Agra, India

At the Mumbai train station I talked to a young (24) Indian doctor who told me that the average age at which an Indian man loses his virginity is 30. I finished the book I had started reading before leaving the States while en-route to Mumbai. So it now feels like I've been gone a very long time. I needed to buy a new book in Mumbai, and a street bookseller convinced me, without knowing where I was from, to buy a copy of Barack Obama's "Audacity of Hope." I started reading it on the train to Agra and I find it only mildly interesting, though I did enjoy the anecdote about President Bush offering him hand sanitizer. Anyways, it has made me realize how much I don't want to go into politics, so I am suspending my 2024 presidential campaign until further notice. The guy sitting across to me on the train asked me if Obama was Christian or Muslim, lol. Don't have much to say about the Taj Mahal. I mean, it's the Taj Mahal. Foreigners pay 750 rupees to enter, while Indians pay 20 rupees. Some Indian tourists there wanted to get their picture taken with me, a foreigner. India is one of those countries that as a result of rapid globalization makes no sense. The internet is lightning fast, but I can see a cow from here. Everybody has a cellphone, but there are very few passageways that I would call a "road."