Navneet: 很多印度人看了我文章后希望来中国走走

Living In Gaogang

Sometime ago Sureshji posted a blog expressing his desire to visit China in January 2017. Two, three years ago Dr. Arun Mehta, who used to blog here had expressed a similar desire too. Some other bloggers from time to time have expressed their keenness to see China after reading my blogs, but I have never seen tourists here. At least in Gaogang where I live, no tourists come to visit. There are only a few Indians around here. Two of them are working with me in the same project. One is our Site Manager, who is from Kerala and another is a paint supervisor from Nagpur. Besides this there is one Mr. Chopra has come a few months ago for a project at another shipyard.

一段时间前，苏雷什发文表达了于2017年1月来中国走走的愿望。

两三年前，原本常在这里发文章的阿伦梅塔，也表达了类似的愿望。

其他人看了我的文章后，也表示很想去中国看看。可是我在这里没看到游客啊。

至少在我生活的高港，没有游客会来的。周边只有少数印度人。

其中两个和我一起工作在同一项目中。一个是来自克拉拉邦的现场经理，另一个是来自那格浦尔的涂装项目主管 。

还有一个就是几个月前奔着另一个船厂项目去的乔普拉先生。

译文来源：三泰虎 http://www.santaihu.com/44411.html

After my blogs became popular with the Chinese, I started knitting big dreams of imitating Jack Ma’s success story or rewriting that of Binny Bansal of ‘Flip cart’ fame, or anyone from those brigades of youngsters who started out with nothing but a dream. Haha- I am not young but can’t the oldies have dreams? If you see a short video of Jack Ma where he relates of his repeated failures before taste of success, even the most doubtful entrepreneur would get encouraged to try, but perhaps I need a little more push. I haven’t given up on dreaming, of course I can’t because I am a passionate writer and dreaming is the very breath of my passion, but I think the businessmen are made of some different material. Well, well I am not going to reveal the details of my dream lest someone steals the idea but with my heart set on making it big, I did make a website three years ago.

我的文章大受中国人欢迎后，我开始梦想着模仿马云的成功故事，梦想着白手起家。

哈哈，我不年轻了，不过难道老头子就不能有梦想吗？

你可以去看马云的短片，他叙述了自己尝到成功滋味前的多次失败经历。

也许我需要一些推动，我还未放弃梦想，我当然不会放弃梦想，因为我是一名颇有激情的作家，而梦想就是我的激情所在。

我不是要披露自己梦想的细节，唯恐别人偷走我的创意。3年前，我真的搭建了一个网站。

Happy Neighbours.....Why can't we be?

It was supposed to be a window between India and China, perennially acrimonious, envious neighbours. It was to be a kind of window the Indian women use for exchanging information with their neighbours on important issues of gossip, rumour, romance and promiscuity and their constant pains in the neck, the maids and weird demands of their husbands. In India such a window is also used for exchanging small dishes for sampling the special cuisines made by the women for not only getting appreciations for their culinary skills but more importantly for conveying the message about expensive quality of food they routinely have and for stunning their neighbours they garnish them lavishly with dry fruit or add a dollop of “Desi Ghee” (Homemade clarified butter) and hope their acts would not only impress the neighbours but also burn them down to cinders in envy.

原本网站是要成为印度和中国之间的一个交流窗口的。类似印度妇女在自己窗户边上和邻居们拉家常。在印度，这样的窗口，还被家庭主妇用来交换自己做的美味菜肴，不仅是为了向邻居夸自己的厨艺，更重要的是用来交流他们吃过的高档菜等等。

Chess or Chinese Checkers?? ( Picture from the Internet)

Haha, this line of thought of India and China being two such cheeky, jealous, conceited, home makers living in two adjoining apartments with a common window between them is going to get me brickbats from my female readers but the simile seems too appropriate to let go without extracting every bit of humour out of it, but living in China imposes some limitations on my flights of imagination though no one has frowned at me but it's better to be safe than sorry :)

Between India and China tourism is not an organized sector though there is a great potential for it. Among the many reason of there being not much exchange of tourists though both nations are among the top destinations for the tourists from all over the world, the major hurdles for the Indians are food and language. Not only the food habits of the Indians are very different from those of the Chinese but even what the Chinese eat is mostly off the menu of almost all Indians. Most of the Indians can’t even think what the Chinese can eat and the Chinese can't think what they can't. Even merely on hearing what Chinese eat, can eat, like to eat would make many queasy and cause them skip a few meals.

