Indian in Holland

Perhaps the most photographed place on Earth, Keukenhof is the place to be when in Europe in the months of March, April or May. Better known as the Tulip Gardens, this treasure of Holland boasts over 7 million Tulip bulbs hand planted each year. More than 40 million visitors till date have viewed the flowers in person and yesterday, I and Sonia incremented the counter by two. I will be working on the photos for a long time, but a video slideshow of the photos is here for you to see. Its hosted on youtube, and hence the quality is degraded. Write to me if you wish to see the better quality video.

Look at the picture above. Its taken from inside a train yesterday. I happened to notice the piece of paper in the dustbin. In Netherlands (or most of Western Europe), hardly anyone would give this piece of paper a second look. The same paper in a country like India might be 'picked' up when no one is looking, and stashed under the mattress , for a few 'private viewings' later. And if you were to be spotted with this paper in, say, Saudi Arabia, you would be going straight to jail, at the least. One world, many rules, even more interpretations. PS: Maybe interpretations is not the appropriate word here.