4. Eating so much that I made myself sick. Sooo much fried, greasy, non-veg, dairy food for two straight days when visiting the Bhatias in Ranchi that I gained at least 3 kgs. Literally. Mind you, my relatives there own 2 hotels, 2 restaurants (one being a kathi kebab restaurant), 4 sweet shops and a sweet factory. A SWEET FACTORY! How could I resist?!?
3. Paying a bribe to cut in line at the Taj Mahal. There, I said it. It was $4 and if we didn't pay, Jaime and Megan might have missed the TAJ. Imagine that. And also the line was really long.
2. Witnessing voter fraud in the Indian General Elections in Ranchi. Neelum voted under the name "Nirmal," my paternal grandmother's younger sister, who passed away last year. I felt bad until I heard that one of my 2nd cousins voted 27 times...It was definitely a learning experience and I feel like it should fall under the realm of "research." The voting machine was apparently super easy to use, a long rectangular shaped box with 10 or choices each listing the name of the party (in Hindi) and a symbol to represent it...I can't believe we don't have this kind thing back home.
1. Witnessing the sacrificing of a goat during a prayer ceremony. Taking pictures, realizing what I just saw, shutting down mentally for 10 minutes without saying a word to anyone... And, then eating the goat for lunch. (Oh, and then apparently I was standing so close trying to get a good photograph that there were three drops of goat blood on my pant leg). Also, many of the men present received blessings on their forehead with goat blood. Um, wtf?
2 comments:
i got nothing to say, also dont post pics of the goat you are about to eat. i wont be eating meat until i forget about that.
Whoa, let's not point any fingers. Also, that $4 really just bought us a few extra bruises and a broken metal detector
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