Ujwal Kalpavraksh

I've traveled with my mom in India 🇮🇳 for a week and here's what she loved about it ⬇️ It was her first time out of Europe and she doesn't speak English. She's heard a lot about the country from me, read in Polish media, yet everything around here was shocking. 1. The mundanests of things were an attraction - especially taxi rides and grocery shopping. She came with a mission to buy "curry spice" for my sister and couldn't believe there's more than one type. 2. She took approximately a billion photos of weeds and plants in the most random places - she was a gardener before retiring and was at awe with the vegetation here, with what in Europe are an indoor plants requiring tonnes of maintenance just growing our in the wild next to some highway toilet stop. 3. Unfortunately image of India in Poland is mostly portraying slums and overcrowded trains with people hanging on rooftops. Taking a perfectly on-time Vande Bharat debunked some stereotypes. 4. The same goes for Dehli and its green, beautifully maintained neighbourhoods. 5. Tech ecosystem blew her mind. In Poland we're so far behind in that regard, while here I've shown her that there's an app for literally anything she imagines + 6 alternatives from competitors. 6. In school, we don't have even half a less about India's history. Visiting Taj Mahal or forts in Jaipur was a eye-openning to what the country was for centuries, pre colonisation. 7. Lastly, obviously what she loved the most were the people. Though she couldn't communicate with them, seeing joy all around and having these little interactions was precious, as everyone was beyond kind and we've had 0 less-than-positive experiences. She's home now and I've heard that she hasn't stopped pitching India as an ideal holiday destination to the rest of the family. Well done, county 👏👏