In Hindi: जन्मदिन मुबारक हो
One of the most incredible things that you would first notice in India would be the filth! You get hit in all your senses and it seems like there's nowhere you could escape to. I think India would be one of the last places on earth that you (mummy) would want to visit, so here I am, sharing with you how it's like. Though you could only truly feel it when you are there yourself.
Smell: Like what I mentioned, you can never imagine how dirty a country could be till you see it with your very own eyes.
Hearing: "Puri! Puri! Puri!" "Chai! Chai! Chai!" "Chello! Chello! Chello!" These are the constant sounds that you would hear all the time, not forgetting the constant honking from the crazy traffic. Vendors on the train selling food, tea and every other thing you could think of. Bus conductors in the bus stations shouting 'go! go! go!'.
Taste: Spices were among the most demanded and expensive products in Europe since the Middle Ages and India has been famous for its spices even from early historical periods. Foods of India are known for its spiciness. Throughout India, be it North India or South India, spices are used generously in food. Spices that would tease your tongue and your sense of taste. Tastes that you never knew existed with the exotic spices used.
Touch: Everything in the shops seemed to be covered in this thick layer of dust (from the road) that you wouldn't like to touch anything. Shop vendors always have a piece of cloth where they use it to dust off that thick white layer before handing over that bottle of mineral water to you.
Sight: With one third of the poorest people in India, you could almost see poverty everywhere you go.
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