I was attending a wedding and everything was arranged for me so i just 'arrived' as a white westerener. Yes it was strange, and it exposed me to something I ha

I was attending a wedding and everything was arranged for me so i just 'arrived' as a white westerener. Yes it was strange, and it exposed me to something I had never before experienced or imagined. Wherever I went they would yell 'gora' meaning white man. Some even wanted to take my picture. However, Amritsar is famous for the golden temple which is the the holiest of all Sikh shrines. They said it was most beautiful to view at night. So we went there late at night parking closeby , walking there there we passed by the rickshaw drivers sleeping in their rickshaws as far as i could gather they had no other place to sleep. So they had it even worse. Not to mention the child beggars of New delhi or the makeshift camps you saw driving along the highway. All of this was approx 10 years ago. It for sure opened my eye to the destitute and poverty.