印网友热议：什么事情最具印度特色

What is the most Indian thing ever?

什么事情是最具印度特色的？

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Mani Duraisamy, An inquisitive Quoran, trying to learn more

What is the most Indian thing ever?

I assume that the OP is asking about the thing which is ‘unique’ to India which no other country in the world has.

I can list a host of things here- food, clothing, culture, social systems, diversity in flora and fauna, languages, scripts etc… India has something unique in all these sections and sometimes makes other countries envious about us.

什么事情是最具印度特色的？

我猜题主想问的是，和世界上其他国家比，印度有什么独一无二的东西。

我可以列出一大堆东西——食物、服装、文化、社会制度、动植物的多样性,语言、书法等。印度在这些方面有一些独特之处,有时让其他国家甚是羡慕。

But in my opinion , repeat- Its my opinion, the most ‘Indian’ thing ever is Jugaad. Which means a way of finding innovative short-term solutions to fix a problem and get the job done for the moment.

Few examples of Jugaad are as follows:

但在我看来,重复——这是我的看法,有史以来最“印度”的事情是小聪明。这意味着寻找新奇的短期解决方案来解决问题,完成工作。

小聪明的例子如下:

 

A make-shift motor vehicle pulled by a laborer in Tamil Nadu

泰米尔纳德邦工人的“机动车”

A man using stools as chappals to wade over a flooded street in Mumbai

一个男人用凳子当鞋在孟买被淹没的街道行走

 

A roadside vendor demonstrating an innovative way of using a pressure cooker

路边小贩展示高压锅的创新用法

 

Too poor to buy a car?.No problem, sirs

没钱买车？没关系，看这个

All the above images are from the Internet and most probably are too fantastic to be true. But I am sure most of the readers here would have employed a jugaad technique to overcome any tough situations.

所有上面的图片来自互联网，大多数都神奇到不像是真的。但我相信大多数读者都会用这样的小聪明来克服任何困难。

Personal experiences with jugaading:

I will tell an example myself. During the Tamil Nadu Floods (December 2015) , Chennai had suffered a power failure for about 5 days. We did not have power to charge our phones and laptops. Luckily, in my house we had a diesel generator set which our house association decided to use very conservatively (1 hour in the morning and 1 hour in the evening).

Now, you probably know that not all the appliances (especially mobile phone charging points) get power during generators. We had devised a way by which we can route the power from the power socket belonging to the fridge (which gets power during the generator set, as its a 5 Amp power socket) and connect it to the mobile phone charging point via an extension chord so that we can charge our mobile phones and laptops. We did this during the 1 hour when power was available during the evening.

Mobile phones and whatsapp ensured that we stayed connected with the outside world and also in co-coordinating rescue operations during the times of crisis.

关于小聪明的个人经历:

我来分享一个自己的例子。泰米尔纳德邦洪水期间(2015年12月),钦奈遭受停电，持续了大约5天。我们无法给我们的手机和笔记本电脑充电。幸运的是,我家有一个柴油发电机组,我们家决定有节制地使用(早上1小时、晚上1小时)。

现在,你可能知道并不是所有的电器(尤其是手机充电头)能在发电机发电时充电。我们设计出了一种方法,我们把电从冰箱的电源插座，通过一条外连接线连接到手机充电头,这样我们可以给手机和笔记本电脑充电。晚上1小时发电期内，我们就这样做。

手机和whatsapp让我们与外部世界保持联系,在危险时刻也能协调救援行动。

Often, jugaad is given a negative color (like being lazy or most often termed as a ‘hack’) by the urban elites. But its quite a necessity in a largely poor country like India.

Imagine that you are living a frugal lifestyle. A majority of Indians are cut off from a lot of comforts during times of natural disasters. You need an essential thing which would help you get the job done at that time and at the same time be flexible enough so that it could be dismantled at a short notice. Jugaad mechnisms come to your rescue:

通常,小聪明被城市精英们蒙上了消极的色彩(就好像说人懒惰或最常被称为“犯规”)。但在一个像印度这样的穷国，是非要有必要的。

想象以下，如果你的生活方式是节俭的。大多数印度人在面对自然灾害时都有诸多不便。你需要必需品来帮助你完成工作,同时又要足够灵活,可以在短时间内被拆除。小聪明就能帮上忙:

 

You can just look at the examples I have posted above to understand why jugaad is an essential part of Indian way of life. All the four examples given above are those where people use it during times of crisis (like natural disasters) or when in extreme poverty. You certainly cant expect a roadside vendor to own a state of the art microwave oven to boil tea or a laborer to be having a motor-powered vehicle to carry his goods.