虽然印度和中国的旅游业具有很大的潜力，然而两国的旅游并未组织有序的展开。

虽然两国都是世界游客的头号旅游目的之一，然而游客来往不多有很多原因，对印度人来说，主要的障碍是饮食习惯不方便和语言不通。

不仅是印度人的饮食习惯大大不同于中国人的饮食习惯，而且是中国人吃的东西，大多数在印度人的菜单上看不到的。

中国人吃的，大多数印度人想都不敢想。

只要听到中国人吃的，听说中国人喜欢吃的，就会让很多印度人反胃，甚至几顿吃不下饭。

Great Tourist Attractions

Yesterday, someone forwarded to me a video clip of a Chinese woman eating live crawlers that looked like scorpions. She had them on skewers and she was demonstrating her dare but it was so repulsive that I couldn’t see it myself, forget about forwarding it to my fellow Indian friends I communicate with.

昨天，有人给我传了一部短片，上面是一名中国妇女活吃看起来像蝎子的爬虫。

她用烤肉叉子串着，让别人见识她是多么勇敢。

太恶心了，我看都不敢看，更不用说传给我的印度朋友看了。

Not all Indians can eat this

不是所有印度人都吃得来的

Well, this is far extreme but most of the Indians are strictly vegetarian. Besides this they must have their morning tea or coffee, morning bath, Pooja (ritual of prayers) before starting on their day’s work routine.

好吧，这太极端了，大多数印度人是严格的素食者。

另外，每天工作前，他们会喝早茶，或者喝咖啡，早晨沐浴，或者祷告。

A Chinese friend who is a heart surgeon told me that once in his hospital an Indian had to be admitted because of his serious heart condition. He was under strict observation, but early in the morning next day, he got up and started rapidly going around his room, chanting the prayers loudly. My friend was quickly summoned by the attending nurses and he told me that they were very scared because they thought that he had got some kind of a fit. He said that although he was very ill, he had with him a small statuette of Lord Ganpati and all the paraphernalia for his ritual of prayers. He told my friend when he inquired that he can go without food but not without his daily prayers.

一位中国朋友，他是心脏外科医生，他对我说，有一次在他医院，一位印度人犯了严重的心脏病而住院，处于严格的观察中。

然而第二天早上，他起床并迅速绕着病房走，一边大声念着祷告词。

值班护士赶紧叫来我朋友，我朋友说，他们当时吓到了，认为他必须好好休息。

虽然病得很重，然而他还是拿着 一个小的Ganpati神象，随身带着祷告需要的一切装备。、

那个印度人对我朋友说，他可以不吃饭，但是不能不祷告。

Elaborate Puja Routines ( Picture from Internet)

Second problem is of language. I have been coming and going out of China since last eight years and have stayed here mostly during this period but till today, I don’t know even ten words of Chinese and they are useless anyway because when I speak any, no one understands it, because Chinese has very four tonal inflexions associated with every syllable and it is a contextual language. For example the word "tang" has four meanings-Soups, Sugar, to lie down and boiling hot, depending upon whether 'a' in the word is high and flat, rising from low to high, falling and rising or just falling short and strong. And it's not enough because there is another tone called neutral tone, but I can't teach you something that I haven't learnt in the first place. I have tried and given up many times, but so far haven’t given up for good. I don’t see any easy solutions to these. Although, some tourism companies are venturing in to this very lucrative market but I think they have to hunt a lot for getting the people.

第二个问题是语言。

过去8年来，从中国进进出出，大多数时间呆在中国，但是至今我不会说几个中文词语。说了也没用，因为说了也没人听得懂我的中文。

中文有声调，太难了。

比如，“tang”这个词有4个意思，可以是汤，可以是糖，也可以是“躺”下的躺，也可以是“烫”，就看是什么声调了。

我不懂得怎么教你们了，我自己都没学会。

试过很多次，放弃很多次，不过至今还未最终放弃吧。找不到简单的办法。

Communication Problem ( Picture from Internet)

交流问题

Even when I was toying with the idea of my website, many people were keen to come and who knows one day, I may succeed in making arrangements for catering to the needs of the Indian tourists and start a tourist service rivalling biggies like Thomas Cooks and cause them heart burns by giving it a similar sounding name like “Thomas Crook”.

