Homes

Gurgaon is soulless. Honestly, every place I have ever lived in had its own uniqueness about it, its own identifying mark. Gurgaon is like a Model Home, it has the shape of a home, it is meant to be seen as a home and be an example of a home, but it doesn't have the air of a home. There is no soul here, it is a backward city, fueled by a sudden burst of modernization in a place that is inherently a shell, a ghost without the ability to cope with such a sudden change. Its an old, archaic skeleton hiding behind massive amounts of foreign investment.

Their effort to attain a global status is a futile own, sabotaged by its own backbone. The city has an erie aura to it, grasped it has been, by a bitter, melancholy mood, polluting its inhabitants with a sense of foreboding alienation; However I've realized this place is only a passing period, the route from point A to point B. I would rather walk through fire than spend more time than I absolutely have to here.

I'm not one of the foriegners who came to India and felt totally uncomfortable immersing themselves in such a different world, I have truly been changed by India. I will never be the same, it will be something that I will carry with me always. It will be something that will make me different from any of my friends in the US for India is something that one must experience themselves. There is so much to tell about India, its nigh impossible to paint an accurate picture of what living here is like. It truly is on the other side of the planet, and to be able to fully describe it to someone would prove to be a daunting task for each experience is different for everyone. It is now a connection I will share with a limited number of people, and it is something that will set me apart from many in the US who absolutely cannot comprehend what it means to live here.

There isn't much of a focus in this post beyond the spectrum of homes, I wrote it as it came to me. The point really is that living in India is something unique and something that will always remain a part of you forever.