你可以看看我上面贴的例子来理解为什么小聪明是印度生活方式的重要组成部分。上面给出的例子是人们在危机时刻(如自然灾害)或在极端贫困下的做法。你当然不能指望路边摊贩拥有先进的微波炉来煮茶或劳动者拥有车辆来运载货物。

Jugaad mechanisms require some basic technical knowledge as well. In all probability, the people resorting to jugaad will also have some basic knowledge of how the system works and how they can safeguard themselves if things get too dangerous.

For example- you need to have some basic knowledge of the flow of electrical current and which wire to connect to which point so that you can route the power from one socket to another socket. Without that knowledge, had I attempted any jugaad contraptions, I would have probably been electrocuted!!.

Sure- Jugaad wont work all the time. But thats the whole point of it. Its only meant to be a short-term solution.

这些小聪明需要一些基本的技术知识。采用小聪明的人也多少知道系统是如何工作的,如果事情变得过于危险时应该如何保护自己。

例如,你需要一些基本知识流动的电流和线连接到哪个点,这样您就可以将权力从路由一个套接字到另一个插座。没有这些知识,如果我尝试任何此等的玩意儿,我可能会被触电! !

确定,小聪明不可能解决一切。但这就是它的意义所在。它也就是一个短期的解决方案。

 

Khushboo Sharma, B.com honors from Gargi College, University Of Delhi (2020)

I smiled and said “thanks” to him once, maybe, he heard “you are welcome”.

With my 'INVITATION', he started staring with his ugly eyes, every day and night. When staring was not enough, he started following me wherever I go. Weeks passed. Occasionally, he started throwing stones when I was on the terrace with some message on the paper.

That humiliation to a girl, is THE MOST INDIAN THING EVER.

我笑着对他说“谢谢”,也许他听到的是“欢迎你”。

有了我的“邀请”,他开始用丑陋的眼睛从早到晚盯着我看。后来光盯着看也不够了,他就开始跟着我，无论我走到哪里。几周过去了，当我出现在阳台上时，他开始偶尔地向我投掷包着纸的石块，纸上写着字。

羞辱女孩,就是印度最为独特的事。

That day, he threw a stone that almost hurt my sister. I couldn't take more. I shouted. I told him to stop. His aunt came outside. I asked her to make his nephew stop. She screamed from her balcony telling me to shut up. She questioned my character for being on the terrace at 10 p.m. She didn't bother to even ask him to stop. She, along with her husband, humiliated me even more.

That question on a girl's integrity and trust on a boy's intention is THE MOST INDIAN THING EVER.

那天,他扔了一块石头,几乎伤了我的妹妹。我忍无可忍。我大叫起来。我让他别再这么做。他的阿姨也出来了。我让她叫他的侄子住手。她从阳台上尖叫着告诉我闭嘴。她说我晚上10点出现阳台上，品行不佳。她甚至都没有让他住手。她和她的丈夫,更进一步羞辱了我。

对一个女孩的清白的质问，以及对一个男孩的无条件信任是有史以来最印度的事儿。

I stopped going to terrace and minimised going out since then. He confronted me on a deserted road when I was coming back home from college. “ZADA ZUBAAN CHAL RAHI THI USS DIN. AB BOL KAR DIKHA. KYA BIGAAD LEGI TU MERA. MERI JO MARZI AAEGI MAI VO KARUNGA”. He abused me. I was somewhat scared.

I picked up a brick and hit him well. He ran away on his bike after threatening me.

That courage that every girl is forced to learn is THE MOST INDIAN THING EVER.

从那以后，我不再去阳台，尽可能不出门。我从大学回家的时候，在一段荒无人烟的路上他截住了我。他辱骂我。我有点害怕。

我拿起一块砖头,击中了他。他在威胁我后骑着自行车逃跑了。

每一个女孩都被迫学习勇气，这是最印度的事儿。

I came home weeping. I tried telling mum that it is because I failed in the test. She didn't believe. I told her everything with the fear that she will blame me too.

She hugged me. She loved me. She didn't question me. She was filled with rage.

I asked her not to tell dad. She did,anyway. He came home and they went right to his house.

I was called there. His family questioned the length of my clothes, questioned my character, questioned my intentions. That guy joined them too.

My Mother, slapped him right in the face.

Dad gave him and his family the much needed lesson too.He does not live here anymore.

They encouraged me to trust them and never to be scared of anyone ever again.

That mother's love and Father's support towards their daughter is THE MOST INDIAN THING EVER.

