These things we cannot change. We can only observe.
(Principal Dhatt of Landour Language School, regarding the oppressive place of women in Indian society.)
Some of my best friends are Muslims.
(Dr. in Dharamsala.)
That is a tall man, a very very tall man. Very tall, very blond.
(Stranger walking behind Nathan and I at the India International Trade Fair in Delhi, November 17, 2007.)
Is Canada a democracy?
(Rickshaw driver in Delhi)
Canada. Oh, Canada, Australia, right? Oh, I don’t know much about geography.
(Nurse at Max Specialty Hospital, November 22, 2007, just after she inserted an IV needle into my arm.)
John! John! Stop hitting him while the foreigners are here! Wait until they’re gone!
(Liquor store employee in Kahn Market, Delhi, about a man who had been caught stealing a bottle of whisky.)
Oh look. Foreigners just walked in here.
(Man at table in Britannia Restaurant in Mumbai.)
No honey. You’re not foreign. They are.
(Woman in Mumbai restaurant, pointing to the whitey couple at the next table.)
Where are you from? Oh, America and Canada. Good countries. I’m glad you’re not from Israel. Very bad country.
(Taxi driver in Mumbai.)
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