New Delhi - Post Report Question and Answers
If you move here, you can leave behind your:
Winter clothes unless you plan to travel, outside New Delhi. Probably never below freezing. - Jun 2024
peace of mind. - Apr 2024
Idea of ordering hamburgers or beef. - Apr 2024
Bike, running shoes, skis, canoe, tent, anything for the great outdoors. - Sep 2020
Dreams of finding your inner self. I honestly think India has done a poor job of catering to tourists, beyond fancy advertising campaigns and luxury hotels. But one thing they have done very well is somehow sell the idea to the West that India is a place of zen, yoga, spirituality, namaste, karma where you can come here for a visit and emerge a changed person. That is NOT India. That’s the advertising of the over-priced mountain retreat that’s laughing all the way to the bank with the thousands of dollars you’ve given them to sit in silent lotus position for seven days straight. The real India is loud, dirty, disorganized, messy, and a frustrating mix of lackadaisical inaction followed by urgent frenzy. Bring your yoga mat if that’s your thing. But only expect it to stretch your legs, not your mind. - Jul 2020
Vehicle. - Jul 2019
Sanity. Sense of dignity and self worth. Will to live. - Dec 2017
Heavy winter gear, expectations.. - Oct 2017
Heavy winter clothes, fear of squatty pottys, dislike of spicy food. - Feb 2017
Sense of organization, functionality, efficiency and order. - Nov 2016
Assumptions about India. - Sep 2014
Fear of germs. Things are generally pretty filthy here. But there's so much excitement and vibrancy to make up for it. - Sep 2014
Hope of employment. - Aug 2013
Ideas of feminism and privacy. - May 2013
Dress shoes!, though they are useful when you go out to a ritzy dinner... The reality is that life as ashoe in Delhi is hard work, and few survive for long. - Oct 2012
electronics - here electricity is never a sure thing. - Aug 2011
spices, shorts, and miniskirts - Aug 2011
Cosmetics, all brands available in India, but they aren't cheap. - Aug 2011
heavy winter clothing (just need jackets and sweaters) unless you're a mountaineer, bicycles (roads are hazardous), humidifier, and spices. - Jan 2011
High heels, woolens, dreams of a cheap exotic lifestyle. - Sep 2010
Ideas that India is all about spirituality and that this is a cheap country. Most Indians are as greedy as any other people around the world and are living in conditions which could be considered "normal" in other countries. To have electricity 24/7 comes with a price. - Aug 2010
car, surfboard, skis. - Aug 2010
good clothes. The water you wash your clothes in here seems to wear out your clothes very quickly. Also, leave behind anything that you treasure. - Aug 2010
Your good clothes. The water you wash your clothes in here seems to wear out your clothes very quickly. Anything that you treasure. We didn't bring much but now wish I'd brought a lot less. - Mar 2008
Sense of urgency. You probably won't be on time for anything, but then again, no one else will either, so no one will notice. - Feb 2008
