India becauseA long history, profound heritage,It has always attracted tourists from all over the world.
But it doesn't matter if it's a train full of people, orMessy and dirty streets, most netizens have a saying about this country"Dirty, messy".
However, is this really the case in India?
In fact, it's only after you've actually been there that you'll find that it's not the same as you imagined.
To this day, India still hasChild marriagephenomenon.
Many thirteen or fourteen-year-old girls areTwo childrenMom too. Most of their husbands are still in their teens or twenties older than them. This is despite the fact that India has declared child marriage illegalHowever, this phenomenon continues to be prohibited.
The phenomenon of consanguineous marriages is also comparativeUniversallyBecause he is too poor, he needs to marry a young girl for money.
A mother who lives in a slum said in an interview that she has never had a good night's sleep since her daughter was born. I was afraid that my daughter would be taken away when she fell asleep.
There is no history of traditional Indian cuisineCurryThis dish was originally made by the British because they didn't know the cuisine of curryA general term for all pasted foods made with spices in India.
Now go to the restaurant in India,Flip through the menuIt must be a long list of curries, vegetarian curries, chicken curriesFish curry, lamb curry you name it.
Indians are very interested in the use of spicesFamiliarIn the average Indian home, there are more than a dozen different spices in the kitchenCurry in India is actually a mixture of different spices.
Different spicesMix and matchThe flavors are different, and the different recipes have their own namesIt's just that it will be collectively referred to as curry by foreigners.
This is how traditional Indian food is eatenRight handBring the rice to their mouths and wash their hands before eating. If you order a meal in India,There is a pot of water that comes with the meal, so you can wash your hands and eat.
Indians feel that eating with their hands can be felt directlyFoodtemperature and texture,Add a little sensory stimulation.
It should be noted that IndiaPilafThere are also rules on which hand to use, and only the right hand can be used to put food into the mouth when eatingThe left hand is used for cleaning after using the toilet.
in IndiaTraditional religious ideasA qualified meal should contain six flavors, sweet and sour, bitter, spicy, sweet and astringent. Tari cuisine contains a balance of these six flavors.
India loves to be vegetarian about this thing andReligious traditionsJust as long as it is. The craze for vegetarianism came from India. One-third of the population in India is vegetarian, more than the population in many countries combined.
Meat restaurants are basically onlyChicken and fish。The Indian religion reveres cows, so Indians don't eat beef.
Almost all Middle Eastern countries love pasta, and India also has a variety of pasta dishes.
Also because of religion, IndiansRarely drink alcoholMany cities have a clear prohibition of alcohol, and if you want to drink, you may have to drink secretly.
India's 57th richest placeBillionairesWith 70% of India's wealth in hand, more than a million luxury cars are in short supply in the Indian marketAt the entrance of the $300 a night luxury hotel, a variety of brand-name luxury cars are parked.
Mumbai, India's largest city, is oneHeaven and HellCities that coexist are both luxurious and impoverished.
Located in the heart of the city, there is a 27-storey buildingLuxury buildingWith a total area of 110,000 square meters, the design is like Tetris, which is very trendy and avant-garde. To build it cost almost a billion dollars.
The building is well equippedYoga Room, dance room, gym, swimming pool, sauna you name it. All the entertainment facilities are only what you can't imagine, and there is nothing that he doesn't have.
There are 9 elevators in the building, and there is also a roofThree aprons。It stands to reason that this building can accommodate more than 2,000 peopleBut there was only a family of six living in it.
Because this building is only for the richest man in IndiaPrivate mansion。Because his wife said she didn't like her home to look the same, she built the mansion with a down payment. In addition to a family of six, there are more than 600 staff members, nannies, security guards, doctors, Michelin chefs.
One to six floors of the mansion are just thatAmbani homeThe parking lot is used to park their family's more than 100 luxury cars. But Anthony's family doesn't go out by car much.
Because the rich are separated by a roadDirty and messy slumsThere are a lot of homeless beggars waiting to beg. They will choose to take *** out of the house at the private airport on the rooftop.
Mumbai has 16 million residents, more than half of themResidentsThey all live in slums. There is more than one slum here, but the largest slum in Asia.
Dahavi slum,One square mileNearly a million poor people live in the area, and the population is exaggeratedly dense.
There are almost no in the slumsDecent houseThere are only all kinds of dilapidated sheds, usually a few square meters of space on a family of a few people, when there are many people, the shanty will be divided into two floors,Each floor is less than one meter six, making it very inconvenient to move.
Toilets are also a luxury here, and it is possible to defecate anywhere on the roadside.
Inside the slumsThe trail is extremely narrow, generally less than a meter wide. The structure is intricate, and there is garbage piled up everywhereThere is a black-green stinky ditch flowing.
Because of poverty, there are many peopleOnly one set of clothes, never change the wash. In terms of diet, there is no last meal, and hygiene cannot be guaranteed. Every day, poor people are starving to death or committing suicide because they can't stand it.
India claims to have more than 600 millionMiddle-class familiesBut in fact, they have a very loose definition of the middle class, in their opinionA stable job and a place to live are called middle-class families.
But theirsMiddle classThere is a significant gap in terms of wages and living conditions, and those who earn 5,000 rupees a month are in the middle classThose earning Rs 40,000 are also in the middle class.
40,000 rupees is converted to about 3,500 yuan. This kind of income is not considered rich, but it can also be regarded as rich.
Mumbai has oneThousand-person laundry, living in a society where washing machines have been widespread for so many yearsIt's hard to imagine that such a place exists in the world.
A palm-sized place with countless holdsFamily-style laundry, 5,000 workers work 14 hours a day to digest clothing from all over Mumbai.
Because of the caste systemDeeply rootedThe poor people of India will not resist even if they are poor, they feel that God has arranged everythingThey don't complain, and the poorer they are, the more they accept their fate.
Poor people areBe content with the status quoSo there are more and more poor beggars in India, but there are very few non-centrific acts such as robbery and theft.
The huge gap between the rich and the poor has also led toEducational attainmentThe limited right of the poor in India to education has also led to a widening gap between the rich and the poor. Caught in a vicious circle.
Although there is a system of compulsory education, alsoEncourage people to enrol in schools, but the caste system ideologically restricts the right of civilians outside the higher castes to receive education.
It is very common for people of the upper castes to have desks and chairs in schools, and people of the lower castes can only sit on the ground.
IndianOfficial languageIt is English, but less than 30% of the people in the country can speak English, and the illiteracy rate is very high. Therefore, although India has a population that benefits the young labor force, the level of education is very lowIt can only be engaged in some low-end industries and manual labor service industries.
Public hospitals are free of charge, howeverThe level of medical care is low, equipment, medicines, beds, etc. are in short supply, and basically only some minor illnesses such as colds and feversA serious illness can only wait for death.
High-end medical equipment is in private hospitals, and the fees are very expensive.
There are a lot of them in IndiaDervishesThey believe that the suffering in the world is conserved, and the more they suffer, the less suffering the world will suffer. But the profession of ascetic is unpaid, and it all depends on the food allocated to the temple free of charge every year.