我回家后哭了起来。我试着告诉妈妈,我哭是因为我考试不及格。她不相信。我告诉她一切，害怕她也一样会怪我。

她拥抱了我。她爱我。她没有质问我。她充满了愤怒。

我问她不要告诉爸爸。不管怎么说,她还是说了。爸爸回家后，他们去了他家。

我被叫到那里。他的家人质疑我衣服的长度,质疑我的品行,质疑我的意图。那家伙也加入了他们的行列。

我的母亲,给了他一记耳光。

爸爸给他和他家人必须的教训。他不再住在这儿了。

他们鼓励我信任他们,永远不要害怕任何人。

母亲的爱和父亲的支持对他们的女儿是最印度的事儿。

Oh, and did I mention the odd ways my friends suggested to get rid of that guy?

That friends' weird love is again THE MOST INDIAN THING EVER :P

哦,我有没有提到我朋友建议我摆脱那个家伙的办法?

对，朋友的爱也是最印度的事儿

 

Anwesha Dash, Btech CSE from College of Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar

Jugaad : A flexible approach to problem-solving that uses limited resources in an innovative way.[1]

Incident 1

I was traveling by an OLA Auto(Just like Uber another App we use in India).

The drivers are required to put Mobile stands in their vehicles to track location and upcoming rides while driving easily.

小聪明:一个灵活的方法解决问题,通过创新的方式利用有限的资源。[1]

事件1

我用OLA汽车出行(类似我们在印度使用的另一个应用程序Uber)。

司机必须把手机家在车内，以便轻松地跟踪位置和开车时要行驶的路线。

 This completely blew my mind.

这完全出乎我的意料。

Incident 2

I had 150 rupees with me and I wanted to buy some ice cream. Not any ice cream but blackcurrant ice cream.

Blackcurrant is only available in family packs in the shops near my home. They cost 160 rupees.

I was standing infront of the ice cream fridge and reconsidering my decision. I was about to put the pack back in the fridge when someone approached me from behind.

“Are you buying this?”

“Yes! I was going…….”

He stopped me in the middle “There's an offer going on buy one get one free. Mind sharing it?”

We bought one packet(80 rupees each!) and got another one free and we each got one family pack. We pretended to be friends in the cash counter.

The most Indian thing ever?

事件2

我身上带着150卢比,想买一些冰淇淋。不是其他口味，而是黑醋栗冰淇淋。

我家附近的商店里，黑醋栗口味冰淇淋只有家庭装。售价160卢比。

我站在冰淇淋冰柜前重新考虑。我正要把一包冰淇淋放回冰箱里,有人从后面走近我。

“你要买这个?”

“是啊!我有打算.......”

我没说完，他就打住我的话说，“现在做活动，买一送一。介意一起买吗?”

我们买了一包家庭装(80卢比!),第二包免费,这样我们每个人都拿到一个家庭装。结算时，我们假装是朋友。

最印度的事儿对吧？

 

Anonymous

Last week me and my husband got the routine health checkup done. We consulted the doctor with all the reports.

The doctor checked the reports, said everything is fine and asked if he had any complaints regarding his health. My husband said that he had gastritis and no other problem.

After all the questions regarding diet came the real question.

Doctor: So Mr.___, do you smoke?

Husband: Actually sir I do, but occasionally(which is true).

Doctor: Even occasional smoking is not good for health. You should stop smoking.

Husband: (with a poker face) Sure Sir

上周我和我的丈夫完成了常规体检。我们拿着所有报告去咨询医生。

医生检查了报告,说一切都很好，并问我先生是否有任何健康方面的困扰。我丈夫说他有胃炎,其他都没问题。

在问完所有关于饮食的问题后，真正的问题来了。

医生:先生,你抽烟吗?

丈夫:实际上我抽烟,但只是偶尔(这是真的)。

医生:即使偶尔吸烟对健康也是不好的。你应该戒烟。

老公(面无表情):当然，先生

He wrote the summary and wrote stop smoking. We came home and then suddenly my husband started worrying and told me to hide the summary in my handbag. I was confused. Seeing this he said “ What if dad sees the report?”(my in-laws came just two days before this.)

He is close to 40 and a father of 2 kids. Imagine my reaction. Hahaha

There you go, this is the most Indian thing ever. Being scared of your dad even at 40.

他写了小结,并写了需戒烟。我们回家,然后突然我的丈夫开始担心,告诉我把小结藏在我包里。我被搞糊涂了。看到我的反应,他说:“如果爸爸看到报告怎么办?”(我公婆前两天刚来我家)。

他已经快40岁了，是2个孩子的父亲。你们想象一下我当时的反应。哈哈哈

好了,这是有史以来最印度的事情。到了40岁依然忌惮你爸爸。

 

Tushar, Software Engineer at Alphonso Inc

Summer is at its peak and Pappu wants to eat fleshy Mangoes. Pappu goes to a market.

