Tuesday, July 22, 2008

In the Land of Freedom

One interesting thing about India is that men are allowed to urinate in public. All they need to do is find a wall. I often find myself hastily jerking my head away when I see some guy standing on the side of the road.

Privacy is a very different matter in India. The other day I was at the Bahai House late at night, and myself and another woman were sleeping on couches in one of the side rooms. The lights were out; we were silently, peacefully snoozing away when a woman came in and started talking at full volume and jangling her keys about. And she didn’t see that we were sleeping, apologize and leave; no she just started a loud conversation with the other woman and soon someone else joined them.

Sohayl always calls India the land of freedom because no one will stop you from doing just about anything.

1 comment:

Ian said...

How charming of them Adam Sandler would fit in perfectly.