Good afternoon,
When I was 19 I traveled from Europe to India for about £200. Why so cheap? There was an Indian airline that needed a few seats filled for a London-New Delhi flight. Now I thought it was London to New Delhi but it was actually to Guwahati but stopped in Delhi and some people got off and they refilled the plane and then continued to Guwahati.

I’m not Indian, I have no ancestral connection to India or Guwahti or Assam or any ethnic group there (I’m Irish). But at 19 I wanted to travel a bit and had some money saved and figured, India seems pretty cool, I like tikka masala (i actually wouldn’t find out that’s technically British food until later). I was only in India for 10 days and every day was me just walking around Guwahati.

And this was a stupid thing to do in my opinion because like… I had no idea what the conditions were like, the language or if I’d stick out (I did lol) if robbery was common or anything like that. I remember.

Guwahati honestly felt safer than East London lol. I had an amazing time and it left me with a very positive opinion of India that I still hold to this day. For some reason my dumbass thought the people there would speak Bengali (when I checked a map I was like…. Oh we’re near Bangladesh) and I had that downloaded on my Google translate and it wasn’t until I met a restaurant owner that knew like 5 languages that people here speak Assamese, and then Hindi and then English and then SOME speak Bengali.

There were other foreigners in the city and when I visited Kamakhya Temple but because I did no planning at all, my hotel was just in a random industrial part of the city and I had to walk like 30 min to get to a place to get a taxi.

It was a lovely time. I know India is extremely diverse and there’s a north / south division but what do Indians generally think of the Assamese?

This is a main road in Gurgaon which was resurfaced just over a week ago.

I was walking today and noticed these tiny black stones coming off the road everywhere. You can literally pick them up with your hands. I was honestly amazed at how bad the road looks already, considering its barely a week old!

Now I am genuinely curious - is this normal in road construction? Is there some engineering logic behind this or is this just another example of poor quality work and corruption?

Also, does anyone know where we can report this or raise a complaint about road quality in Gurgaon? And does anyone actually check the quality of roads after contractors finish the work?

Would love to hear from anyone who knows how this works.

Hey guys, I’m from the mountains of Uttarakhand, and I’ve noticed something weird over the last 3 years. I’ve visited Delhi three times during winter, mostly just passing through ISBT Anand Vihar, and every time my nose starts hurting badly because of the smell. I end up with a cold and sore throat afterwards.

I’m used to cold weather, having grown up in the mountains, but this happens every time when I'm in that anand vihar bus station. My friends who are from Delhi itself doesn't seem to experience the same thing. Could it be pollution, and why does it affect me more?

I’m a recent graduate and might have to move to cities like Delhi for work, so honestly, it’s concerning. Has anyone experienced something similar, and how do you deal with it?

And seriously, to the people living in delhi, how do you even manage this? diwali hasn’t even arrived yet, and the smell was already so awful. i was there for just 4 hours last night, and my nose got blocked, my throat was burning, and i was even struggling to breathe through my mouth because of that horrible gutter-like smell.

today, after coming back home and taking an afternoon nap, i felt completely fine again. it honestly makes me sad thinking about people who have to live with this every day. nobody deserves to breathe air like this. i feel lucky to live in the mountains, but not everyone has that privilege.

idk what the solution is or how things will ever get better, but i genuinely hope they do.

Hi everyone,

I applied for a Learner’s License (Motorcycle with Gear) on the official Sarathi Parivahan portal (sarathi.parivahan.gov.in) (parivahan.gov.in) and paid the ₹200 fee.

During the online LL test, the test kept redirecting me back to the main screen even though I was not cheating or switching tabs. After 2–3 attempts, the website started giving me this popup:

"Fraudulent activity detected.. Please close your browser and try again."

Even after closing and reopening the browser multiple times, the exact same error keeps popping up at login, preventing me from proceeding further.

Today is the 7th day after paying my fees, so it is the last day for me to give this test.

Has anyone faced this issue before? Is there a way to bypass/reset this lock today, or do I need to re-book/contact the RTO office? Any immediate advice or fixes would be greatly appreciated!