At shop A:

Pappu : Bhaiya kaisey?

( Brother, how much is it? )

Shopkeeper : 60 ka kilo. Kitna logey?

( 60 per kg. How much do you want? )

Pappu : Pehley ye batao, dogey kitney ka?

( Wait, first finalize the selling price. )

Shopkeeper : 50 ka kilo laga dunga agar 2 kilo logey. Ussey kam nahi hoga.

( 50 per kg if you agree to buy 2 kg. Won't be any less. )

Pappu : 35 ka kilo lagao.

( Let's agree on 35 per kg. Shall we? )

Shopkeeper : Nahi hoga.

( Nope. Won't happen. )

Hoping to get better deals, Pappu moves to the next shop nearby.

夏天最热的时候,爸爸想吃新鲜的芒果。于是去了市场。

水果店:

帕普:兄弟,多少钱?

店主:每公斤60。你想要多少?

帕普:等一下,先谈谈价格。

店主:如果你要2公斤，就算每公斤50吧，不能再低了。

帕普:每公斤35吧？

店主:不。不可能。

为了买到更便宜的芒果，爸爸又去了一家店。

At shop B:

Pappu : Bhaiya kaisey?

( Brother, how much is it? )

Shopkeeper : 60 ka kilo. Bolo kitna du?

( 60 per kg. How much should I pack? )

Pappu : 60 nahi, sahi sahi lagao. 40 ka kilo lagao.

( 60 per kg is no good. Give something more agreeable. Make it 40 per kg. )

Unlike the last time, this time Pappu asks from 40/- and not 35/- , smart Pappu!

Shopkeeper : 40 nahi hoga, 50 ka kilo dunga. Lena h to bolo.

( 40 per kg isn't possible, shall make it 50 per kg though. Agree if you want. )

Pappu : Arey bhaiya, chalo na mera na tumhara 45 laga lo aur 2 kilo naap do.

( Oh brother, neither my way nor yours. Let's settle for 45 per kg and pack 2 kg. )

Frustrated, the shopkeeper agrees and the deal is closed!

在B商店:

帕普:兄弟,多少钱?

店主:每公斤60。我要给你装多少?

帕普:每公斤60太贵了。便宜点，每公斤40吧。

和上次不同的是,爸爸砍价到40，而不是35了,聪明的爸爸!

店主:每公斤40是不可能的,真想买的话每公斤50吧

帕普:兄弟，不然咱各让一步，每公斤45吧，给我来2公斤。

店主只好郁闷地同意成交了!

Yes. It's called bargaining, the most Indian thing ever!

P.S. It's sad to see people bargaining with poor shopkeepers or rickshaw pullers. Nevertheless, it's an important skill that majority Indians have.

是的。这就是讨价还价,最印度的事情!

但看到人们跟可怜的店主或人力车夫讨价还价挺难过的。但这对大多数印度人是一项重要的技能。

 

Vaishali Rajendren, Senior Engineer at JK Tyre (2016-present)

In India, there are three kinds of vegetarians:

1.Pure-Vegetarian

2.Non-Vegetarian

3.Vegetarian only on tuesdays, thursdays and fridays.

In India, you have only two options to choose after you high school :

1.Be an engineer

2.Be a doctor

在印度,有三种素食者:

1.纯粹的素食者

2.非素食者

3.每周二,周四和周五的素食者。

在印度,高中后你只有两个选择:

1。要么成为工程师

2。要么成为医生

In India, we keep actual flowers in our heads as an accessory like jasmines, roses.

Here, surprise party is thrown by parents only on one occassion and it is called as marriage. Love marriage is a strict no no.

Bargaining is a speciality of Indians. Especially Indian women.

We have our skin and hair care products in our kitchen. Gram flour acts like a bleach. Turmeric brightens your face. Honey works like a moisturiser. Sugar is a natural scrub.

When any special occasion occurs, we distribute sweets to our neighbours, relatives and friends. One such day,

在印度,我们头上会插戴真花装饰，比如茉莉,玫瑰。

惊喜派对是由父母举办的，只为了一件事，它的名字叫结婚。自由恋爱结成的婚姻是绝对不被接受的。

讨价还价是印度人的专长。特别是印度妇女。

我们的厨房里就有护肤和护发产品。鹰嘴豆面粉就是漂白剂。姜黄提亮肤色。蜂蜜可做润肤霜。糖是天然的磨砂膏。

发生任何事,我们向邻居,亲戚和朋友分发糖果。有一天,

Me : Aunty, unga vadai romba super ah iruku. Inonu thara mudiyuma? ( Aunty, your vada tastes super good, can I get one more?)

