Indian Culture...a Commentary:

Look at the colors...and see the people selling items on the train tracks (in use) and the man with the chickens attached to his bike on the far left- I almost got run over by one of them!

Disorganized Chaos- Everyone does their own thing in the street and no one things it is a big deal (example- kids setting off fire-crackers in the street and people walk by as if nothing happened)

Look at the trash- no one cares...

- Black dot on babies foreheads, a symbol of imperfection, so that people don't want to steal them

Look how dilapidated this is.

- Red dot on women's foreheads which is a symbol that they are married, as is the red in the part in their hair


- Women are so gorgeous- in Saris of all colors. Women wearing western clothing do not look as pretty by comparison. Men walk around in all types of clothing, many just in a loincloth.


- For women it is taboo if your knees or shoulders show, but the sari often shows their stomachs, even their belly buttons or protruding belly, for the elderly women. So different from in the USA!

Haircut on the Street. Literally.

- So few women walk the streets- men stare at women as they pass by...ugh.


- Poor are always active, even the children in the families have their jobs. I never heard a poor child cry or complain. 


- Dirt accumulates everywhere, and people don't seem to care much. 


- No hot water.

A herd of Goats. In the Street.

- Wash clothes by hand with cold water


- Drink 3-4 liters of water a day as if it is your job. Be careful that the store owner did not unseal the cap, and replace it with tap water because you may be sick for days as a result.

Living on the streets.

Dog Asleep in the street- Doesn't he look dead?

- Children as young as newborns ride on motorcycles (without seat belts or helmets of course) with their parents. I once saw about 5 children under 10 on a motorcycle with a young man, zooming away.


- Indians love things we think are gaudy. Example- Statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus with blinking 'Christmas' lights around his heart

These tarps became homes at night.

- Men are very friendly. Women have their guard up- are seen as objects at times


- Sense of right and wrong is absolute with regard to stealing. In huge crowds of people, some of whom were starving, I never heard of people reporting anything ever being stolen

The whole process, live chickens, dead chickens, dinner

The sisters are walking ministers of Compassion and Mercy. They comfort, take in the poor and helpless, and love them tenderly.

- Smell of Tandoor Chicken, Exhaust, Smoke, Urine fill the streets, along with rotting trash


- BEAUTY. TRUTH. GOODNESS.