I've lived in and visited many exotic places around the world, but nothing compares to the culture shock I experienced in India. The sheer number of people, the cacophony of beeping horns and chaos in the streets, the splashes of vibrant color everywhere, the smoky, hazy air, and the way the strange and curious sites around every corner bombarded my eyes and sent my thoughts reeling all overwhelmed me at first. Perhaps I got to know a different kind of India when I lived there for two months recently - I was in a remote, non-touristic part of Uttar Pradesh living with a local school principal and her family and teaching at her 1500 all girl school - than most foreigners get to experience. Not as sexy or beautiful, but certainly authentic and traditional. And since the country is really not one but a multitude of "countries" depending on where you go, I suppose that how a foreigner views India would largely depend on where he/she lives. But even then, I think certain perceptions stay constant once you live there for a while, and memories continuously re-visit after one leaves, regardless of where one lives. And that is the very "liveliness" of life one experiences in India, like an explosion of all the sensual, aural, visual, and physical senses - good, bad, ugly, sublime, old, new and ever-charging - you've ever experienced, or ever will, in one fell swoop.
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