{"id":18356,"date":"2022-09-12T13:51:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T13:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritours.com\/?p=18356"},"modified":"2022-09-12T13:51:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T13:51:42","slug":"india-onomatopoeia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritours.com\/en\/india-onomatopoeia\/","title":{"rendered":"India in Onomatopoeia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From each perspective, from one article to another, India can be seen or presented in many different ways. In fact, there are so many \u201cIndias\u201d, that each visitor is shaped by their own personal experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Haiku entry is seen as an example. India that is at the same time both wonderous and loud \u2026 the very same sound. Does this mean that there is no silence? No, but it is rare \u2026 it needs to be savored and sometimes cultivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For anyone who steps there for the first time will surely be in \u00ab Ahh \u00bb with joy after such a long flight. And just as quickly followed by an \u00abAhhh!\u00bb of happiness in comfort from the heat \u2026 then to another \u00abAhhhhhh!\u00bb assured by the transportation (which is air conditioned) to the accommodation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a first release, there will be plenty of \u00abOh,\u00bb before the new, the unusual front, before the unexpected, before the commotion, before the overload of information and stimulation as well as constant contact, caused by the overcrowding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then the first real communication efforts, there will be those \u00abHuh?\u00bb moments that the ear will instinctively focus on this Hindu-British (or British-Bengali) accent. Usually the universal decoder based brain adjusts to the third day \u2026Tika<\/a>[i] !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the \u00ab Oufs \u00bb there are essentially two kinds: there are \u00abOufs!\u00bb movements (even better, as the movement is reversed and you\u2019re all mixed up, you dodged), and there are \u00abOufs!\u00bb the end of the day when the body finally settles to the horizontal and is exhausted or in overflow and certainly not indifferent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, one thing (or word) that does not exist in India is indifference<\/strong>. You only have to visit the sites that speak of Indian Syndrome to understand the scope<\/a>[ii].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, the \u00abBeep, biiiiiiiiiiiip!\u00bb that sounds 24 hours a day. In fact, in India, as in many other countries, we look in the mirrors and honk to indicate our position or to indicate the intention to warn of something \u2026 but you honk!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And out of traffic grows politeness; to make you honk because it is written in black on the rear bumper of most vehicles \u00abHorn Please!\u00bb. So at the end of the day, finally lying on a soft bed \u2026 \u00abBeep, biiiiiiiiiiiip!\u00bb. Sweet dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But beyond these onomatopoeia, there are constants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the first constant to grasp is, you guessed it, the sound: \u00abChai pani! Chai, pani!\u00bb, which is very persistent in trains. Decode them both quickly because they are your friends.  Chai tea in fact, is a black tea with boiled and flavored milk. Pani \u2026 is water and water you should drink in India \u00abBecause\u00bb of the heat and humidity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second constant and another word that you will quickly grasp, often with a small hand (often several small hands) that point to you: \u00abRupee!\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rupee is the currency and there is always someone who asks you for some.  In fact, the solicitation is an extreme art in India and you have to deal with it fairly quickly \u2026 watch out to sensitive hearts and great souls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That said, the constant that is most interesting is that India is generous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is generous of stories, rituals, beliefs, celebrations, cremations and creation. She is generous in colors, smells, flavors and all kinds of surprises for the senses. She is generous to a flora and a rich and diverse wildlife (sometimes in danger) and landscapes of inclusion in those lives just as broken as colorful and lush in places, desert or elsewhere. She is also generous with its places of worship, temples and meditation while being tolerant to all these manifestations of spirituality. She is friendly, helpful, interested and curious \u2026 you will not go unnoticed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India is also generous to his people of faith as well as his masters. Sometimes these masters are a confusing youth \u2026 like the young Tibetan monk who came to bless the passage or the girl who invites you to not give him everything your cookies to be able to offer other children India, which knows how to listen, is just as fierce contrasts of subtle nuanced messages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ah yes, as in India \u00abanything is possible\u00bb a constant \u2026 the last challenge!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India is a challenge in itself to our senses, our beliefs, our habits, our pace, our social sense, our preconceived, our ways of doing business, for our little quirks, our insecurities, our sense of the rich and the poor, to our faith, our sense of fairness and, in short, for our Western fear of death \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this sense India is a cry from the heart for life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indifferent and back is equally impossible not wanting to return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


If India happens in your life, if this article passes before your eyes, if this is a call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Will you dare answer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guy J. Gigu\u00e8re<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tour leader, Spiritours<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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