Fri 13 Mar 2009
This beats all.
I generally try to avoid McDonalds in other countries. Why eat the worst of American culture somewhere else? But this one was too hard to resist, and my Indian friends wanted to eat there. A Chicken Maharaja Mac. Just sounds funny.
Over lunch I learned why cows are sacred but not chickens, how students pay for university, how the caste system works and where foreigners fit into it.
Before and after lunch I learned how students use the Internet in India, but there were no surprises there. Google, Facebook, and lots of time online were consistent among the thirty or so students I talked with.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:22 am
So…. do they even sell hamburgers at an Indian McDonalds?
March 14th, 2009 at 12:29 am
Nope. My friend said that McDonalds here once closed for three weeks when a rumor started that they were selling beef burgers!