Diary of a White Indian Housewife
Thoughts and Experiences of an Expat Living in India
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If you’re not a married, vegetarian, Hindu couple or family, it’s likely that you’ll find renting an apartment in India harder than expected. In fact, it’s likely to be quite a challenge. Especially, if you’re unmarried or Muslim. I first discovered the pitfalls of renting an apartment in India when I was living in Kolkata…
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Many of you will remember the day I was jubilant about having painted and decorated the terrace….all by myself! Many people (including myself) also doubted that the beautiful red colour would last through the monsoon season….
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There’s nothing like the monsoon to bring out the difficulty of living in India. For me, the roof above the dining room is leaking. The floor gets covered in water, and it won’t be fixed for another week because the guy is going to his village for a wedding. I’m concerned that the legs of my solid wood dining table will start to rot, because it’s too big to move. For my maid, the roof of her house is leaking too. Except it’s the roof above her whole house. And her whole floor gets covered in water…
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Having grown up in country Australia, I’m not too bothered by insects and spiders. Therefore, seeing a few cockroaches in our kitchen here wasn’t really any cause for alarm. That was until I got up during the night recently, to get a drink…
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One Indian reader recently posted an interesting comment about her love marriage into a conservative family from a village in Bihar. She said she had to adjust to their customs, such as covering her face with a ghoonghat in front of men so that her eyes wouldn’t be seen. It was difficult and frustrating for [...]
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“ That is not always true 
... Love it !
