India Part 11- Trip failure

India Part 11- Trip failure

Indian Tan is yet again invited by a certain Colleague A to his house, but this time round it is to attend a baby naming ceremony. It was something new for Indian Tan and he has no idea what the ceremony would be like so he agreed to it spontaneously, hoping to witness some bizarre activities like baby-running-on-charcoal-barefooted or poking-needles-into-baby.

Indian Tan is a cheapskate very thrifty person so when Colleague B suggested that they should buy a gold necklace for the baby as a gift, Indian Tan was very reluctant. He managed to psycho Colleague B into buying a silver necklace instead. Then Indian Tan followed Colleague B to the shop to make sure he gets the thinnest and cheapest chain.

Indian Tan trying to bargain in Chinese hoping to intimidate them, but end up they charge him more for talking nonsense.

After the gift is wrapped up, Colleague B told Indian Tan that Colleague A’s house is in Solapur, some 250km away and they have to get there by train which cost about 200 rupees. This time round Indian Tan really cursed himself for committing so fast to the invitation and he has to waste so much money time.

Train station filled with Indians, and all kinds of goods and luggages.


Nevertheless it was his first time taking an Indian train so Indian Tan just take it as paying for the experience.

There are are 2984 fans in each carriage.

After 5hours, the train finally pull into the station.

When Indian Tan finally reached Colleague A’s house, the ceremony was over. All Indian Tan could see is just an Indian baby lying on the floor and he was too pissed to even have the basic courtesy to ask what name they give him.

Seeing Indian Tan’s face blacker than his own face, Colleague A try to soothe his mood by telling him some background about the naming ceremony.

He told Indian Tan that pregnancy gender scan is banned in India, as all families would prefer a boy. There are many reported cases of abortions or murders if the baby was found out to be a girl, hence the Indians will only know the gender of the baby after he/she is born. They will then have a baby naming ceremony to mark the occasion.

Amused by this tradition, Indian Tan immediately forget about his anger and joined the other guests for lunch. The lunch is free flow and Indian Tan take revenge by stuffing himself with as much food as he can. There is no pictures to show as he is busy eating.

Indian Tan took the non-aircon bus back to Pune and reached home only at 4am.

Left to Right):Indian Tan, Random Indian, Colleague A, Colleague B