WIMP IN INDIA…BUT I SURVIVED!

I should change the name of this blog to reflect how I perceive myself here!
What I envisaged was a calming, fulfilling spiritual pilgrimage, understanding Hinduism better and gaining insight into the Indian people.
However I now realise I wanted all that but at my exacting western standards. And THAT was just NOT going to happen!!
Yes the temples are amazing. Yes the people are beautiful, patient and smiling. Yes some of the country areas are pretty – so verdant and lush. But what I struggled to accept was the squalor.
There were moments when I tried to see the beauty within the filth and accept it, if not love it. However the spiritual philosophy of accepting what is and my social and environmental consciousness remained in conflict. There must be literally millions of plastic bags and containers poisoning this land.
How can India be one of the planet’s fastest growing economies yet be unable (or unwilling) to provide the most basic public service of sanitation. Forgive me dear reader if I have failed to see evidence of this. I am merely stating my own perceptions.