every one in a densely populated country like ours.
This cocktail of traditions and cultures, a marriage of several beliefs, may compel a Sikh to enjoy Dhokla (A Gujarati Cuisine) and a Muslim to marvel at the taste of Pizzas. This is a land where relations often surpass duty, and that acceptance and patience makes people mess up the system sometimes. Yes, there are disoriented people in my country, who cross limits which our culture disapproves of, who take roads that shouldn't be taken and make us feel ashamed, but there is always room for all things here. So there's room for improvement as well. Just a proper rearrangement of things would do.
Power Cuts were our way of partying as children during the night. The thrill to run on soiled grounds, hide behind debris of bricks, stones and sand and cross ways with nonchalant stray cows and dogs, could never be matched.
Washing feet when coming home after long hours of work is a relief. This is a land where blessings are the currency that enrich people's lives, and people involve in kind and humble deeds to earn that spiritual currency from all. Our people are a bit afraid of change, but they eventually do and always fine with it. Like I keep saying, there's room for everything in India...and so is for change.
Our tastes in Foods go extreme.....Sweet, Spicy, Bitter, Sour, Salty....You name the taste, we'll define the limit in our foods. Colors.....Oh we love them and express our feelings through them..This language of colors is an unofficial one, among the various regional languages that are spoken. We're always experimenting with adopting and imitating other cultures that travelers in the past brought to our nation.....Be it cuisine, clothing, festivals or even ideologies...We try to understand them by following them.
Even though the boundaries of my land are surrounded by either huge mountain ranges or water bodies, its map seems like a person spreading his arms to accept everything. Yeah, we're a sensitive and emotional lot and might appear defensive, but we want to let our hearts out for the world.
Thank You
Waiting for your version of your nation.
