Swiss Journey 2

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(Click on the play button to hear this Swiss song)

There is something called a Swiss atmosphere. Freshly baked bread and pastries, delightful window displays, free newspapers at railway stations, cooked meat displays, sitting on tables on the footpath with steaks and vodka and beer, looking at the marvellously crafted cuckoo clocks and watches and Swiss Army Knives, and the warm taste of chocolates all the time. Lots of people cycle to work, cities start to work from 5 AM, cleanliness is a way of life, and people have leisure to backpack, travel or drive to attractive destinations.

And yet, during the recession, it was Indian tourists which kept them going. They came in droves, and the tour guides and the bus drivers and the restaurants  could survive. This was a statement made by the concerned people. Swiss ticket collectors said “Namaskar” and “Dhanyabad”. There are flourishing Indian Restaurants. And 50% of their fruits are brought in from India. Switzerland lacks sea beaches and that’s why they travel to South East Asia and India so much.

And so I wondered. Indians are invading the world. They are now everywhere. But, in the process are we neglecting our own culture and our traditions and our own country??

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