当我说出要搭建网站的想法后，很多热心人赞同，也许总有一天我可以满足印度游客的需求，开设一家旅游中介。

This cartoon is from the internet

When I was living in Shanghai, I met any Indian, who during the initial conversation told me that he was from Delhi, was married to a Chinese woman and that he ran a restaurant and Indian provisions shop. He asked me to order stores from him. It was natural for me to ask the name of his shop and the restaurant. He smiled and said, “Chor Bazaar” I couldn’t help laughing and he laughed too. I told him, that I appreciated his sense of humor and presumed that, that was behind his selection of such an unusual name which might be just any other name for a Chinese or anyone else but an Indian will think twice before ordering things from a shop named “Chor Bazaar” (Chor bazaar is a market where the stolen stuff is sold by the thieves).

Well, let’s see if and ever if I setup a website and start a tourism business, but for now let me continue to enjoy my blogging.

印度网友和Navneet的讨论：

Dear Navneeth,

A pleasure reading your flowing thoughts.

Waiting for the ferry.

Regards,

Suchisree.

亲爱的Navneeth

看着你的思绪行云流水般地展开就是一种享受

navneet / / 7 months ago
navneet

Thanks Suchi- Keep coming :)

谢谢，会继续的

 

kamalji

Dear Navneetbhai,

Interesting blog, keep writing buddy.Chor Bazar name is apt.HAHA

Regards

kamal

亲爱的Navneet

文章很有意思，继续写作吧

致敬

navneet / / 7 months ago
navneet

Kamal Jee- Nice to see you here. Not many people write here these days, even you don't come here often, so I too have the same advice for you- Likhte Raho

很高兴在这里看到你

如今写作的人不多了，就连你也不常来了

所以这个建议，我也送给你啦，继续

 

ashualec

Sailor uncle, I see you becoming a bada errr more bada aadmi soon.

If you need a strict vegetarian cook for such projects who can make good ghar ka khana, you know who to contac

水手大叔，

如果你们项目组要找做素菜的大厨，你知道要联系谁了吧

navneet

Ashu- It is a pleasure to hear from you whenever you contact but why should I think of taking you as a cook? Why not as a Project Manager? Think Big!!

很高兴收到你的留言

为什么要请你当厨师？为什么不请你当项目经理啊？

野心大些

 

Suresh Rao / / 7 months ago
Suresh Rao

navneet>

This series will be a hit. You are going about it the right way. I like the way you gossip about where you live now and where you lived previously!

这个系列会火的

你做对了

喜欢看你闲聊你现在住的地方以及之前住的地方

navneet / / 7 months ago
navneet

Suresh Ji- I wish Sulekha becomes as vibrant as it was a few years ago. Then I won't have any problem of views and comments. The Chinese tell me that my popularity in China isn't waning and I am happy and contended.

希望Sulekha 跟几年前一样有活力。

中国人对我说，我在中国的受欢迎程度没有褪色，听到后我很高兴

 

navneet

Let's see how best can I bring to you the essence of everyday life here at China- Geeta. I will try my best.

我尽量为大家带来中国日常生活的精华。我会尽力的

 

Geeta Kashyap

Ha..hah! Very nice, Navneetji. It would be nice to get the 'sights and sounds' of ordinary China from you. Please include pictures of the daily sights you see around you.

哈哈！非常好

很喜欢从你这里了解普通中国的视与听

请发一些你平时拍的照片

 

Gv

My dear Navneet,

I visited China before liberalisation. I found China as dirty as India was and their habits as repugnant as some of ours. I found Shanghai no different from Calcutta including the unruly behavior of crowds. I had Peking duck the famous Chinese dish but the poshest restaurants had dirty wash rooms or rest rooms. I found Chinese communists as corrupt as our officials and perhaps even more. In fact, I found things were no different from several countries under communism. When I visited some villages, they were as primitive as our villages. Of course, the country has changed rapidly in the last twenty years.

我去看过开放前的中国

当时的中国跟印度一样脏，

他们的习惯也跟我们中一些人一样令人厌恶。

当时的上海跟加尔各答没啥不同，人们的行为一样粗鲁无礼。

我吃了著名的北京烤鸭，然而如此高档的餐馆的洗手间脏兮兮的。

共产党跟印度官员一样腐败，甚至更甚。

navneet

GV sir, China's progress after liberalization is stupendous. That's what actually drew me to write about China after I came here. It can inspire any country that intends to take learn from China. Though, western media talks much about curbing of human rights and exploitation of labour but it's not any worse than it is in India but because of strict governmental control, the output is manifolds more than that in India

改革开放后中国取得的进步是惊人的

这也是我介绍中国的原因。

可以激励任何打算向中国学习的国家

不过，西方媒体把中国的人权和劳工剥削来说事，然而这些并不比印度的情况更严重。

中国的产出是印度的很多倍呢