Board 8 > Got back from India yesterday after three months there.

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What was your favorite thing to eat?

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How was the curry?
Did you get to learn a bit of Hindi/Bengali/Urdu/whatever their language is?

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Oh, I am one yet many.

Are your arms tired?

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where were you? i was there earlier in the summer and it ruled....how many vicious fights did you witness over cricket games?

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What was your favorite thing to eat?

As far as India cuisine, stuffed Paranthas, particularly cheese and onion or cheese and... uhh... like this stuff that makes the parantha green. But honestly I got sick of Indian cuisine fast and found myself loving pasta with alfredo. And McDonald's there is amazing-- the menu has nothing in common with the US menu except for french fries.

How was the curry?

Initially I enjoyed it a lot... but the more I had it I realized how disgusting the stuff really is. It's incredibly unhealthy, if you let it sit for a while you'll see an extremely thick layer of grease. It really is incredibly unhealthy stuff, but some of it's good. The main problem though, is that all the curries taste extremely extremely similar. So after a while everything tastes the same. Also, no one in India says curry, they just say gravy. That was interesting.

Did you get to learn a bit of Hindi/Bengali/Urdu/whatever their language is?

I was in Pune, so people there spoke Hindi, Marathi, and English. Typically, the Indians there knew either Hindi and English or Marathi and English, almost never Hindi, Marathi and English. As such, the vast majority of people just spoke English and due this, and the fact there were two native languages, it was hard to pick up on any words other than some words for different foods, chow lo (or something like that) which means let's go, ti kay (okay), and some other stuff. I do know quite a bit of cuss words though as a result of seeing a movie called Delhi Belly which I guess is the raunchiest movie ever to come out in India. Pretty much the movie is in English, except they cuss in Hindi so I got a lesson before seeing the movie as to what the cuss words were. And honestly those are probably the most important/fun words to know.

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How hot was it? How is the air quality?

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Are your arms tired?

Of course bro.

where were you? i was there earlier in the summer and it ruled....how many vicious fights did you witness over cricket games?

I was in Pune, Pashan in particular. It's a pretty crazy city. I didn't get to see any vicious fights over cricket games, but I was in a bar when the India/England test match ended with India absolutely getting demolished. Everyone was pissed for about 10 seconds before going back to drinking and singing along with the music. But yeah, India is absolutely nuts. I was there for this thing called Ganesh Caturthi and it was insane. Pretty much 10 days of worshipping Lord Ganesh. People build these huge statues of Ganesh and like put them on display with crazy music playing 24/7 and crazy awesome light shows then on the 10th day there's like a huge festival/parade where people roll these Ganesh idols to the nearest river and submerge it, all the while partying the entire time. Due to this I spent the 10th anniversary of 9/11 partying with Indians and an Afghan. It was insane.

What about you, where were you at?

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I see. Well, even though it's greasy I'd love to try it at least once. Indian curry is...iconic. And yeah, I didn't know about the gravy thing.

And that movie sounds pretty weird, but I agree that curse words are the most fun to learn.

Why were you in India? Work?

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England are the best cricket team in the world ^_^

My question would be is it the favourite place you've ever been?

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How hot was it? How is the air quality?

It actually wasn't too hot. I think Ohio summers (I'm from Ohio) are a lot hotter than anything I experienced in India. I mean, it's consistently hot, but there was always an amazing breeze, and the heat never became too much. It was ridiculously comfortable. As for the air quality, that's another story. You get used to it, but it's noticeably worse. There's a ****load of air pollution to the point where you can never see stars and stuff. But honestly you get used to it. I went running around the city quite a bit and it was always enjoyable and I never really had trouble breathing or anything. But there is a noticeable decline in air quality.

I see. Well, even though it's greasy I'd love to try it at least once. Indian curry is...iconic. And yeah, I didn't know about the gravy thing.

And that movie sounds pretty weird, but I agree that curse words are the most fun to learn.

Don't get me wrong, the curry is good. It's just... they use the same spices for all the curries and after a while it becomes just 'ugh, curry again'. And the movie was actually pretty great. It's the most western of all the Bollywood movies I saw, and it actually had a great sense of humor. It was pretty much a crime/action/comedy. Great stuff, highly enjoyable. Also, the reason it's primarily in English with some Hindi thrown in is because... pretty much everyone is bilingual and flows in and out of both languages whenever. There's almost never a conversation in entirely one language.

Why were you in India? Work?

Yeah, I was doing research on ageing at a new university there. It was pretty cool research while it lasted/when it actually got started. But pretty much my purpose there was to do research for two months then return-- however, my stay was extended an additional two months. I only stayed one month of the extension though due to some stuff I needed to take care of here but yeah.

My question would be is it the favourite place you've ever been?
Haha, nah. But it is super awesome and I'll definitely make it back when I can. I made a ****load of friends, the city is amazingly crazy, there's always some Holiday occurring, it's awesome. But probably not my favorite place I've ever been.

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