EVERYTHING IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Flip flops are acceptable apparel for any activity, from herding livestock to knocking down buildings, driving, cooking, showering
Crocs are the "heavy-duty expeditions work edition" of flip flops
Saris have a similar usefulness to flip flops, and the two are often paired
Paranthas are always the best choice for a balanced meal
If you see a white person, take a picture and stare
Bring toilet paper everywhere
Bring a journal or newspaper in case you forget toilet paper
When you hike, no need to bring stuff. Just make chai stops
Just have a chai
No matter how much chai you have, everyone makes it differently
There are always more objects that can be fit onto a road or in a space
The crazier you drive, the safer you are
Trains are good places for everything from people watching, sightseeing, meditating, to sampling delicious cuisine. And chai
Thirty minutes means two hours. Etc.
“India Time” is a baffling nonlinear anomaly in the time-space continuum
There is no way around Indian bureaucracy. Start early and keep on it
Just flush the toilet with a bucket
Just take a shower with a bucket
Just wash you clothes in a bucket
Getting honked at doesn’t mean someone’s mad at you
Somehow everything works
Centerfruit gum is basically the secondary Indian currency
Head movements are a secondary Indian language. Or maybe primary
There might be a cow in the road. Or a buffalo. Or a dog. Or a crippled human. Or a person selling coconuts. Or cell chargers or towels. Or a man peeing. Or a giant pile of excrement. Possibly human excrement.
No matter how bad you smell Delhi smells worse
Just because a restaurant has pictures of a particular food doesn’t mean they serve it, or serve it like that
There are smells bad enough to make you never want to inhale
There are smells good enough you’ll never want to stop inhaling
Moments you think will last a long time don’t. So take the picture, the walk, the rickshaw.
The word “diversity” never meant so much.
