only in India

Only in India, is cricket played on every vacant lot ...(like soccer in the UK, Basket Ball in the USA, or hockey in Canada)

Only in India:

Only in India do they cancel a flight because it is not full, reschedule you through another city, make you wait in the airport 8 hours, promise you a hotel but never get you one, force you to storm the first class lounge, only in India will the management back down when you threaten a scene, change the gate without posting it on any board, and still get you into Katmandu late on the second flight.

Only in India can a communist protest be organized in support of a woman in the middle of a hunger strike. (she is demanding a proper investigation into the murder of her husband… by the way only in India are 66% of prisoners serving time have not yet been convicted of a crime.  The poorest might stay in jail 5,6, or 7 years without a conviction for a petty theft, only because they cannot afford bail or a lawyer)

only in india is it OK to have a pellet range attached to whatever local attraction.

and only in india is riding elephants one of those attractions.

Only in India does one use their boarding pass 10 times. 
1.  to get in the airport
2.  to get in the next door at the airport
3.  at the check-in counter
4.  before placing the hand luggage through the security check
 5.  when been patted down, everyone gets the pat down  
6.  when picking up hand-luggage with a sticker declaring it is not dangerous
7.  when going through the gate,
8.  when going through the gate, next, the soldier, who looks at the card in utter confusion
9.  when getting onto the plane

and,

10. when getting off the plane (what, they will keep you on the plane forever if you cannot produce the boarding card?)

   

We got off at the wrong train stop.  When recognizing the error we realized the train we had been on was still in the station, I grabbed our luggage and ran.  As we got to the train Linda protested that she  “was not sure what the correct direction of the stop.”  The train started to move I threw on a bag jumped onto the train as Linda dug her heels in and said “I won’t!” I jumped off the train, furious! Linda frantically looked through her notes and yelled a station name to the platform guard who repeated “yes, but yesterday, ma,am, yesterday.”  Again I ran for the train jumped on and again Linda repeated “No I won’t !“ Even more angry, I again jumped off and pushed the luggage in utter disgust. However, only in India, the train slowed down, (magically or through some human intervention) came to a stop and we able to get on the last car. 

only in india does this man come say hello

Only in India can I cut my toe nails, I know gross, and when returning to the scene a few minutes later see that ants are carrying away the nail clippings.

Only in India … going to the optometrists office sounds and looks like …

Only in India are all the dogs muti-colored (after Holi)

And no it is tim to move on ... because when one becomes cognizant of the absurdity of the place, there is no end to ones amusement and frustration.