I have become a monster
Mood:  blue
Topic: India
India had made me a monster. It is not good.

I usually strive to be polite to people, even strangers on the street. However, the millions of scammer each day we run into the street hassling and begging for our attention each day had forced me to turn a blind eye and ignore then before I go nuts.

Yes I know your baby is cute, but your baby is also screaming.

1/2 of Indian men are kind and gracious, the other 1/2 are lying bastards who grabs at every opportunity to scam every possible penny they can from you. Unfortunately, all of them looks friendly at the beginning so it is never easy to tell which category they belong to. In the defense mode we simply adopt the 'play safe' mode and be apprehensive about everyone. It is eventually very tiring and mades me feel like a horrible rude woman.

99% of Indian women are gorgeous and graceful and kind though. The only couple of exceptions we've met though, is grumpy granny on our day trip in Mysore, and a sour face ticket vendor in the train station at Kochi. However, 99% of Indian woman also have along with then, one or two screaming babies...

In short, I've turned into a rude, arrogant woman who has no compassion for woman and children. A spiritual change indeed.