Top 10 reasons to study in India
This time I will give you the top
10 reasons to do your studies in India. This will be solely based on my own
experience. Here they are:
1. Cultural
shock
Everyone who came here at least
once in India will tell you that. The day that you arrive in India, and
particularly in big cities such as Mumbai or Delhi, it is a cultural shock by
itself you don’t know what to think; it’s like they are showing you multiple
facets in once. The day that I arrived here the flight landed in Mumbai then
from Mumbai I had to travel to Pune on the same day. The company brought me
here sent someone to pick me up at the airport with a cab, and then we had to
do 3-4 hours of route just to reach Pune. Believe me, it’s a thing that I can’t
describe it was like seeing multiple different things in once. India is loud,
crowded, sometimes dirty in some area, and beautiful also at the same time. I
was going through weird emotions in one go.
2. The
possibility to meet different culture
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In Pune, like in Delhi, you will
encounter with people from different countries and culture. It is something that
we don’t have that much in my country but here I was able to meet so much
people from different countries and hearing about what their culture is
amazing.
3. Teaching
experience
I love the teaching experience that
I had in India; it was interactive, entertaining and educative also. Through
projects and assignment I was able to learn new things by myself and defend
it in the class, for a guy as shy as me it is a progress by itself. But the teaching depends on the universities, my experience happened to be great.
4. Learn
how to bargain
In India, one thing that you will
learn without expectation is the bargaining; here we have to bargain when we
have to take an auto who doesn’t want to use the meter or bicycle rickshaw, or
buying something on the street or some shops in the market. I learnt the
bargaining process here only and believe me it is exhausting at times
especially when you are tired or not in the mood. Although I have to admit sometimes when you are not in the mood it doesn't help.
5. The
food
6. The
opportunities to learn a little bit more about the Indian history and culture
Here I have the opportunity to
learn a little bit about the Indian history and culture; I was just able to
understand a small grasp of it. It is quite fascinating itself, instructive on
the same time and if you are really open mind you will discover that we are not
that much different itself. Please note that the Indian history itself is very
complex and not easy to grasp, but as I said if you keep yourself open minded
it worth it.
7. The
faculty are interactive and insightful
Here I was able to study in a
university were the sessions were interactive. The faculties were able to share
their insights and ask for students’ opinions also it was overall good. And I discovered also that some faculties are
more open minded than the ones in my country.
8. The
opportunity to visit the Taj Mahal
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That’s it is another story that I
will share soon.
9. The
festivals
Here Hindu festivals are amazing,
especially Diwali and Holi. During Holi, prepare yourself to be wet when you will go out, if you are planning to participate to the festival, wear something that you will not use a lot, I usually wear clothes that I know it won't be a big deal when I will be tainted with different colors.
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10. The
opportunity to find out who you really are
Studying abroad does things to you,
and things that I have learnt here, the ordeals that I went through every day,
I believe made me a different person that I prefer compared to who I was in
Congo. Here I was able to overcome issues that I had to deal with and found out
who I really am; reinforce my views on the world’s politics, society and people
itself. For that, I owe it to India, I don’t know what my life would have been
if I had made a different choice, and I can’t imagine that would be too weird
but I definitely proud of who I am now.
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