Since arriving, there have been no shortage of clues I am in a foreign land: (1) drivers stay left, like in England, except that in India it seems some drivers go left, right, sidewalk or wherever the hell they please, even straight into oncoming traffic if it suits where they’re going; (2) Men unabashedly pee where they want, typically against a wall abutting the sidewalk. This seems to be confined to men of lower ranking class, and it's entirely possible they don't have access to toilets. One wonders what the woman do if there really are not toilets available, though it could be they tend to have jobs indoors where there are toilets, rather than outside where there are none. That said, some Indians speculate that this could be one of the many and subtle ways
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