Interview+with+Sally+Robertson

On Monday the 17th we skyped with a lady named Sally Robertson. Sally had been living in India for two years as a teacher at an international school in Pune. The people that worked there were very wealthy.There are some __**HUGE**__ differences between India and Australia, one of the big differences is that there are a lots of poor people but there are lots of wealthy people as well. The traditional clothing and the food are both very different as well. Most of the major Indian customs revolve around Hinduism. Indian wedding are a big custom and they can go on for days and days. One wedding that Sally went to started at 9:00pm and the ceremony started at 3am. At an Indian wedding the married couple gives the presents and pay for any cost to get to the wedding. There is also a lot of dancing. Weddings and Diwali are two big celebrations in India. Sally said,"It really depends on where you are."

Majority of the year in India is really hot but sometimes at night it can get a bit chilly. They have a lot of rainfall compared to Australia. The major religion is Hinduism however other religions in India are Buddhism in the north, Muslim and Christianity in Kerala and Goa. Wealthy people get a good education with lots going to an international school. If your a poor person though it is more important to beg than learn. Sally told us,"If you were born poor you will always be poor and there's nothing you try to do about it." The major sport played in India is cricket. Sally said she saw people playing cricket everywhere! Children would even just play it on the street with a coke can as the ball and some cardboard as the bat.

Sally told us that when she went to the Taj Mahal it was amazing!! It was built by a husband for his wife. It took him 25years and he was going to build two, unfortunately the wife died before he could finish it.Some of the other attractions are old, abandoned cities, the rent fort in Delhi, all the old buildings in Goa and the rat temple where there were rats running every where. People gave things to the rats because they worship the rats.

Lots of people in India are vegetarians so it's very hard to get a steak. They eat lots of currys and hot things. Most Indians eat with their right hand and go to the toilet using their left hand. The wealthy people have maids to go to the markets to get food. People mainly get their food from markets. There is lots of farming in India. There are lots of rice fields, corn fields and just a lot of grain fields.

The coolest thing that Sally did was go camel riding in the dessert and then they camped over night, she had to use the camel blankets and they were really smelly. She went on a house boat and said that was pretty cool. We got told it was really smelly. The city is really crowded and one place that Sally went to called Numbai it was very crowded and there was 19 milion people on the island.

We had great fun skyping with Sally, she is now in Vietnam still teaching.