Locals speak Konkani, but lots of my friends are from North India :) Haha Goa is very hot and extremely humid especially before monsoon months.

That’s cool. I don’t even know how many people speak Hindi in Goa! I reckon not many do.
Not sure why people in Goa find it that hot but I am sure you will find a lot of people not using their ACs because of the electric bills ;)

Hope you had fun in Udaipur!

Hey! You’r right about Indians sweating bit, not sure why I typed that – I actually just edited it to “they aren’t dripping in sweat like tourists are” which is what I meant. As for the rest, after 5 years in India, I still have these opinions – the convos to me do sound like arguements often, and none one of my indian friends in Goa will use the A/C and most have them in their homes but don’t find it that hot + just don’t like A/Cs, it has nothign to do with budget for them.

“Hindi on the phone sounds like a lot of angry yelling. Everyone seems mad all the time, but it’s just the way they talk on the phone. Takes some getting used to; even now, I think my friends are always mad at each other.”

I can’t imagine why it would seem that way. Agreed a lot of people do talk loudly in India so it can seem as if they’re yelling but angry yelling does not sound right.

“It’s hot… really really hot. Indians don’t seem to mind, they don’t sweat, and they don’t need A/C.”

Indians don’t mind and don’t sweat! That can never be true. Indians sweat a lot btw and they do seem to mind the heat and would love an AC. The only thing is that poorer section of the society cannot afford AC or even Air Coolers (not sure if you got a chance to saw those).

If there is paper to dry off after, then I would do that (for example in my home or a hotel) but if not then I just give it a little shake and yes your undies will be a bit wet unfortunately – keep in mind when you spray to target your area lol and not just get water all over the place.. it gets easier as you go along

Awesome, I hope you have a great trip! :) Mumbai is always a fun place to come back to after some time.

Yes I have read it and in some ways it does depict the real mumbai

ahh well I was taught a chai recipe: half tea/half water, bring to boil.. add cardemon, cloves, black chai.. and ginger!

Oh I see, looking like I missed the rest of the article. Thanks for pointing out to me. The slums of Bombay is certainly a culture shock even for Indians.

Yeah, it took a while to think of it as home, but I finally got there.

That’s great that you experienced a big wedding. I’ve been invited to village weddings but not the big shabang. Finally next year in Delhi I will go to one!

I can agree with that!

‘whenever evil will rise on this world,i will take birth on Holy land of india to remove that’

In other words india is a holy land and no body want to leave india
The more time u spent in india more hard u will find to leave.

wow a kitchen outside! I haven’t heard of that before. I think it would shock me too haha. We do get used to things though, and in India they have “water rooms” where only one water source is in the house therefore kitchen and bathoom= same thing. WEIRD!