The capital of India
When I was in India a year ago I visited four cities. I decided to see Delhi, Agra, Jaipur and Udaipur. My first purpose was Delhi. I knew that it is the capital of India, and the city is enormous. I bought a plane ticket and the price was more than reasonable. I paid about $500. After a while the airplane landed and I saw a lot of people around me who were wearing traditional Indian clothes. The airport was clean like a mirror inside my bathroom. All the people around me could speak English well and I didn’t have any trouble when I tried to find the way to a local subway. When I planned my trip I had read plenty of books about India, and I knew that they hate washing the area where they live. I was really surprised, because I didn’t see any rubbish around me. I felt comfortable and easy. This changed when I got out of the metro and into the city. I have enough experience and I have been to many countries before India, but I have never seen areas as dirty as Delhi. They really lived inside rubbish, including kids and women. I didn’t understand what Indian’s government thought about the problem, but I realized that they didn’t do anything to solve it. I decided to use a taxi, because my emotions were beyond me. I realized all of the difference between Europe, Russia and India. People who live in India are really heroes. My hotel was good and comfortable, and my room was clean like a box in a casualty department, but what did it feel like for people who worked in my hotel? They living conditions were frightening and they were poor. Certainly, I saw places in Delhi without any troubles unlike the poor areas with a lot of trash. When I went to the government district and visited the Gate of India or Hamayun Tomb I didn’t see any mountains of trash, but this experience was an exception. Although living conditions for people were awful and they lived in the street without any hope, they were always friendly. This was a story about my first day in India. I was a bit ashamed and surprised because I never saw so many people as in India without a home, money, opportunities and hereafter.