She leaves to her apartment and returns with a plate full of vada and sakarai pongal. We feel happy if some body asks for more.

Second instance : My sister lived in Delhi. They came to chennai for vacation for like one month. So, the house in Delhi was not maintained for one month. When they came back, I came along with them. Her neighbours, because she came and wouldn’t have anything to eat glutted her with lot of snacks, sweets and juice. Her neighbour doesn’t even know me but made me a feast for welcoming me to Delhi.

我:阿姨,你做的炸豆饼味道超级好,能再给我一个吗?

她回她的公寓，回来时端来满满一盆炸豆饼。如果有人向我们要更多食物，我们非常开心。

第二个实例:我妹妹住在德里。他们来钦奈度假一个月。所以,德里的房子会有一个月没人打扫。当他们回家的时候,我跟他们一起回来。她的邻居送来了很多零食,糖果和果汁。她的邻居压根不认识我,但也给我办了宴席，欢迎我到德里来。

 

Piyush Puri, lives in India

1. When your slippers are somehow related to bad omen.

(Mom - Slippers should always be side by side and straight!!

Son - why? What purpose that will do? )

1。当你的拖鞋莫名其妙地跟不吉利挂钩的时候。

(妈妈——拖鞋应该并排放，鞋头朝前!

儿子——为什么?那样摆放目的何在?)

 

When you know what is happiness with tears.

当你知道什么是幸福的泪水时。

 

How much clothes, sweater, blanket you get is directly proportional to how much cold your mother feels.

( Mom - today it's very cold.

Mom goes to his son and put an extra blanket on him.

Mom - now it's okay.

穿多少件衣服、毛衣、盖多少毛毯跟你母亲觉得有多冷有直接关系。

(妈妈——今天很冷。

妈妈去他的儿子房间，给他多盖一床毯子。

妈妈——现在好了。

When everything you get depends upon how much percentage you score in exams.

( Son - dad, I want a cycle with gear.

Dad - if you will score at least 70% in exam then I will get you a new cycle.

Son comes out from home and his friend asks what did your dad say?

Son - he is not interested in buying me cycle.

当所有你取决于你考试分数多少百分比。

(儿子 - 爸爸,我想要一辆自行车和装备。

爸爸 - 如果你考试分数70%以内我就给你买新自行车。

儿子从家里出来，他的朋友问，你爸爸说什么了?

儿子 - 他不太想给我买自行车。

 

In both cases you get two months bed rest.

( Son is playing on the edge of roof. Mother see this and says if you will fall down from there I will break your legs.)

这两种情况下你都得卧床休息两个月。

(儿子在屋顶的边缘玩。母亲看到会说,如果你摔下来我打断你狗腿。)

 

These are some things which we, as a kid, experience. List goes on so I posted only few.

这些事情都是我们作孩子时经历过的。不胜枚举,所以我只提了少数几个例子。

 

Bala Ravi Wirman, Sales Development Representative at Freshworks Inc. (2018-present)

Updated Jan 3 · Upvoted by Venkatesh Ragupathi, Proud Indian and Prince Gupta, lives in India (1996-present)

This:

This is my friend’s BMW S1000RR. For those who don't know what it is, it's a Superbike that cost 30+ Lakhs(INR) when he bought it in 2014.

这样的:

这是我朋友的宝马S1000RR。对于那些不了解的人来说,这就是一辆超级摩托车，2014年购买的时候售价300万卢比(INR)。

 

Nothing unusual right?

Now let's get in a little closer.

没有什么不寻常的对吧?

现在让我们走近点看。

 

Still nothing unusual?

Alright! Let me guide you a little.

还没看出什么特别之处么?

好吧!我来给你指点一下。

 

 

This is called Dhrishti Kayiru ( A sacred thread to ward off evil spirits).

To me, this is the most Indian thing ever!

There are no exceptions; Superbikes included. It doesn't matter if you're the safest driver in the entire world. Nothing matches the power that one Drishti Kayiru can bring.

这叫做Dhrishti Kayiru(神线，用来避邪)。

对我来说,这是最印度的事情!

没有例外，超级摩托也不能免俗。就算你是全世界最安全驾驶的司机。没有什么能比得过Drishti Kayiru的力量。

外文链接：https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-most-Indian-thing-ever